Italy.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 34, 26 September 1914, Page 5

Italy.

CHURCHILL’S INTERVIEW.'

GUNDATION FOR POSITIVE AMD v(ACTIVE ALLIANCE.

[Unitsd Pkbbb A*«ooiATin»f.i Romo, Ssptembar 24

Mr Churchill’s m‘irv : .a.v 'm- c:eat(l a profound impression in Italy. TJio aiding newspapers make enthusiastic nnments. The Giornnle d liaha miy> 'nit Mr Churchill has again demon4rated England’s hrm friendship, and tas clearly indicated that it is open a Italy at this moment to lay the oundation for a nos I five and active lliance with the Triple Entente.

lAN ITALY AFFORD TO LONGER REMAIN NEUTRAL?

(Received 8.55 a.m.)

Mr Dillon has stated that Italy conistently influenced the Triplice on heal f of peace in recent years, and he mints out that now Italy is seriously iscussing whether she can afford much mgcr to remain neutral, and wheior France at,id Russia if victorious ould lie favorable to Italy’s territorial spirations if she persists in her neural ity-. ,

IRST LORD SATISFIED WITH THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS.

(Received 8.55 a.in.) London, September 25. Mr Churchill, in Ids interview with lie Giornale d’Ttalia, said: “I always ogarded the First month as the most ritical for the Navy. .1 have nothing o, complain about in the way the Month has gone. I am satisfied the Jerman army has done its worst. Tn >ss than half a year wo will have a Million men at the front equipped with vprything science can invent and uoncy can buy. We want this war to ottlc Europe on national lines in avoidance with the wishes of tho pooiles of the disputed areas.”

NAVAL PREPONDERANCE,

NEARER 2 TO 1 THAN 16 TO 10 AND NOT FINISHED YET.

(Received 9.15 a.m.) London, September 24

Mr Churchill said : “We are making, scores of submarines and blockading the very throat of the Elbe. We started with, a naval preponderance nearer 2 to 1 than 16 to 10, and the position in 1915, with equal losses, will he far stronger. The most powerful warships’ are not yet in-commission*