Evening star., 1935-10-16

to include the United States in
world embargo against Italian
exports in case the League of Ma
tions applies such sanction
against Italy was disclosed today
by French officials.
BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, October l6.-Officials dis
closed today that France and Great
Britain are asking Washington if the
United States is willing to restrict its
imports from Italy in case such a
sanction against Premier MuSsolini'i
nation is applied by the League OF
Nations.
These same authorities also stated
that similar question is being asked
Of other powers, including Germany
Japan and Brazil, which are not
members of the League
1t was stated that the exploration
is being conducted through the am
bassadors of those nations
Conducted Through ENJOYS.
The attitudes of the non-member
countries Is sought because of the
fact that Yugoslavia, Austria. Spain
and certain other countries including
the Scandinavian are regarded as op-
posed to the plan for a restriction on
purchases from Italy.
Officially it was stated that some
countries within the League had
pointed out that any restrictions they
made on trade with Italy would be in
effective if the United States, Ger
many and other countries increased
their imports or even continued their
normal trade.
Friends of Premier Laval said he
had suggested that II Duce order the
Italian troops to cease action in
Ethiopia as a means of getting Great
Britain to consent to Cancellation ne
gotiations.
officials repeated their denial of
yesterday that Laval had said any
thing at all" to Great Britain about
withdrawing its warships from the
Mediterranean.
Aid Promised Under Article I6.
Officials revealed on the other hand
that Laval told Sir George Russell
Clerk, British Ambassador, France Is
inclined TO furnish all the aid needed
under article Is" of the League COW
enant when Clerk asked how far
France would go in solidarity"
Reports that Laval had expressed
over the slow progress of the
Italian troops in Ethiopia we're Off
cially denied-together with the ac-
companying report that Mussolini said
he would personally take command if
his generals failed to make headway.
Denial was made, too, that Msgr.
Maglione, Papal Nuncio in Paris, had
delivered peace suggestion to Laval
from Pope Plus.
Another of the many reports Off
cials denied was one that Mussolini
had notified Paris he doubted his
ability to defend Brenner Pass, on
Italy's Austrian frontier, in a German
attack on Austria, and requested
French assurance and aid.
The situation has not yet reached
that stage" said an official.
May Strengthen Locarno Pact.
France and Great Britain were re-
ported unoftlcially to be considering
strengthening the pact of Locarno,
now 10 years old.
A report that Britain was inclining
toward a process of automatic aid for
France under the Locarno pact with
out awaiting League of Nations def
milton of the aggressor in case France
was attacked by Germany, was pub
lshed in the newspaper LOeuvre.
France long has been trying to OBJ
tain such an agreement under the
series of diplomatic instruments for
peace and arbitration, drawn up at
Locarno in 1925.
Germany, Belgium, France, Great
Britain and Italy then mutually guar
anteed peace in Western Europe. and
Germany undertook to arbitrate any
disputes with France, Belgium, Poland
and Czechoslovakia.
L'Oeuvre indicated that these efforts
might have been helped bv Germany's
withdrawal from the League.
PEACE ASSURANCE REFUSED.