A formal request for the applica ition of sanctions against Italy under! In a Note sent to London to-day en's, League of Nations was made by the the affirmative to the British in-Abyssinian delegate, Mr. Teckle Hawariate, at a meeting of the Council of the League of Nations in ep, 12' Geneva on Saturday, Reuter reports. Fleet in the Mediterranean, Hallan Compromise Offer Geneva, Oct. 7, Italian delegate, to-day handed to the French delegation a document which is purported to have contained th Italian proposals for concluding peace with Ethiopia, According io reliable informants, Signor Mussolini is ready to consider Exchanging Words As Well As Bullets ssrecit 10 tHe "un, nenato"
Geneva, Oct. 5.
An Italian who asked Baron Aloisi how he had overcome his objection to sitting at the same table as the Abyssinian delegate at to-day's meeting of the Council of the League of Nations received the following reply:
"Since we are now exchanging bullets across. trenches, we can exchange words across the Coun-the termination of military action. provided certain conditions can be It fs understood here that M. Laval, Premier of France has been, toa great extent, responsible for the present attitude of Signor Mussolini—tMnited Press.
Findings of Committee of Six Geneva, Oct. 7.
The Committee of Six' appointed by the Council of the League of Nations on Saturday to examine the Tale-Ethiopian situation in. the light of the latest events and to determine the aggressor has decided that Italy has violated the Covenant.
The Committee established this violation on the following. basis 1. The order issued to his troops! by General De Bone, the Commander-_ in-Chief of the Italian forces in East Africa, to advance across the frontier, 2. The invasion of Ethiopian territory.
3. The bombing of Adigrat and Adowa, The report does not require unanimity or even a majority vote in the Assembly, but each country voling for it pledges itself to adopt the automatic consequences such as sanctions.
Modification by Cons The decision of the Committee, which consisted of representatives of Great Britain, France, Spain, Rumania, Portugal and Chile, was unanimous, and its finding was communicated to members of the Council which at a meeting this "morning, modified the report of its Committee of Six by the insertion of these vital words og the concluding sentence:—"Italy has had recourse to] war in disregard of the Covenant} under Articles XII, XIII and. XV." Following the insertion of the vital amendment, the report was approved by the Council "The importance of this verdict ies] {in the fact that Article XVI stipulates; that any member of the League resorting to war in disregard of the Covenant under the articles mention: fed shall be deemed to have committed an act of war against all members of the League; and that, in such a case, Article "XVI, which Jprovides first for economic and financial sinetions, and then for the application of armed force against the aggressor, becomes operative.
The next step will possibly be the raising of the embargo on the shipment of arms to Ethiopia and, later an embargo on supplies to Italy.
Understanding with Non-Members Meanwhile the understanding of Japan, Germany, and the United States is being sounded concerning their willingness. to. send _observers {to act on a committee to ce-ordinate sanctions in the event of the application of Article XVI of the Covenant, says Reuter.
Unanimous Support Reuter learns from enquiries among the League delegates that oth the report of the Committee of
joe adopted unanimously. The Polis Faicteen and Committee of, Six wil representative informed Reuter that he would vote affirmatively with the other members, Mor to this, his twas the vote that was chiefly' in doubt.
New Hallan Protest Geneva, Oct, 7.
The Italian Government has ad-Gressed a communication to the League of Nations alleging that the: Ethiopian Government, in contfaven-
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