ITALY'S NAVAL POLICY
FREEDOM OF SEAS
MEDITERRANEAN ALLEYS
LONDON, May 14. The "Daily Telegraph's" naval correspondent (Mr. Hector By water) had an interview in Home with Signor Mussolini at the Palazzo Venezia (the Home Office). Although the conversation was private, Mr. Bywater is in a position to give an authoritative resume of the Fascist naval policy, which is based on the belief that, although geographically a peninsula, Italy. °is practically an island, dependent on shipping for supplies. Italy, accordingly, is aiming at freedom for her maritime traffic through five bottlenecks in the Mediterranean— Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Darkdanellcs, the Canal of Malta, and Bab-lol-Mandeb (between Africa and (Arabia'); ■ In view of its growing population [Italy must seek colonies in Asia and 'Africa, but is not considering territorial conquest. She particularly wants tk) bring Africa within the circle of world civilisation.
: Italy still stands for equality of niavar armament with Trance and will ajgree to the abolition of the submarine if 1 other Powers agree. No Italian submarines have been laid down since ICI3I and. no capital,ship has been started sine"c the war, but a modern flelet is a weighty factor in tho world's balance of power. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 113, 15 May 1934, Page 9
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197ITALY'S NAVAL POLICY Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 113, 15 May 1934, Page 9
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