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ANGLO-ITALIAN NEGOTIATIONS

Sanctions left their mark deep on the Italian mind.

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Fascists as another step in the Hadian conquest of the Medi ean, sharply in- tensified. The fruit of Anglo- Mr. Philip Noel-Baker has Italian conversations for a better agam

demonstrated how easy understanding was the Declara is to provoke the Prime Minister tion of Assurance of January 2, to curtness in matters related to 1937. This declaration recognis- foreign affairs, and the Laboured that transport through the Member's retorf on the Anglo-Mediterranean was a vital inter- Italian negotiations was clearly est both to Britain and Italy, invited. If, however, an agree disclaimed any desire to modify ment is to emerge it is easy to the status quo of territory in sympathise with Mr. Chamber-the Mediterranean area, and lain in his discouragement of serted that the two Powers would questions in the middle of talks do their best to discourage any of such a delicate nature. An es-activities liable to impair the sential preliminary to the agree- good relations which it was the ment at which the Prime Minis-subject of the declaration to ter aims is the breaking down of consolidate, Italy followed this the wall of suspicion and bitter-up with an explicit guarantee to ness which has grown up between respect the integrity of Spanish countries which, until 1935, had territories.

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a long tradition of friendship. These documents seemed to Mussolini's speeches and his pro- herald a return to amity. Sig- pagandist agencies have succeed-nor Massolini, however, was far ed-in thoroughly angering and from satisfied What he wanted alarming British opinion. The was a real Mediter

pact. young Fascists have been taught Already, in the Milan speech, he to believe that Britain is the ob-had demanded “a frank, quick, stacle to the rebuilding of the and complete solution of the Roman Empire. Italy is unsafe Mediterranean question, by which in Africa while Britain holds he meant parity in ships, air Gibraltar and Suez, the keys of bases, and fortifications. Britain the Mediterranean, and is even was not prepared to negotiate stiffed in the Middle Sea itself. such a treaty. She would go no Therefore, the mastery of the further than the declaration, Mediterranean must be wrested which Mussolini's newspapers from the "decadent" English, not vainly sought to interpret as merely by the building of an e-maintaining the status quo in ormous navy and the creation of armaments as well as in relation military situation in Italian Libya to territories. Britain went favourable to an attack on Egypt, ahead with her rearmament pro- but by the undermining of Brit-gramme, and Mussolini renewed ish prestige in the Near East the movement of troops to Spain and in Africa. Propaganda toand to Tabya

the latter end has been unscrupu- Such was the situation in which lous and unceasing. Mussolini Mr. Chamberlain intervened. The himself, in a famous speech at Prime Minister belongs to that Milan, declared the Mediterran- school of Conservatives in Britain lean to be only "a short cut for which believes that Anglo-Italian Britain, whereas for us Italians rivalry in the Mediterranean is it is life."

Junnatural and unnecessary; that Britain, aroused at last by a return to the old friendship hostile propaganda and menac based on a recognition of com- ing military movements, initiat-plementary interests can be led vast re-armament pro-achieved. The test will come gramme which was designed to when the attempt is made to ensure the safety of her Mediter-translate these amiable senti- ranean lifeline as well as the pro-ments into an agreement. tection of her other interests at Recognition of the Italian Em- home and abroad. The Italianspire in Abyssinia will be unpopu believed, or affected to believe, lar in Britain, but it will obvious that these armaments were aim-ly be conceded, on terms. But ed primarily at them; propaganda will Britain be prepared to was redoubled, and military precede parity of armaments along parations were speeded up. her Mediterranean lifeline? And

It would be unfair not to relean she trust Mussolm? cognise a genuine Italian point It is useless to disguise the of view in all these unhappy ex-fact that Fascist boasts and changes.

Hatred of Britain, threats have filled the British artificially generated when sanc-public with dislike, prejudice, and tions were mooted, became a real disquiet. The spectre of a Fas

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war progressed The Italians evoked by Mussohn's own pro- could not understand why weal-pagandists, will not easily be thy and colomes-sated Britain banished, and distrust is not and France should begrudge im-good basis for an enduring poverished Italy place in the treaty.