The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-12

for trade with nations not partici- pating in league penalties when they can provide the commodities listed
 The decrees followed immediately upon a note to league members = with copies to the United tSates and other non-leaue nations and 8 separate note to Egypt = that pro- tested the application of league penalties, denied the legality of the leagues action, defended Italy's course in East Africa and threatened reprisals against nations that try to penalize Italy.
 League or No League
 Mussolini's characteristically en- ergetic actioh, anticipating the ap- plication of the new league penal- ties by six days, made good his an- nouncement in an interview with the United Pres sthat he would pur- sue his course in Ethiopia with the league, without the league or against the league.
 Now it is against the league and its members collectively and indi- vidually.
 Products Affected
 Commodities on Mussolini's own sanctions list include:
 Butter, fresh and salted fish, cof- fee, wheat, corn, wines, vegetable oils, cotton, raw silk textiles, me- tallic minerals. iron and steel scrap, cast iron, iron alloys, steel copper in any form, quicksilver, zinc, lead, farm tractors, chemical fertilizers, raw hides, rubber, news print, uncut and polished precious stones, jewelry, gold bars, gold bullion and gold dust and scrap.
 Key products to be denied Italy beginning next Monday are:
 Horses, mules, and all other transport animals; rubber, bauxite, aluminium, iron ore, scrap iron, chromium, manganese, nickel, ittan- ium, tungsten, vanadium and their ores, ferro alloys, tin, tin ore, all crude forms of these minerals and metals and their ores, scrap and alloys.
 In addition it is proposed to deny Italy petroleum, coal, iron, steel and pig iron if 1t is possible to ob- tain the cooperation of non-league nations.
 Proposals to ban copper and cot- ton have been rejected, for the pres ent.
 Some Things Exempted
 Mussolini specifically exempted from his decree copper, gold and silver coinage and manuscripts.
 The league in its list exempted Italian manuscripts and publca- tions generally.
 Effective Thursday, public off, ces throughout Italy will observe a unifor mschedule of working hours, from g a. m. to 4:30 p. m. with but half an hour for lunch from 12:30 to p. m.
 A meeting of the Fascist grand council has been called for Satur- day to take a last minute survey of the situation as it is just before the league penalties begin. It is anticipated that there may be an important series of decrees regi- menting industry and the civilian population for the battle against penalties.
 BY WAVERLEY LEWIS ROOT United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Paris, November 12 (UP) = Italy may have threatened specific reprisals against League of Nations members in presenting series of notes protesting the penalties to be imposed next Monday, it was re- ported today.
 There were indications that Ital- ian ambassadors and ministers in presentin the notes yesterday added verbally warning of possible Italian economic and financial measures against individual na- tions.
 Reprisals envisaged were report ed to include elimination of cridts for foreign purchases from Italy, Accommodation of commercial treat ies, an embargo on as many Ital- ian imports as possible from league nations, the threat that Italy might disinterest herself in the Australian problem and withdraw most of her army from the Brenner Pass in the Alps, and an intimation that Italy might withdraw from the league, for the period during which penal