MALTA & 'THE ROCK'
DEFENCES CRITICISED
GOVERNMENT WEAKNESS
ALLEGED
ITALIAN BLUFFING
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LONDON, November 4,
Criticism of the defences of Malta and Gibraltar and the Government's weak attitude in the face of Italian bluffing were expressed in the House of Lords' by Lord Strabolgi, who said Italy's power for mischief was greatly exaggerated. She was extraordinarily vulnerable, her armies being scattered in Libya, Ethiopia, and Spain. The situation at Gibraltar alarmed, him. It was not an invulnerable fortress, as they had once been taught. Lord Strickland appealed for an improvement in the defences and an overhaul of the politics of Malta. Lord Dufferin and Ava, replying, said the defences ol Malta, ware being taken in hand rapidly. Experts did not consider Gibraltar to be untenable. Britain's sole concern in the Mediterranean was an undisturbed highway. A sincere understanding with Italy was one of the main conditions of peace.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 110, 5 November 1937, Page 9
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