Rome, Nov. 3.
"Italy may freely express her disinterested judgment on the just colonial aspirations of Germany, because Italy took nothing from Germany," says an oficial communique issued here last night.
The communique makes a bitter reply to Mr. Anthony Eden's criticism in the House of Commons of Signor Mussolini's championing of Germany's colonial claims and says that Mr. Eden's arguments "have no e to Mr. Eden's comment territorial gains as the outcome of the Great War, the communique states that while Britain and France divided the German colonial empire, Italy obtained "derisive compensation."
She got from Britain 91,000 kin of territory "of uncertain value" in Jubaland and from France 114,000 kin. of "genuine sand," for which Italy gave a counterpart in Italian rights in Tunisia.
"AlL this" says the communique, "after a solemn colonial undertaking in the Pact of London, when Britain and France desired Italian intervention in the war."—Reuter.
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