London, Oct. 31.
Much speculation has been aroused on the Continent by the sudden recall to Italy "of Signor Vittorio Cerutti, Italian Ambassador in Paris.
The French capital is particularly mystified. The official explanation in Paris is that the action is due to the absence of a French Ambassador in Rome.
M. de Chambrun retired last year and has not yet been replaced as the presentation of credentials would involve recognition of the King of Italy as Emperor of Abyssinia.
One strong rumour last night was that Signor Mussolini was angered by the speeches made at the Radical-Socialist Congress at Lille on Friday, but the reported connection was quashed subsequently by the di closure that the recall Note was received before the texts of the speeches could be available in Rome.
At the congress M. Herriot, former Premier hinted at sinister developments in Africa, and asked: "Are we sure that it is the Spanish flag which is flying in Palma?"
M. Yvon Delbos, the French Foreign Minister, at the same function alluded to Manchuria and Abyssini He said that breaches of treaties encouraged Imperialism by discouraging threatened countries.
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