ITALY ADAMANT

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4746, 14 September 1935, Page 5

ITALY ADAMANT

WILL STAND BY POLICY TRANSPORT OF TROOPS CONTINUES. (Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 12.45 p.m.) Rome, September 13. An authoritative reaction to M. Laval's speech is: "We quite under stand M. Laval's position and appreciate his friendship for Italy, but we shall go ahead as before and sailings of troops will continue. In the meantime we await with interest any proposals of the committee of five." Public opinion has become increasingly nervous during the last few days.

ABYSSINIAN MOBILISATION.

ORDER WITHHELD.

(Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 11.15 a.m ) Addis Ababa, September 13. The order for the mobilising of 750,000 troops has been withheld at the suggestion of European advisers, pending the result of the Geneva discussions.

SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

WILL STAND BY LEAGUE.

(Press Association.- —Copyright.) (Received 12.20 p.m.) Geneva, September 13. Mr. Tewater, in a broadcast speech, declared *that South Africa in the event of a violation of the League Covenant, would stand by the League applying the sanctions if members were unanimous on the point. I

Rising of the Blacks Feared.

Mr. Tewater said a new partition of Africa by European Powers was grealty to be feared. Such partition was outside the League's covering blanket and fraught with danger, and the menace of the black races going to.war with a consequent re- - version to barbarism. He referred to the long memory of black men, and said: "Africa never forgets and never forgives an injury or injustice. The South African Government and all its peoples, both black and white, viewed with .deep concern the relentless march of the disease of war." Mr. Tewater paid a warm toibute to the renaissance Signor Mussolini achieved in Italy, and asked him to pause at the eleventh hour. The session.adjourned until to-morrow.

The Assembly Impressed.

The Associated Press Geneva correspondent says the mystic quality of Mr. Tewater's speech and reply impressed the Assembly, notably his reference to the black man's long memory of injustices, and warning against any attemt to conscript the blacks of Africa, which might result in a rising for overthrow of the Europeans as was done before. The speech carried all the more weight in view" of Africa's trade relations with Italy. WARNING BY ITALY. TO BELGIAN ARMY INSTRUCTORS. (Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 12.45 p.m.) Djibouti, September 13. The Italian Consul has warned Belenan ex-officers en route for Addis Ababa as army instructors that in the event of war, if captured, they will be shot without trial.

"GRAVE OF FASCISM."

TURKISH GENERAL'S PRO-

PHECY

(Press Association.—Copyright.) • (Received 12.45 p.m.) Nana, September 13. A copyright message states that when interviewed at Harraa, Wahib Pasha, a Turkish General who fought at Gallipoli and is now in Abyssinia, said the conquest of Ethiopia by Italy was impossible and Ethiopia will prove the grave of Fascism. RAW MATERIAL PROBLEM. JAPAN KEENLY INTERESTED. SIR SAMUEL HOARE'S STATEMENT. (Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 12.10 p.m.) Tokio, September 13. . Approving Sir Samuel Hoare's reference to territories and raw materials, the Foreign Office spokesman said Japan was willing to confer concerning the matter, emphasising the growing tendency to restrict Japanese goods in colonial markets. RIGHTS OF ABYSSINIA. SET OUT BY EMPEROR. WILL USE SPEAR AND SWORD. (Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 11.15 a.m.) Addis Ababa, September 13. "Ethiopia has confidence in God and knows His justice transcends to man's; also that cunning modern methods are not symbols of civilisation," said the Emperor in a broadcast speech which was relayed throughout Europe. "We don't want war, but won't undergo it pacifically. We have no arms owing to the Powers' intervention, but our peasants know how to use the sword and spear, besides the plough, when it is essential to defend the lands they cultivate." The Emperor bitterly attacked Italy's conduct in the dispute and added that the Ethiopian delegation at Geneva have been instructed to demand an international commission of inquiry to decide between both the parties.