London, Oct. 18, Offelat quarters here yesterday were grave as they studied the poss sible consequences to British mining Glstricts of the application, of sane tons against Italy. Second only 10 France, Italy is Great Britain's most Important market for coal.
Investigation of the actual Agures by "various Cabinet Ministers" and commercial authorities reveals that Tualy' bought 4,700,000 tons of British coal in 1984, amounting to £3,500,000, Only France bought a greater quant ly, amounting last year to 7,000,000, The only possibility of solution les with Greece and the extra-European states, such such as Egypt, Even with "their ce-operation, however, Great Britain could hardly hope to compensate for the loss of Italian in making a raid into Eritrea and penetrating some distance into Italian territory, but add that they were repulsed' with heavy losses.
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