LAND TO BE CEDED

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 187, 16 August 1935, Page 2

LAND TO BE CEDED

To Italian Government

PROPOSAL to ABYSSINIA

EMPEROR IN agreement

Vv Telegraph-Copyrmht-Pres. Assn. LONDON, August 15. According to the “Daily Ex P res ®’’ ATT R. A- Eden, British Minister for League Affairs, during a talk with v the French Premier, M. Pierre Lava produced the following new British peace plan, which was W ° rk ® .°" h between Sir Sidney Barton, Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary , fo Abyssinia, and the Emperor Hath Sellassia: (1) Abyssinia to accept League guidance regarding her financial and economic policy, for which a number of foreign advisers, mostly Italians, would be appointed. (2) Abyssinia to make concessions to Italv, including the construction of a railway linking Eritrea and Italian Somaliland, together with a large area containing metal mines. (3) Italy to be ceded a large aiea or frontier province for colonisation. (4) Abyssinia to be granted a corridor to the sea with a commercial harbour. I’he “Daily Express” adds, “It is believed that the plan I commands French support. It | would give Italy, subject to ini' definite League authority, con- * trol of most of Abyssinia’s economic life.

“Mr. Eden emphasised that if the plan fails, Italy must be threatened with complete lack of support, material and moral, from either Britain or France.”

The French “Waking-Up.”

A “Sun-Herald” news service message says: The French are waking up to the dangers of a war in Abyssinia. So far the tendency has been to regard the conflict as a private quarrel into which Britain has intruded in consequence of her special interests. She now realises that the implications, particularly the Euro-

pean aspects, are really serious. General Smuts's warning of the dangers of stirring up black and wh.te antipathies has aroused French public opinion more than anything else*

FINANCE DENIED TO ITALY LONDON-PARIS DECISION Bv Telegraph —Copyright —Press Assn. LONDON, August 15. The Faris correspondent of the “Daily Express” says that French financiers declined to underwrite Italian purchases of £500,000 worth of Egyptian cotton for war purposes. It is understood that the decision was taken after consultation with the Bank of France and the Quai d Orsay. London also has declined to underwrite.

POLICY UNCHANGED

ITALIAN ATTITUDE HARDENS By Telegraph—Copyright—Press Assn. LONDON, August 15. “The Times’ 'Rome correspondent says: “Italy resents the attitude of the British Press, Signor V. Gayda, writing in the “Giornale d Italia, declares that Italy’s resolve to proceed with her Abyssinian policy has hardened because of British hostility.” ARMS EXPORT EMBARGO ABYSSINIA EXPLAINS PLIGHT By Telegraph—Copyright—Press As. GENEVA, August 14. An Abyssinian Note to the League of Nations protests against the arms embargo imposed by several nations, and says: “Italy is ceaselessly manufacturing arms and munitions with the solemnly avowed intention of using them against Ethiopia. There is .no manufacture of munitions in Ethiopia, and its Government finds it impossible to obtain means of defence. Wherever it attempts to obtain them it meets prohibition and export embargoes. Is that real neutrality? Will the Council allow preparations to continue unchecked for the massacre of a people who menace no one?”