ITALIAN NEUTRALITY
YEAR 1914 AND TO-DAY FORMER SECRET CLAUSE ATTITUDE TO BRITAIN (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Oct. 1. Comparing the position which faced the Allies in 1914 and to-day, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, in his broadcast talk, said: “We faced those ad-, verse conditions then. We have nothing worse to fear to-day. “In those days of 1914 also, Italy was neutral, but we did not know the reason for her neutrality. “It was only then that we learned that bv a secret clause in the original treaty of the Triple Alliance, Italy had expressly reserved to herself the right to stand aside from any war which brought her into conflict with Britain. “Much has happened since then. Misunderstandings and disputes have arisen, but all the more do we appreciate in England the reasons why this great, friendly nation of Italy, with whom we have never been at war, has not seen fit to enter the struggle.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20058, 3 October 1939, Page 10
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