ATTACKS IN PRESS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23215, 8 December 1938, Page 15

ATTACKS IN PRESS

SUDDEN CESSATION ITALY'S PROBABLE REASON RELATIONS WITH BRITAIN Times Cable LONDON, Dec. 6 Tub-thumping articles about Italy's territorial claims have disappeared from the newspapers, says the Pome correspondent of the Times. Perhaps it was felt that a continuation would he too hold a challenge to tho message from the British Ambassador, tho Earl of Perth, to tho Foreign Minister, Count Ciano. The only echo of the anti-French campaign messages are from Berlin, showing that Germany supports the Italian claims, also from Tunis and from Ajaccio, Corsica, describing attacks on Italians. It is hoped that tho new tone of the press means that Italy realises that her tactics might wreck Mr. Chamberlain's visit. The Colonies Commission of the French Chamber of Deputies, says a message from Paris, unanimously protested against the Italian claims as threatening tho integrity of the colonial empire, and also asked that foreign propaganda should not be tolerated. It was decided that a delegation be sent to the Prime Minister, M. Daladier, to ascertain what measures are to be taken to protect North Africa. The commission addressed a message to Tunisians assuring them that France will not permit interference with the liberty of the peoples under tho tricolour. A British Broadcasting Corporation broadcast, in Italian, German and French, during the news session to-day stated: "A sequel to the demonstrations in tho Italian Chamber has been the virtual unanimity in the British press and public opinion in support of the French protest against the agitation of Italy for the cession of Tunis, Nice and Corsica."

SUEZ CANAL ZONE ADMINISTRATION QUESTION British Wireless RUGBY, Dec. C Again declining to make a statement in advance on subjects which might be discussed during his visit to Itome, the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, told a questioner in the House of Commons that no communications had taken place with the Italian Government concerning the administration of the Suez Canal. It would be natural to discuss with the French Government any proposal for a change in that connection.