No Danger of War

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 309, 30 December 1938, Page 7

No Danger of War

Dispute Between Fusee And Italy SETTLEMENT BY DUOE United Press Association.—sSy EHeetrlo Telegraph.—■ Copyright. LONDON, Dec. 28. The Daily Telegraph says it is stated in all quarters that there is not the slightest danger of the dispute between Italy and France developing into war. There seems to be a general conviction in Government circles that Signor Mussolini, with German support, will obtain sonic sort of satisfaction. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that the departure of the liners Sphinx for the Far East and Chantilly for Madagascar were delayed in order to embark a battalion of 850 Senegalese rifles for Djibouti. The destroyer Epervier, which is at present in the Eastern Mediterranean, has been ordered to Djibouti to join the Diberville, which is already en route from Beirut. The Foreign Office announces that a topographical mission is being dispatched to survey the ill-defined frontier between French Somaliland and the adjoining Italian possessions. The correspondent of the British United Press in Rome says that sources close to the French Embassy state that Signor Mussolini will seek Mr. Chamberlain’s good offices with France to secure a large measure of autonomy for Italians in Tunisia; secoiKlly, permission for Italians to emigrate freely to Tunisia and buy land which at present is uncultivated; thirdly, the cession of the port of Djibouti and the sale of the railway to Italy; and, fourthly, Italian participation in the management of the Suez Canal. REVIEW AT ALGIERS VISIT TO MOROCCO LATER (Independent Cable Service.) PARIS, Dec. 28. The Prime Minister, M. Daladier, tola a deputation of Algerian Parliamentarians that he plans a one-day visit to Algiers on January 6. He will review troops and confer with military chiefs, and hopes later in the year to visit Morocco and make an extensive tour of Algeria. REINFORCEMENTS TO DJIBOUTI (Independent Cable Service.) LONDON, Dec. 28. The Paris correspondent of the Central News Agency states that a Senegalese battalion which forms part of Franco's famous mobile force of 75,000 colonial troops, is proceeding to Djibouti from Marseilles to-day, following an appeal from General Deschamps, Governor of French Somaliland. TUNIS NOT WANTED PROTECTION OF NATIONALS (Independent Cable Service.) ROME, Dec. 28. Signor Yirginio Gayda, the official publicist, ays that Italy does not wans Tunis, she has a right to interfere in ordei io protect her nationals and maintain tho status quo. She opposes : increased French control in Tunis, which is not French territory.