NO SOLUTION OF ABYSSMAN CRUX

Northern Advocate, 27 June 1935, Page 7

NO SOLUTION OF ABYSSMAN CRUX

ROME CONVERSATIONS ITALY WANTS MANDATE EUROPEAN FRICTION. APPEASEMENT EFFORTS. . ' [United Press Association —By ElectrU Telegraph.—Copyright.} (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, June 25. A despatch from Rome, states that the conversations there between the British Minister in charge of League of Nations Affairs, Mr Anthony Eden,, and the Italian Prime Minister, Signor Mussolini, were fruitless so far fas a settlement of the Abyssinian question is concerned. The communique dismisses the subject with the sentence, “During..,the discussion the Abyssinian question also was examined.” ■ Concerning other affairs, the communique says: “We - both agreed to continue to- work 'for European '.appeasement according to the policy fixed at London and at Stresa.” . . According to a Paris message; the Rome correspondent of the newspaper “Agence. Economique et Financiere” states that Signor Mussolini suggested to Mr Anthony Eden that the Abyssin-. ian dispute could be settled by the League giving Italy: a mandate over Abyssinia. V : T - A report that the Italian Government had ordered-all Italians to leave Abyssinia within 10 days was officially denied.

ITALY’S POLICY.

MUSSOLINI’S PUTJLINEI

(Received 11 a.m.) - - _ ROME,' June 26. The right to build roads, railways, bridges and schools in Abyssinia’, and to use their , influence ' in'Civilising the country, also the general right to peaceful possession of colonies; are believed to have been Signor Mussolini’s aims explained to Mr Anthony Eden. ’

Signor, Mussolini pointed * out that Italy was not prepared to lag behind Germany in claiming colonial expansion. , It is understood Mr Eden did not expound the British proposals, because they were unacceptable to Italy. Mr Eden left'Rome this morning for Paris, where he will Have a further conversation with M. Laval, Prime Minister, before returning to London. v ;,. , . POSSIBLE OFFENSIVE. BEGINNING NEXT- MONTH. •'(Received 2 p.m.). LONDON, June 26. The “Daily , Telegraph’’ Addis Ababa correspondent says that, owing ta the present tension, there is a possibility of an Italian offensive in July. Barely a dozen Italians now remain in Abyssinia, excepting those of the Italian 1 Legation. .