ITALY’S POLICY

Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1937, Page 6

ITALY’S POLICY

COST OF THE WAR (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). HOME, May 15. Signor Mussolini gave an address to the Council of Corporations. In this he dangled the. “fabulous wealth” of Abyssinia before his fellows. He declared that Italy would not give up the policy of national economic selfsufficiency, as to do so would mean that richer nations would strangle her in the event of war. Economic nationalism, he said, guaranteed peace. Italy desired peace. The difficulties in developing Abyssinia were admittedly gigantic, but they would overcome them with Italian labour, working, if necessary, “twentyfive hours a day.” The Abyssinian war cost Italy 126 million sterling, according to the, supplementary figures for the year .1935-36. This is the first indication given of the cost of the war, but no indication is being regarded how the cost is Tming met:

GOERTNG ARRIVES AT VENICE VENICE, May 14. General Goering has arrived. It is stated that the only purpose of his visit is to escape polities. There ’ is no confirmation of the report that Signor Mussolini intends to visit Hei'r [Hitler. It is understood that he may visit Germany at the end of June. COMMUNISTS GAOLED BERLIN, May 14. Several former members of the German Communist party were sentenced at Hamburg to penal servitude for from two to six years on a charge of listening to a Moscow radio station.