ANNEXATION BY ITALY.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19885, 14 May 1936, Page 7

ANNEXATION BY ITALY.

_,._. THE ATTITUDE 0F BRITAIN. "ACCEPTED \\‘lTH RESERVE.“ BASED U.\' COLLECTIVE ACTION. ‘omcm Wireless.) (Received May I'l, 11.0 51-111.; RUGBY. .\lay 13. 111 the absence 01' the Foreign SerraLm'y an. Geneva the Prime Minister haul u Jul-go number of questions relating to lllc llnlu—gmyssiniuu (lisplllc Io unswur in the House or liununons.

Mr Baldwin shtled Ural, \\ht‘n the Jlnliun Ambassador hulnlvd lu Ihu l-‘urcign Ulllce )oslcrduy u cup)‘ of the Italian dcrrcc annexing .\masiniu lu Italy and runl'urrlng the title ul' I’.qu nerur upon the Kinsr of Italy In: “us informed that 1110 document would hc accepted in all reserve and “oqu he submitted to the Foreign :‘ecrclun un his return.

Describing the cunieiiis of the Note received by the British chuiion, along with other diplomatic missions in Audi-s Abuba, from Marshal badogiio. the Prime Minister said that sir 5. Barton had been instructed to make it clear in his reply that for ihe present his coinmunicutious with .\larshai Badogliu were on the fouling that Sir S. Bariou regarded him as the authority in mili—tary occupation of Addis Ababa.

in one of several other replies, .\lr Baldwin reminded an Opposition memher that the Um ernnient had repeatedly stated that, its policy in the dispute was based on a collective decision hy the League of Nations. MUSSOLINI'S cun'r ORDERS. ATTITUDE TU THE LEAGUE. ANNEXATION NOT RECOGNISED. United Press Assn—Elem Tel. Copyright. LONDON. May 13. The Home correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that :ignor .\lussolinl's curt telegram to Baron Aloisi, stating. “ You are to leave Lieneva by the llrst available train. it explanations are asked for state that. you have no further instructions," is not interpreted as a prelude to llaly‘e rcsignatlon from the League. The ltalian Government spokesman declared that Signor .\lussollni still. believed the League was a necessary institution, but as long as the so-culled Abyssinian delegate sat at. the Council table ltuly would remain absent. Moreover, ltuly would reiuse to collabor—ate in European ait‘uirs, even to recog—nise her obligations under the Lucarno Treaty, until sanctions \\erc abolished.

No foreign Government :81 has recognised the ltuliun annexation ul' .\byssinlu, and so lan- only [\\u cum gl'nlulalory telegrams hum: been scnl 10 11 che, namely, one from Prince Starhemhcx'g of Austria and one from 1110 c.\»uruwn Prince ul' Ucl'mun). which 1110 Lien-mun nuvnpapu‘s lune been forbidden to publish.