Neither Sports Nor Patriots

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 231, 1 October 1935, Page 7

Neither Sports Nor Patriots

ITALIAN [FOOTBALLERS WHO LEFT IN A HURRY. GOT TIIEI.fi WIVES BUT LOST THEIR FORTUNES. Received Monday, 9.J0 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 30. The Daily Telegraph's Ventimiglia correspondent says though the Argen-tina-Italian footballers, Guaita, Scopelii and Staguaro, successfully fled to France to avoid conscription their fortunes were confiscated much to the delight of Italians who resented the trio’s lack of sportsmanship in compelling their team to find substitutes lather than their absence o" patriotism.

Frontier guards halted Mcsdamos Guaita and Seopclii, who were trying to rejoin their husbands. The guards found their passports wero correct and were about to pass them when they'dctcctcd a suitcase under the taxi seat containing bundles of banknotes totalling £16,500 hidden in the clothing. The women were charged with a breach of the decree forbidding the taking of more than £33 per capita from Italy. Mussolini Willing to Confer IN THREE-POWER TALKS PARIS, Sept. 29. Interviewed by Lc Petit Journal, Signor Mussolini announced Italy’s willingness to participate in a three-Powcr conference similar to that at Stresa. Italian Troops Leave in Ten Days ABYSSINIAN TACTICS LONDON, Sept. 29. It is reported from Addis Ababa that the Abyssiniaus arc planning to concentrate 600 soldiers for every three square miles of threatened territory, thus depriving the Italians of the possibility of a pitched battle. ■ Meanwhile 9000 additional troops comprising a Gran Sasso division under the Duke of Bergamo, c-ousing of King Viotor Emanuel, sailed from Taranto, bringing tho total of departures in the past ton days to 50,00 u.