ITALY'S INTERESTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22131, 10 June 1935, Page 9

ITALY'S INTERESTS

OWN SOLE JUDGE MUSSOLINI'S WARNING EAST AFRICAN POLICY ANTI-BRITISH PRESS EMBASSY GUARD TREBLED By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received June 9. 5.5 p.m.) ROME, June 8 The Prime Minister of Italy, Signor Mussolini, has ordered the trebling of the Caribiniers guards at the British Embassy, also the attendance there of plain clothes detectives, in order to prevent disturbances engendered by the violent antiBritish campaign in the press over Abyssinia.

At the same time, Signor Mussolini, in reviewing the Sabaudi Division at Caglinria before its departure for Italian East Africa, declared: "We will imitate to the letter those who wish to give us a lesson. The British have shown us that when it is a question of creating an Empire, or defending it, they do not take any notice of world opinion.

"You Black Shirts are entirely worthy of the heroic, warlike race of Sardinia. Italy has old and new accounts to settle. We will settle them and pay no attention to anything said across the frontier. Only Italy can be the judge of Italy's interests."

ITALIAN NEWSPAPERS FANTASTIC STATEMENTS MR. EDEN'S COMMENT British WireleßS RUOBY, June 7 The newly-appointed Minister in charge of League of Nations Affairs, Mr. Anthony Eden, referring to the many wild accusations lately directed against the British Government in the Italian press, said it was unfortunate that such misrepresentations should be allowed to appear, particularly because of the effect they might have on the excellent relations between Britain and Italy. Mr. Eden described these press stories as " mischievously absurd and fantastic." There was no reason, he said, why British and Italian interests in regard to Abyssinia should not be harmoniously developed. " It has been our constant endeavour to help to bring about ft permanent settlement mutually satisfactory to both Italy and Abyssinia," said Mr. Eden, " a settlement which will take account of oirr responsibilities and those of France and Italy under the tripartite treatv of 1906.

" In that treaty France and Italy agreed to co-opcrate in maintaining the political and territorial integrity of Abvssinia."