MISS BATTEN'S FLIGHT THE PULL TEXT TALK WITH MUSSOLINI

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 117, 13 November 1935, Page 11

MISS BATTEN'S FLIGHT

THE PULL TEXT

TALK WITH MUSSOLINI

ON WAY TO SENEGAL (British Official Wireless.) (Received November 13, 11,50 a.m.) RUGBY, November 12. Miss Jean Batten, the young"" New Zealand airwoman, who left England yesterday with, the intention of making a new record for the flight across the South Atlantic from Senegal to Brazil, landed this afternoon at Villa Cisneros, Rio de Oro, and took off almost immediately for Dakar. The South Atlantic crossing was accomplished by Mr. James Mollison in 17J hours, and later by the Spanish airman Senor Compo in 16J- hours. Miss Batten's aeroplane is a Percival Gull monoplane with a cruising speed of 150 miles an hour.

sures against Italy, the Note said, because the Italian Government did not recognise the legitimacy of the Coordination Committee. The Note concluded: "The Italian Government asks to be advised how your Government, in its free and sovereign judgment, proposes to act with regard to measures proposed against' Italy."

"ACT OF HOSTILITY" (Received November 13, 1 p.m.) LONDON, November 12. The full text of the Italian Note, now available, fulfils the forecasts. Moreover, it declares that the prohibition of Italian exports is a veritable act of hostility which amply justifies Italian counter-measures, and contends that events since the last meeting of the League Council corroborate Italy's protests. The Note points out that numerous Abyssinian communities, led by civil and religious authorities, have placed themselves under the protection of Italy, which has also abolished slavery, and adds that those who have been liberated recognise in Italy not an aggressor but a Power fulfilling the League's civilising mission. Italy thereby has taken up new obligations of protection, and if she now abandoned her proteges they would suffer ter-i-ible reprisals and revenge. The Note also argues that the raising of the arms embargo to Ethiopia only increases the gravity of the situation and threatens to prolong the conflict.

(British Official Wireless.) (Received November 13, 11.40 a.m.) RUGBY, November 12. The British Ambassador in Rome, Sir Eric Drummonri, was received by Sisncr Mussolini 1o:lav. It is understood that their conversation was in continuation of th? discussions which have taken place recent ly with a view to an improvement in feeling arising from the situation in the Mediterranean. The Italian Note concerning sanctions is under consideration. ,