PEACE ENDANGERED?

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 39, 25 January 1936, Page 5

PEACE ENDANGERED?

| Italy's Protest Against Angloj French Union. j \ j '‘DOES NOT CONFORM WITH SPIRIT OF LEAGUE.” i Progs Association—Corivri afht. | Received 11.20 a.m.. To-day. Rome, Jan. 24. I The Italian Government has adj dressed a Note to Britain and other j sanctionist members of the League * protesting against the Anglo-French I mutual assistance agreement, stating j that, such initiative and understandI ing does not conform with the spirit | of the League and has produced an j atmosphere of profound disquiet, thus j endangering European peace.

“Precautions Uncalled For," Says Italy. Press Association—Gopyria-ht. London. Jan 24 Italy intends strongly to protest against the British memorandum to the League Council revealL* that the British, French. Greek. Yukoslav and Turkish Governments are pledged to mutual assistance in the Mediterranean in the event of an attack as outlined bv Mr Fdcn, savs tire Rome correspondent of th" Mm-ning Post. The Italian reply will assert that such precautions are uncalled for. especially in view of Signor Mussolini’s repeated assurances that JtaW has no intention of attacking Britain. Italy, it is declared, does not want to make the war between Italy and AbyssinL more than a colm-ual one, and in view of this the possibility of an attack on the British fleet is said to be ridiculously out of the question.