'The postage by the House of Commons of the government's motion welcoming is Intention to bring the Anglo-Italian Agreement into force' ensures. the, early ratifeation of that important. accord, The' thatter has sil to. be debated. inthe House of Lords, but it may Safely be expected that that august body wilt follow the example of the tower Howse. Con-equantly before the end. of te present month, sctording to all the information available. this important agreement. will have. een. rtifed, land. the final seat. put to the labours of Mr. Neville hamberiain in his endeavours 40 bet-for relations between. the two countries Look ting back over the history of Ango-Htalian relations since the Great War w sory. picture Is revealed, of " great friendship commenced during. the days. of Taian ributation during. the ladle of last century, reinforced In the enor mous struggle of I9it i010, showed to." deferiorate to' such an cavient that ft was trans. formed into something. approaching" actual Jenmity. The whole process was contrary 10 the desires of ether the Britons. or the Ttallanp, and the best that enn be said for those respon sible for such a sate of affair, was that clt= feumstances fora time wore. out of control. HThe coming into existence of a new regime. in Htaty, one which democracies" find it dificult leven' now fully to understand, and, by reason for that misunderstanding, the disappearance of {he aympathics of former. ties, made It me evitable that the' two countries should go. ture her and further apart, There was also conflict of interests inthe Mediterranean and cleewhere which appeared. tobe incapable of recontliation, that there. were powerful factors operating fcainst the resumption of that friendship which should never have ruptured, It is fully realized that the opponents of the Prime Minster will sti "accuse him of proceeding 100. rapidly, prthout satisfactory assurance of the: good faith of the people he 's dealing with, but Me. Cham. berlain is emphatically of the opinion that good faith does exist and should be presumed until proof to the contrary is forthcoming.
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