New Britain herald., 1926-02-10
Mussolini Stands Pat On Talk,
 Even Repeating His War Threat
Italian Premier's Reply to Stresemann Confirms Previous Speech and Adds That German Gan Interpret It As He Chooses"

Rome, Feb. 10 R'--Replying in the Italian senate today to yester- days address by Foreign Minister Strcsemann of Germany, Premier Mussolini said:
 T confirm the letter and spirit of my previous speech, not excluding the accent upon my phrase referring to the possibility of the Italian flag going beyond the Brennero frontier which Stresemann can interpret as he chooses"
 "Stresemann in his speech merely confirmed all the points l made" the premier continued.
 Mussolini asserted that Italians would interpret his phrase in regard to the Brennero pass as meaning that Italy would never endure vio- lations of the treaties of peace guar anteeing a frontier won by blood. He said that Dr. Stresemann had not denied single one of the charges he had made in his speech of last Saturday, and denied cate gorically that Italy ever would ask for supplementary guarantee pact In regard to the Brennero frontier, The premier declared # vas i'm possible to compare the question of the Italian minority in Jugo-Slavia with that of the German minority in the upper Adige territory. Policy To Continue
 Tt is hardly necessary The added Ito repeat that our policy in upper Adige, which I call Roman equity will be continued"
 He concluded by declaring that the German population in the ter ritory did not constitute a national minority, that Italy would not ac- Ccpt any discussion of the matter in any assembly or council Gan appar- ent reference to the League Of Ma ,tlons) and that the Fascist govern ment would "react with maximum energy against any plan of this nature"
 Ambassador Not Recalled
 Rome, Feb. 10 Pl-The absence of the Italian ambassador from Berlin, confirmed today. has no bearing on and is not related 10 the present controversy between Italy and Ger many. The amba sSador, Count De Bosdari left Berlin two weeks ago and the counsellor of the embassy A. Guarneri, left a month ago, Both came to Rome on regular leaves Of absence, and were in Rome before the present situation developed,
 The entire incident, declares the Messaggero, might have been satis- factorily closed if Dl. Stresemanr had confined himself to recognition of the falsity of the charges made by the upper Adige (southcrn Tyrol) agitators, condemnation Of the boy colt on trade and touring, and re oxidation of the utterances of Pre- mier Held of Bavaria.
 But these peaceful gestures. f says, were nullih"d by the false statement that Italy during the To carno negotiations tried to obtaii guarantee for the Brennero, b! his invocation of ltaly's request re garding the Italian minority il Jugoslavia, a case which 1t claim is not analogous 70 the position o the Germans in upper Adige, an' by his insistence that a question o international morality had beel created by the alleged severe treat ment of the Germans in upper Adige
 Determination to make an i'm
 mediate answer to the German for eign minister was reached by Musso
 lini early in his reading Of tn
 speech.
 Sentiment Runs High
 Announcement that the premier in
 tended to reply held in check tn
 violence of the indignant protest
 voiced everywhere in political cir 7 cIes as the text of Dr, Stresemann'
 speech was studied, but the ultra Fascist newspaper L'Impero and th
 official Populo Di Roma were unabl
 to restrain themselves from attack - ing the German spokesman. ! Among the more moderate papers f the Messaggero said: Here clarit , and loyalty are needed from bot , parties. Italy has given her shar' r Germany must give hers, and tn S speech of Stresemann is not suff { cient."
 g Whatever severe steps Italy ma
 have taken in the territory, tn s newspaper says are not these th = consequences of German agitation r "Dr. Stresemann, it continue - should learn that if the pan-Germal y ists stopped their agitation, the Ita l. ian regime would take a less defer @ siNe aspect. Today we repeat thu d Italy is defending herself cannot di = tinguish between responsibilities ar