Rome, Oct. 31.
Pope Plus XI to-day urged that Italy: be granted a mandate over Ethiopia, In order to avoid a more @angerous conflagration.. Earlier, the Pope had informed the Bishops of Rome that the application of sanctions by the League of Nations would not affect the Vatican or the ecclesiastical seminaries here. Imports of the institutions, loans, or credits would not the hampered, his Holiness said.
"The Pope's attitude in the Efniop-Jan crisis will be reveated in detail im on editorial article In the "Civilita the. world's principal Roman Catholic organ, whose most important leading articles are always written under the direct supervision of the Supreme Pontiff, The article wil contend outspokenly that the Lengue of Nations should not hesitate any longer to grant Italy a mandate over Ethiopia, if it wishes to prevent a more serious coniilet in Europe, and perhaps, throu! id.
The "Civilita" will point out, it is understood, that Italy is entitled to 0 ecause she received nothing in the "fat distribution" of mandates over the former German colonies at Coneludto strive for a better understanding of May's necessities-—United Press.
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