ITALIAN ARMY

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19664, 26 August 1935, Page 7

ITALIAN ARMY

MANOEUVRES ON FRONTIER REBISTING AN INVABION. FOREIGN ATTACHES PRESENT. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received Aug. 26, 12.30 p.m.) BOLZANO, Aug. 25. The Italian army manoeuvres began at midnight when the army took up positions in a chain of divisions from Lake Maggiore to Brenner Pass, Austria’s gateway to Italy. They will launch an attack southwards on the “Blue” army which Is defending Italy, which after an initial repulse will toe reinforced in an endeavour to capture flanking positions In Bolzano. Other less important sectors are the Alps north of Milan, and Friuli, on the north-eastern frontier, also around Naples. The new mechanised mobile divisions will be fully used in order to test their value In mountain warfare. King Victor Emanuel and British and Yiugo-Slav military attaches will attend the exercises, In which regulars, blackshirts and alpini are participating. The southern armies outnumber the invaders by two to one and also possess heavier artillery. Signor Mussolini prior to taking command, conversed by wireless with General De Bono, the Eritrean com-mander-in-chief. PARIS, Aug. 25. General Moyran accompanied by a military mission, will witness the Bolzano operations. He commands the 15th. Army Corps at Marseilles, which would he the first to co-operate with Italy in the event ol' an attack upon Austrian independence. Le Matin regards the manoeuvres as a logical sequel to the FrancoItalian understanding reached when General Cameiin, the French chief of staff went to Rome. 500,000 MEN ENTRENCHED. MIGHTIEST EVER MOBILISED. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright ROME, Aug. 24. Half a million Italians are entrenched on the northern frontier of Bolzano, North Italy. Not only is this the mightiest army ever mobilised in Europe peace manoeuvres, but one of the most formidably equipped armed organisations the world has ever seen. It is believed that the manoeuvres constitute Signor Mussolini’s answer to those who declare that the Abyssinian campaign exposes Italy to European attacks. . RE-ALLOTMENT OF COLONIEB. CLAIMS BY GERMANY. S RIGHT TO BE REMEMBERED. Uniied Press Assn. —Eiec. Tel. Copyright (Received Aug. 26, 1 p.m.) BERLIN, Aug. 25. The newspaper Allgemeine Zeltung declares that it' a re-allotment, of the African colonies is discussed Germany has a right lo be remembered, because, like Japan and Italy, she needs the extension of sources of raw materials.