UNREST SWEEPS ITALY
Large-Scale Military Preparations
FEARS OF COMING CATASTROPHE
Diplomatic Offensive
Expected
LONDON, March 12.
Unrest is sweeping Italy, says the “Sunday Referee,” and all classes, including many leading Fascists, fear that Signor Mussolini’s daring will end in catastrophe. Notwithstanding the danger of doing so, people are talking about their present discontent and their anxiety for the future. The overbearing ascendancy of Germany is particularly galling to them.
The powerful Fascist militia is rigidly enforcing the party will, -aud it is said that it is well supplied with ammunition. The regular army is being kept perpetually short of it, as it is believed that it might attempt a military coup. Tlie Rome correspondent of tlie International News Service says that the long-awaited diplomatic offensive to bring about a redistribution of colonies that was delayed by the death of Pope Pius XI is gathering momentum, and a critical situation may arise within a few weeks. Military Preparations. Italian military preparations that are being made on a large scale cannot be explained unless Signor Mussolini foresees the possibility of a conflict with the object of fulfilling Italian and German colonial ambitions. T ~ The recent visit of the Italian Foreign Minister, Count Ciaiio, to Warsaw to persuade Poland to join in the demand for colonies fits in with tlie preparations. French experts hold tlie view that France will be fully prepared in the event of war with Italy. This fact was announced after tlie Prime Minister, M. Daladier, who is also Minister of Defence, and the Minister of Colonies, M. Mandel, had conferred with senior officers of the army, navy, and air force. The situation regarding the. navy and fortifications in North Africa is considered to be particularly satisfactory It is learned that the opinion was expressed that if Italy made any attempt to begin a war in Europe or over colonies she would “commit suicide.” •
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 144, 14 March 1939, Page 9
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314UNREST SWEEPS ITALY Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 144, 14 March 1939, Page 9
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