SLAIN ITALIAN
IL DUCE'S PROTEST ULTIMATUM PROPOSED
DECISION NOT TO SEND DIPLOMATS' WARNINGS By Telegraph—Press Association^—Copyright (Received September 6, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. Sept. 5 The Rome correspondent of the News Chronicle states that only the advice of the Italian Ambassadors in London and Berlin persuaded Signor Mussolini to "hold his hand" and not despatch an official ultimatum he had intended to send to Barcelona followifig the shooting of the Italian Fasanelli. II Duce had informed the Ambassadors of the terms of his proposed ultimatum and had asked them to ascertain the probable British and German reactions. Both Signor Grandi (London) and Dr. Attolico (Berlin) replied that such a step would have disastrous consequences and that it would be better to await a reply from Barcelona to the Italian protest. Afterwards it was officially announced that the Italian forces remain in a "state of alarm," but that no warship, other than the cruiser Pola, would be sent to Spanish waters at present. Another message from Rome says it is confirmed that the Pola left for Barcelona with a landing party of 100 men, but landing parties are customary in ships sent to foreign waters.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22517, 7 September 1936, Page 9
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193SLAIN ITALIAN New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22517, 7 September 1936, Page 9
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