The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-16
SOV|ET-POLISH
SPAT DELAYS
PEACE FARLEY
Warsaw Delegates Walk
Out as LitvinOV Answers
Bitter Attack.
LEAGUE CHIEF UPSET
Early Fears of War No
Longer Held as Views
of AIarmiStS.
BY FREDERICK KUN
United Press stan Correspondent
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GENEVA, Sept. 16.-The Ethio-
plan crisis was temporarily side
tracked in the assembly of the
League of Nations today by an open
quarrel between Russia and Poland.
After President canon de Valera
Of the Irish Free State had pleaded
for an immediate international
peace conference on Ethiopia,
Maxim LitvinOv of Russia replied
caustically to an attack on Russian
policy made by Joseph Beck, Polish
foreign minister.
The Polish delegation arose and
left the hall causing a great stir
among the delegates.
Meanwhile, European statesmen,
who a few months ago branded
as alarmists those who saw in
the Ethiopian conflict the
danger of European war. are today
gauging the prospect of such a
calamity themselves.
They believe the League of Ma
tions may penalize Italy if 1t COM
mits any act of aggression.
Sanctions would first be economic
refusal of credit and embargoes
on munitions and raw materials.
But Mussolini himself has warned
that sanctions mean war" Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin of Great
Britain, in connection with another
controversy, once expressed the
same opinion.
Duce to Act Wednesday
From Rome came word that Mus
sOlini and his Fascist council be-
lieve that Wednesday will be the
historic day on which they will
make The final decision on the
Ethiopian crisis.
The cabinet meets then in eXpec
tation Of receiving from the League
a final offer of compromise. Satur-
days announcement that there
could BE- no compromise made it inn
possible not to know what the an
SWer must be.
The opinion among the great
powers whose representatives the
United Press has interviewed, still
holds that an Italo-EthiOpian war
in Africa will be localized. But for
the first time sober statesmen also
are contemplating the sinister al
tentative that events may upset
their calculations and lead Europe
toward war.
Fear AnglO-Italian Clash
There are two contingencies
which might extend an African
colonial war to Europe The first
and most serious of these is an
AnglO-Italian conflict. The second
is an eventual Nazi uprising in
Austria which would bear the SEM
blance of an internal Austrian move
ment but would receive German
support. Or, alternatively. a deal
between hard-preSsed Italy and
Germany whereby MuSSolini, forced
to desperate measures, might even
surrender Italy's present domina-
ton of Austria to Hitler.
Those who have examined the
danger of an Anglo-Italian clash
point to the fact that Britain would
take the lead and bear the brunt of
eventual League sanctions.
Following Pierre Laval's speech
before the League Assembly Thurs
day it is deemed certain that France
would at least enforce a policy of
non-aSSistance to an aggresSor. as
would Russia and virtually all Eu-
ropean powers except possibly Ger
many.
French Support Expected
The British are confident that
Frances role would not remain
passive but that, with Britain as
Stunning the initiative, France would
also lend active secondary support
in imposing sanctions against
Italy.
1t is an open secret that Italian
plans are viewed in London as a di-
lect menace to the British En-
pire
Britain is ready to resist estab-
liShment of a great Italian protec-
torate in Ethiopia close TO her sea
route to India and tt = Far East.
Within the past few days. if Brit
iSh officials may be believed. agita-
ton against Great Britain in Egypt
has been intensified The British
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