The Archive · 1939

Mahan Press Excited Rome, Jon, 18

The anti-French storm in the italian press Is raging with greater intense than ever, "Corriere della Sierra" states: "Like wild beasts, who, In order to induce courage in themselves, lash their Manks with their tall; the French Press, for weeks, has' been Increasing its dose of insults and slander with regard to the military valour of the Ttalians. This ferocity, however, frightens nobody, and. the wild beast remains simply 'a bea:

"Lavoro Fascista" expresses tempt for the mad bestiality. which Grives the old Gallic cock towards isolation and a lost, desperate, mortal strugel ""Gazeita del Popolo" warns France that the "Fascist fist is mailed, and is protly swift to strike,"—Reuter, Native Troops Paris, Jan. 19.

Eight or ten thousand Ttalian tive troops have of li twaled along the Diredawa-Djibouti section of the Addis Ababa) railway, M. Jerome TTharaud, member of the French Academy and special correspondent' of the *Pavig-Salt" reported today, He pointed cut that that special section of the railway offered. the only possible base for attacks against French Somaliland in hostilities because in all other regions, the French frontiers are protected by mountains, Havas, Primauguet Leaves For Djibouti Paris, Jan, 19.

The French cruiser Primauguet, which lett Shanghai on her return voyage to France yesterday, 1s making the trip under normal clseumstances, "authoritative quarters de-flared today contradicting certain foreign reports.

'The yesso) will stop en route at Saigon and Djibouti in order to; permit the sailors to rest following their Jone-year' term of service in China waters.

The Primauguet will eventually be attached to either the Mediterranean jor Atantie Fleet, The sloop, Savorgnan de Brazza, has lett Saigon fen route to Shanghai, where she expected on January '24—Hlavas, Rome Visit Results Satisfy Cabinet London, Jan, 19.

The report of the Prime Minister, air. Neville "Chamberlain, "to. the [Cabinet on his visit to Rome is believed to have followed, generally, the lines of well-informed statements ley British civeles in Rome. at the conclusion of the visit, states Reuter' Lobby. Correspondent.

Cabinet ministers, he writes, appear to be satisfied with the general effect lof the visit, and there seems to remain no doubt in Government eltcles the Anglo-Italian Agreement will ied out in its entirety.

With regard to Spain, Reuter's Correspondent understands that there 1s, now no chance of the Hallans being withdrawn vntit General Franco, the Nationalist leader, has won the wat, [There appears, at present, to be no anxiety with regard to future intervention in Spain from any quarter.

'The question of Palestine is also understood to have been discussed. Tt is believed that the altitude of the [Palestine Arabs is ikely to be the ldceiding: factor' in the decision for Jor against the holding of a Conference in London.—Reuter.

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