London, June 10, 'The newspapers give adequate prom-Jinence to Signor Mussolini's speech on Saturday when, in referring to the Talian-Abyssinian' dispute, he said: "They (Great Britain) have shown us that when it is a question of greeting an empire of defending it they take no notice of world opinion.
With one exception, the newspaper 40 not comment on the speech, in their editorial columns—Reuter, Commons Statement London, June In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Anthony Eden, Lord Privy Seal the MacDonald Cabinet, referred to the many wild accusations lately directed against the British Government in the Italian press. He said was. unfortunate that "such misrepresentations should have been allowed to appear, particularly. because of the effect they might have fon the excellent relations existing between Great Britain and Italy.
Mr. Eden described these press stories as "'mischievously absurd and fantastic." There was no reason, he said, the British and Tatian interests in Ethiopia should not harmoniously developed, and added: "It has been our constant endeavour to help to bring about a permanent settlement mutually satisfactory 0 Moly and Ethiopia."-—Wireless through Reuter,
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