London, Oct. 6.
Article XVI of the Covenant of the: the French Government <replled ili quiry whether French support would be forthcoming in the event of an unprovoked.attack' on the" British The Note declared that France [would lend help to any member of the League of Nations, it it were Baron Pompeo Aloisi, the chief exposed to aggressive attack, through precautionary measures against such attack, but on three conditions:
1. These precautionary measures should be taken by mutual agreement, "They must apply to the air, land, and water simultaneously.
3.' They must apply equally when the menace comes. from anon-member of the League—Reuter.
Britain Replies to Rome There has been an unfortunate and very grave misunderstanding of the British attitude on the part of the Italian Government, and the resort to military action by the Ialians has made increasingly aim cult" any progress towards a settlement, This statement, says a Reuter dispatch from London, is contained in the reply of Sir Samuel Hoare, the Foreign Secretary, to the cordial message from Rome, communicated by the Italian Ambassador, Signor Grandi, making clear that Italy's action in Ethiopia in no way altered the determination of Signor Mus solint, if possible in agreement with [Britain and France, to avoid any step leading to an extension of the con Tt is understood that the sugges: tion of Signor Mussolini. that there should be a simultaneous and parallel cancellation of the precautionary measures undertaken in the Mediterranean to meet a danger which really not exist, evoked no rejoinder fon the part of Sir Samu Signor Mussollini, in his message also informed the Foreign Secretary that Italy had no intention of with drawing from the League of Nations unless she were forced to do He held that the door was not closed to a friendly discussion with the British and French governments, and said that negotiations intended to establish normal relations would bbe welcomed in Rome,
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