1937-08-25 — Page 12

ITALY'S MEDITERRAL

Next Move Must Come From Britain

Rome, To-day.

Three days after Signor Mussolini's significant speech at Palermo, political circles in Rome em- phasise that the next move must come from London.

Everything, it is stressed, will depend on the in- structions or suggestions given to the British Am- bassador, the Earl of Perth, by the Premier, Mr.

Shanghai Volunteer Corps clearing debris after the Nanking Road trage Neville Chamberlain. dy. Some of the victims can be seen lying on the pavement.

MORE BRITISH TROOPS TO BE SENT

London, To-day.

The British Government is pre- paring to send considerable num- bers of troops to the Far East. according to reports at hand here on Tuesday. Besides the previous- ly sent reinforcements of the Shanghai garrison by two Hong Kong regiments, and the arrival of one regiment from Singapore at Hong Kong, several troop trans- ports are being sent to India carry troops to the Far East.

The regiment is at present on its way from Hyderabad to Calcutta. Another regiment left Calcutta for the Far East yesterday afternoon.

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Hong Kong to take the Singapor, battalion to Shanghai It is stated that not more than two battalions from Singapore will be sent t Shanghai, in order not to weaken the important naval base.--Trans- Ocean.

the Gentleman's The Earl of Perth, now in Lon- inadequacy don, is expected to return to Rome Agreement," concluded last Janu- to open negotiations in the early ary attention is drawn to the inadvisability of a merely pro- part of September.

visional new agreement, the result It is pointed out here that of which could only be a purely destined to ensure Italy desires a lasting and de tactical move finite arrangement Mediterranean.

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Italy's readiness to reach a last- ing understanding with Britain is unquestionable, and Rome will not allow mere questions of form or detail to develop into insuperable obstacles.

But, it is added, it is precisely on this account that Italy must firmly insist on recognition of her colonial Empire and of her equal rights as a great Power, which include her right to choose her friends-Trans-Ocean.

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