The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-26

olive branches OF peace 10 ed'h V'h't'
WHY is II Duce so intent on his colonial
expedition? Boake Carter tells YOU IN
his book, Black Shirt, Black skin the
fifteenth installment of which is pre-
scented today by The Times.
MO development of Abys-
sinia's mineral re-
sources has ever been at
tempted on a large scale
and again this would
take time, money and
equipment = and would
Mussolini have these last
two things at the close of
an expensive war?
In the supposition that Italy
did emerge victoriouS-still the
bills would have to be paid just
the same and the country would
be sick of warrior all countries
Shout for war when the drums
beat, the bugles blow and the girls
wave pretty white handkerchiefS
to departing sWeethearts-but
when the casualty lists are printed
and the wounded, the forever
manned and the dying return
home, every nation sickens Of war.
In the event, then, that Italy,
though victorious, might be tired
of war, would she be in any
physical or financial condition to
stave off a Teutonic invasion of
Austria, or to go one step farther
stop any German advance
through the Alps into Italy?
Probably not. One wonders
what passes through the Hitler
mind. For there is yet another
implication given little publicity to
date.
NMUSSOLINI'S bellicosity has
Iva at times sounded very sure,
very certain. His general attitude
has been one of supreme conf
dcnce regarding his Ethiopian
venture, as though he knew, but
the world didn't know, that he
had nothing to worry about from
other quarters, while he was en-
gagged in his colonial war.
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peating itself behind the scenes
even more faithfully than appears
on the surface OF international
diplomacy.
For on Aug. %, 1885, Germany
ard Austria declared a truce in
the press war" that has been
going on for months between
them.
Berlin Ambassador Franz Won
Papen protested to the Austrian
authorities the hostile attitude of
the Austrian press. Whereupon,
he was informed that the press
of Germany was equally hostile
to Vienna.
A truce was declared and more
friendly relations established.
Behind this came strong rumors
that secret negotiations were
under way to establish a non
aggression pact between Germany
and Austria, and the reason was
ascribed to Ttaly's Ethiopian VEN
ture.
MUSSOLINI is good enough
4Vx soldier and leader to we'll
realize that a costly war in Africa
will exhaust him and lay him
wide open to defeat should any
German army fight its way
through the Bremen Pass.
So is it unreasonable or illogical
to suspect that there may be some
secret understanding between
MuSsolini and Hitler to the effect
that, if the Reichsfuhrer main
tainS a hands-off policy in Aus
tria, while Mussolini is conquering
AbySsinia-Il Duce, will, in turn,
throw all his support to Hitler to
aid the latter not only in naval
matters, but, more threatening
still, in the restoration of Ger
man East and Southwest Africa to
the German Empire?
This would mean throwing out
the British protectorate over Tan
ganyka, and restoring Germany to
her place in the sum in Africa,
something which the British au-
thoritieS will simply refuse to
Countenance.
Italy alone threatening the