WAR CLOUD

Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1935, Page 5

WAR CLOUD

FEAR. OF CLASH ITALY AND ABYSSINIA. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). LONDON', .lime 27. Th<> “Daily Telegraph’s” Borne correspondent says ; The Press remains silent upon the Anglo-1 Lilian conversations with the exception of the reports cabled abroad. \\ hile everybody hopes that the Italian aspirations can be realised peacefully, many believe that war is inevitable. Things have gone so far that nothing short, of a military protectorate, on the Moroccan lines, will achieve Italy's ambitions as t,o providing room for surplus populations, freedom to exploit supposed untold mineral wealth in Abyssinia, and control its foreign policy, and the right to represent the Emperor in Europe. “There seems to be no Italian objection to the Emperor remaining on the throne Italy would suppress the slavery. She would open schools throughout the, country. In the meantime, mobilisation of troops continues.

FRENCH PESSIMISM AT MUSSOLINI’S STATEMENT (Received this day at 10.30 a.m.) PARIS, dune 27. The newspapers are pessimistic a l) out the results of the Edon-Mussolini talks and also do not. expect much from the Eden-Laval discussions. . “T.e Journal” says the clearest thing emerging from Mussolini s communique is Italy holds the same views as Franco namely the necessity .M a retinal to the methods of the London declaration in February.