TO THE BITTER END.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13173, 4 February 1936, Page 4

TO THE BITTER END.

MUSSOLINI’S DETERMINATION.

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United Press Assn —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ROME, February 2. “I hope foreign nations will appreciate that the despatch ot .30.000 more labourers to Africa filially disposes of the belief that Italy is ready to negotiate for peace at almost any price when the rain begins,” said Mussolini in an adik*« to cabinet. This, combined with to-day s announcement that Italy is sending a new' picked Alpine division to Africa, is interpreted by qualified observers as showing Mussolini's determination to prosecute the war to the bitter end. WI hi) IT A TUAN PR ESS TA I .K. AM BASSA DOR ASKS BLU XT QUESTION. LONDON, February 3. The Daily Telegraph s Rome correspondent says the French Ambassador called on Signor Suvich and asked what interpretation foreign diplomats wore expected to place on the Popolo dMtalia’s outburst on February 1. The Times’ Rome correspondent says other newspapers, discarding the Popolo d’Ttalia's finer distinctions, declare that the extension of sanctions will lead to hostilities. The suggestion that the countries upholding the Covenant are seeking the preservation of peace is discarded as falsehood and hypocrisy. ABYSSINIAN ARMY STARVING. LONDON, February S. The Times’ Stockholm correspondent says in a letter from Addis Ababa on January 13 Eric Smith, a member Of the Swedish ambulance, declares that Has Desta’s army is dying of starvation. Three thousand soldiers were ill. while 12,000 deserted in 10 days. Malaria and dysentery are rife.