FIFTY YEARS AGO
FRANCO-ITALIAN DISPUTE
FearS were entertained 50 years that Italy's annexation of Massowan, a port on the Red Sea, would cause international trouble. The following; is an extract from the New Zealand Hkiiat.d of August 24. 1888; — "There is an anxious feeling on tn Continent with respect to the dispu e between France and Italy ovor . 1 Mnssowah difficulty. The acrmionio tone adopted by Signor Crispi. Italian Premier, in his replies to • • Goblet, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, respecting tlio Italian £ cc "Pf tion, is greatly irritating the French, and it is believed that German fomenting the quarrel between and Italy. The attempt of the Porte to enlist the sympathy of hernia a Note protesting against the occupation of Massowah has me a sharp rebuff at the hands o Herbert Bismarck. Secretary of M* for Foreign Affairs."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23124, 24 August 1938, Page 10
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