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ITALIAN TROOP MOVEMENTS IN LIBYA ALSO REPORTED

Paris, To-day.

Great prominence is given in the

C.E.C. MEETING DID NOT TAKE PLACE

Chungking. To-day.

The fifth plenary session of the Central Executive Committee of the

"Paris Soir" to messages received Kuomintang, scheduled to meet on

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· asserted, has asked the Government meeting did not take place as to take immediate measures to re-planned.

inforce military and naval outposts. It is declared that the session The same message says that the has been postponed but the new Egyptian Government has received 'date is not being released for pub- information about the despatch of,lication.-Reuter.

Italian troops to the southern part

of Libya and that, in view of im- the London and Paris reports with pending diplomatic talks, the Egyp- ironic comments. tain Government looks upon this action as an "ominous sign." Trans-Ocean.

"DENIAL UNNECESSARY”

Rome, To-day. Competent Italian quarters deem it unnecessary to issue an official denial of the rumours circulated by the "Soir" and the "Daily Tele- graph" about a concentration of Italian troops in North Africa.

"Giornale D'Italia" says that Pertinax, on the hunt for alarming news, has squirted his poison in the hope of being able to convince Bri- tish public opinion of the necessity of an Anglo-French collaboration in the Red Sea.-Trans-Ocean.

LITTLE CREDENCE

Paris, To-day. French official quarters say they give little credence to reports about a concentration of Italian troops in The Italian newspapers reproduce' North Africa.-Trans-Ocean.

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