BADOGLIO’S RECALL

Wairarapa Age, 23 May 1936, Page 5

BADOGLIO’S RECALL

NO BEARING ON EUROPEAN SITUATION. SIGNOR MUSSOLINI’S POLICY. APPROACHES TO BRITAIN. (Received Friday, 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, May 22. “The Times” Rome correspondent says it is denied that Marshal Badoglio has been hastily recalled owing to the European situation. He is returning for a short period of leave, partly for health reasons and also because Signor Mussolini desires a full report on the situation in Abyssinia. Signor Mussolini throughout has insisted that the Abyssinian dispute should be regarded purely as a colonial affair, devoid of European repercussions and claims to have maintained his pledge to prevent the African conflict from developing into a European war. There is now no doubt that his recent declarations to Mr. Ward Price were intended for the British nation at large, and it will not be surprising, therefore, if he now follows up these declarations by taking soundings in a more official manner. LEGATION GUARDS. NO DECISION YET REACHED. (Received Friday, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 21. “The Times” diplomatic correspondent says Signor Grandi called at the Foreign Office and discussed the strength of the British Legation Guard at Addis Ababa, which Britain has not yet decided to reduce. It believed that France is also undecided regarding the withdrawal of the troops at Diredawa.