ITALIAN PUBLIC

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 13 December 1938, Page 7

ITALIAN PUBLIC

jFACTS ABOUT COLONIAL CLAIMS WITHHELD i U.P.A.—By Electric Telegraph-Copyright! (Received 13th December, 9.0 a.m.) LONDON, 12th December. The Rome correspondent of “The Times” says that the British Government's view that the Italian claims to Tunis and Corsica are contrary to the Anglo-Italian agreement have not yet been made clear to the Italian public. Moreover, Mr Chamberlain’s disclosure in the House of Commons that Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, had disavowed responsibility for the anti-French demonstration in the Chamber of Deputies has not yet been published in the newspapers, resulting in the impression that the Italian Government is identified with the claims. Thus confident expectation has been created on false pretences which will be difficult for Signor Mussolini to neglect without loss of prestige. The people feel that Germany on several occasions having got all she wanted without war. Italy ought to be able to use the same tactics effectively. The correspondent says that this constitutes a serious danger and emphasises that British feeling and intentions should be clarified to both the Italian Government and the people.