ITALY WILL SIGN UNDER PROTEST
Received Sundav, 8.50 p.m. ROME. F'-b 9. Signor de Gasperi, in a staten'.ent to the Assembly on the signing of the peaee treaty, said ■ there had been a tendeney to overrate the iniportance oF the signing and underestiinate .he importance of vatification. Signing- lid not m ean eousent or rcfusal, particularly where a treaty was one which had been imposed. Italy, by not refusing to sign, wishes to provp goodwill aiid intention tq make ev.ery reasonabffi eflort tq iiquidate tlie war. He de-
clared that the treaty undeservedh humiliated the Italiau fleet and insufficiently considered Italy 's part in the war of liberation. Italy nright stilb uttempt, between signature aiid ratification, to secure revision or a mildei application of the clauses lilce that utfecting the coionies and Italy 's claim against Gennany. No treaty bec.omes law in Italy without the Donstltuent Asseundy'-? approv.al. Jt \vas difficult to festrain defiant feelings that urged them to oppose Italy 's undoserved fate. Ihe Associated Press correspondent in. Rome says it is . reliabiy reported that -a strong protest against the treaty 's terins is beiug prnpared for cabliiig to the Big Four capitals at the hour 'of signing. ' 1 J
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 February 1947, Page 8
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