THE OIL SANCTIONS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13174, 5 February 1936, Page 6

THE OIL SANCTIONS.

S ECOND EDITION

FINDING A SUBSTITUTE. ITALIAN DIS APFOINTMENT. (Received 1.30 p.m.) United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ROME, February 3. While the League Committee is investigating the possibility of imposing the oil sanctions, an Italian technical committee is seeking to substitute fuels and is drawing up schemes enabling commercial vehicles to change over to them. The committee of national defence also considers that Italy’s relations with, the contiguous Mediterranean powers officials do not disguise disappointment over Turkey’s reply to the Italian inquiry as to whether her assurances of support given to Britain in the event of unjustified aggression were not a breach of the Turkish-Itolia.nl Treaty of Friendship of 1928. when Turkey replied that, while loyal to that treaty, her obligations to the League took precedence over any private agreements MUSSOLINI'S GENTLE HINT. (Received 12 noon.) ROME, February 4. Mussolini, in the course of an interview with a leading Greek newspaper, is reported to have declared that in the event of war Greece will have an angry Italy as a neighbour.- • I do not want to dictate the foreign policy’ of any country but Greece should remember her harbours face Italy. Respite the Greeeo-Italiau pact of friendship, Greece. apj>ear.s to have followed the bad example of Turkey and J ugo-Slavia (in promising support to Britain in the event of an attack by Italy). I will not make another war ; one is enough, but I am watching Britain who is preparing—-even inviting—war.. If it comes, Greece will find herself in a most difficult position.