The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-03

without this government having ir any way been consulted or in' formed"
 Will Maintain Policy
 "A sufficient amount of informa. tion, however, has been received to enable us to say definitely that whatever the nature of this tran. saction may prove to be, either commercially or politically or both, the attitude and policy of this government toward the con- tpoversy between Italy and Ethio- paa will be maintained hereafter just as it would have been main tained had this reported oil tran saction not occurred.
 "The central point in the policy of this government in regard to the Italian and Ethiopian contro- vsrsy is the preservation of peace to which policy every country throughout the world is committed by one or more treaties-and we earnestly hope that no nations will in any circumstances be diverted from this supreme objective"
 Italy Loses One Claim
 Paris. Sept. 3-(UP)-The join' commission of the League of Ma lions seeking to determine blame in the Italian Ethiopian dispute rendered a verdict today that the Ualual incident was a matter solely between Italy and Ethiopia.
 The incident is not a matter for international responsibility. the committee decided.
 The commission was composed of two Italian and two Ethiopian representatives. When they were unable to agree they summoned the neutral arbiter, Nicholas Politis of Greece.
 The decision will be submitted to the two governments and the League Council. It clears both Ethiopia and Italy and leaves the blame unfixed.
 The arbitrators were unable to decide on any legal point because the question of frontier limits pre- viously had been removed from their jurisdiction. They were lim- ited to determining the circum- tiiN NN Ualual occurred.
 Would Take No Sides
 The arbitrators refused to fix re- sponsibility for whether the Italians were at Ualual in a capacity Of colonial expansion or the Ethio- plans were acting in nationalist role to consolidate territory in dis pute.
 The vote was unanimous, so that Politis was not called on to cast the deciding vote.
 The decision was signed by the Ave arbitrators- Putnam E. Potter of the United States and Albert De La Pardelle, of France. for Ethio- pia: Count Luigi Aldrovani- Mares cotti and Grand officer Rafaelle Montagna, for Italy; and Politis, neutral member.
 Observers agreed the decision prevents Italy from making use or the Ualual clash at tomorro" Geneva debate in accusations against Ethiopia as q league mem Der.
 The committees de' ,sion was in- terpreted as whitewashing Ethiopia because none of Italys charges was upheld
 The arbiters are keeping the text of the decision secret until 1t IS published by the league. Potter win leave for Geneva tomorrow.
 British End of Dispute.
 London, Sept. g. (UP) - The sudden subsistence of European excitement over the cession of oil rights in Ethiopia to British oil promoter, Francis Rickett, was ex- plained today with the disclosure that he fooled everybody at Adds Ababa by pretending that he was there only to present a Red Cross airplane given by Egyptians.
 Hence statesmen decided that after all his contract to permit an American syndicate to prospect for oil was not deep plot by Great Britain.
 Anthony Eden of Great Britain explained all this last night at Paris to Premier Pierre Laval, and assured him that Britain claimed no interest in Ethiopia outside Of the Lake TSana lrfiSatloH TeBloH' vital for the great Nile Irrigation project.
 Pickett spent whole week from August 23 to August 90, at Addis Ababa, negotiating his con- tract. He did not see any foreign diplomat, apparently, and every ne--particularly the American and British Iegations-seemcd to believe he went there only as an angel of mercy.
 British to ORcr Probe.
 It was learned that the govern Ment Is considering extending to the United S,Dtes it's investigation whether any British capital is in- voIved in 1ickett's concession. and may soon ask the American govern-