London, Feb. 9.
It is understood that the British Ambassador in Rome, Lord Perth, hi Feceived renewed assurances that recent Ttalian press comment has no faring on the undertakings rogarding the withdrawal of Mahan troops, serving in Spain given by the Italian jemment in the Rome Agreements of last April According to information now received from the Italian Government, the numerical strength of the Italian forces in Libya is between 30,000 and 32,000, said Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, in the House of Commons yesterday in answer to Mr. Arthur Henderson, Labour member for the Kingswinford division of Staffordshire. No answer was given to the question whether any information had been received "about German troops which had been sent to Libya recently.
Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberst member for Caithness and Sutherland, asked if the reduction of Ital troops had been at the rate of weekly, in accordance with the provi-slons of the British-Tlalian agreement Mr. Chamberlain said he could not answer the question without notice.
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