ITALY DECLINES
No Warship For Naval Review CORONATION EVENT Invitation Extended By British Government By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright (Received April 1, 11.0 p.m.) London, April 1. Italy has declined the British Government’s invitation to send a warship to the coronation naval review at Spithead.
SPYING SUSPECTED Rome Alleges British Plan to Invade Abyssinia CHAIN STORES CLOSED Rome, March 31. Signor Virginie Giiyda, in air article in the "Giornale d'ltalia,” announces the suppression of Mohammedan and Indian chain stores in Abyssinia and the expulsion of the proprietors. He alleges that all the firm’s branches worked on behalf of the British Secret Service and were the headquarters of British officers and espionage agents linked up with a view to plans for a British invasion of Abyssinia. EXPLANATION WANTED -. -e Notice to Indian Stores London, March 31. The British Government has requested an explanation from Italy of the order to quit served on the Indian stores company in Abyssinia. The company was told on March 6 that it must close down within a time limit of eighteen days. After strong representations by the British Consuls at Addis Ababa and in Rome the time limit was extended indefinitely, but no explanation was given.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 159, 2 April 1937, Page 11
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