DENIAL OF LEAD
OIL EMBARGO PLAN CANADIAN EXPLANATION POSSIBILITY OF WAR MAY TOUCH OFF SPARK (Eloc. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Dec 3, 3.15 p.m.) OTTAWA, Dec 2. It is reported that the Canadian repudiation of the sanctions against Italy is dictated largely by political psychology and Signer Mussolini's threats of a bomb attack on the British navy if the embargo is adopted. This is regarded as placing Canada in the position of having touched off the war spark if hostilities eventuated, especially as Canada exports no oil. A message from Rome states that the Italian spokesman, welcoming the Canadian disavowal of sponsorship of the oil embargo, suggested that, -miess some other country is ready to essunie the unpleasant task of advancing the proposal it may not come before the League Committee of Eighteen at its mcding on December 12.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18879, 3 December 1935, Page 11
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140DENIAL OF LEAD Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18879, 3 December 1935, Page 11
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