Italian Demands On France

Northern Advocate, 14 January 1939, Page 9

Italian Demands On France

(Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 13. The British United Press Rome correspondent says that an authoritative French source declares that Signor Mussolini has assured Mr. Chamber- 5* iain that he does not envisage any hostilities with France. This statement follows a report in “The Times” that it is persistently , ? rumoured in Paris that the Italian Government has communicated to the French Government a broad*- outline of its demands. One report even says the demands were submitted in the form of an -$| ultimatum, but the French Foreign Office denies this. . i M. Herriot Hits Ottt M. Herriot, in a remarkable in- || augural speech after his election as president of the Chamber of , De- ' puties, warned France that civilisa- ; tion was threatened by growing, fi anarchy throughout the world. x yj| The present age showed a return to -AM the cruellest methods of the past. ; Political and religious liberty were - j beseiged and persecution was rife. M. Herriot thanked the Pope and President Roosevelt for making a , stand against violence. , : He said there was no Frenchman who did not desire peace, but a free people could not allow their frontiers >| to be the subject of bargaining. - j|jj France hoped for better relations with Germany after the recognition of her frontiers. - [.- • m I ’. ’ v