Rome, May 28.
Libya, Italy's north African poses-sion bordering French Tunisia and British-dominated Egypt, will play a decisive role should Italy enter the European war, the newspaper 'D'Impere" said here in an editorial yesterday.
The article which discussed at length Italy's position in case of conflict and the probable direction to be taken by Italian forces, attracted widespread attention here in view of the mounting indications of early Italian participation in the war on the side of Germany.
Italy's land defences along the Alps, on the Libyan borders and in Abys-sinza, "D'Impere" stated, are secure. The newspaper foresaw the Mediterranean becoming the theatre of operations on land, sea and air with possible Italian thrusts at Suez and eventually to other parts of the Balkans, The journal minimized the possibility of Italian action against, France, pointing out that the sacrifices necessary for a successful offensive to the west would not be worth the results achieved.
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