ITALY’S STAND

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 190, 20 August 1935, Page 7

ITALY’S STAND

No Compromise WITH ABYSSINIA “COLONIES ENDANGERED” By Telegraph—Copyright Press As PARIS, Aug. 19. Signor Mussolini's reply to the Franco-British proposals made as a basis for discussing Italy's quarrel with Abyssinia has resulted .n the breakdown of the negotiation. Italy is reported to be relieved at the termination of the three-Power conference, and does not desire any form of compromise. She is determined on a resounding victory to wipe out the memory of her defeat at Adowa at the hands of Abyssinians in 1896, and is intent on economic and political control ovei Abyssinia, backed by an army of occupation. A Paris message reports that the conference ended in failure, an official communique admitting its inability to find a basis for peaceful solution of the Italo-Abyssinian conflict subject to the maintenance of Abyssinian integrity and the agreement of Abyssinia with the League. The question will not, therefore, be publicly examined until the League Council meets to consider the situation.

M USSOLINI’S IJECLABATION “WILL MAKE A CONQUEST” NAPLES, Aug. 18. Signor Mussolini, reviewing the Black Shirts at Benevento, said that those going to East Africa were going to make a conquest. Signor Mussolini declared that speeches must be abolished in an hour which was solemn for them and decisive for the nation. He added: “You will march, crushing all obstacles, until you reach the goal set for you.” The Blackshirts roared: “We are ready!” Signor Mussolini replied, “The Italian people will preserve that formidable cry in their hearts.” The “Daily Mail’s” Paris correspondent says: Signor Mussolini did not even discuss the conference’s proposal but reiterated that Abyssinia so endangered the Italian colonies that the only effective remedy was Italian occupation of strategic points in the Abyssinian uplands. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Port Said correspondent says: The first Italian tanks passed through the Suez Canal, ■which continues congested with Italian shipping conveying additional troops, large numbers of mules and motor cars.