ITALY NOT WEAK
TAUNT AT BRITAIN Signor Gayda, Italian semi-official publicist, writing in the Giornale d'ltalia, attacks American newspaper statements that Italy does njot possess the necessary finance to undertake a Avar and that the Italian coasts would he vulnerable to British or French naval attacks. "Italy's finances may not be opulent, but wars arc won above all by men of arms and spirit," he declares. "British or French attacks would encounter remarkable Italian strength, including submarines and bombers." He alleges that British military experts advised Britain to "flee" from the Mediterranean for fear that she would meet the "great Mediterranean power." About 28,500 Italian workers are to be sent to Albania to cari-3- 01 J': public Avorks. They aa'i 11 be draAvn from the provinces in which unemployment is highest
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 154, 1 May 1940, Page 6
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