Rome, June 26.
"Italy will reply not with notes of protest, but with guns if the Barcelona Government carries out air reprisals on Italian cities for air bombings in Spain," declares Signor Gayda, editor of "Giornale d'Italia," which voices. reaction in political circles to the Republican Govemment's warning.
The "Tribuna" says: "The threats of the so-called Government of Barcelona are so gross and extravagant as not to be taken seriously. 1f anyone of them were io be carried out, however, the future of the Republic of Barcelona could be counted not in days, but in mihütes."—Reuter. i London, June 25.
The. British Government have urged Barcelona to give up its inten: tion of bombing foreign cities in countries which supplied the planes that participated in air raids over Republican open towns, official quarters here confirmed today, The Government gave a warning that they would not oppose any retaliatory measures taken by the attacked countries, such as Italy which was directly threatened and which was held certain to reply to any warlike action taken against it, Authorised political quarters now venture the opinion that the Republicans' demarche was a mere diplomatic gesture, aiming to induce the Powers to insist strongly that Rome prevent the recurrence of Rebel air attacks on Loyalist open cities Havas,
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