Evening star., 1935-08-22
Press Sounds
Threat to
London.
U. S. DECISION
MEETS SILENCE
Neutrality Measure
Provisions Draw
Bitterness.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ROME. August 22.-The authorita-
tive Giornale D'Italia, in front-page
article directed at England, said today
that sanctions penalties against
treaty violations) mean war.
Speaking of the closing of the Suez
Canal, mentioned as possibility by
a portion of the British press, Giornale
said: Accusing Italy Of violating
treaties, incendiary British newspapers
desire their government to be the
first to violate treaties, which it has
signed.
What 1t is today necessary to state
precisely Is the most decisive and con-
crete point. Sanctions mean war"
Sees War in Europe.
Giornale said that those British
newspapers which are working for
sanctions are working for war-a
war transferred from Africa to Europe
and from Europe into all parts of the
world where a great nation, which
feels itself menaced, wishes to defend
itself and can find its actions for
defense useful"
The newspaper said this would be
"a decisive war, a war of destruction
on the land and sea and in the skies,
such as must be that of virile. exas-
perated people which has the con-
sciousness Of right and in the face
of history defends its right TO life,
work and its honor. which does not
count for less than its bread"
Giornale said this was not threat
toward any one, but an immediate
response given to q threat by some
one else.
1t said the English newspapers
which have supported Ethiopia have
contributed to augment the number
Of Ethiopia's offenses against Italy
and the number Of Italian victims
fallen at the hands of Ethiopia; they
have also augmented the accounting
which Ethiopia must make to Italy"
Press Mood Changing.
Otherwise the Italian government
today, for the first time. allowed a
pleading note to creep into the cff1-
cially inspired press, which has been
engaged in polemic against Great
Britain.
The plea was summed up by Vir-
ginia Gayda, political writer for the
Giornale under the headline. mo
Conflict, but Collaboration"
The most rampant of recent critics
regarding Britain's "obstructionism"
to Mussolini's designs in Ethiopia,
Gayda wrote today:
1T is above all things certain that
no general hostility toward England
and all its vast empire exists in italy"
Pointing out the great distance be-
tween sectors of English opinion re-
garding Mussolini's aims in Ethiopia,
Gayda pleaded for understanding of
Italy's designs.
Mutual Benefit Seen.
Those designs, he wrote, signify =
development of productive civilization
in territory confined by three British
possessions and an augmentation of
the reciprocal economic friendship for
the mutual benefit of ALL
Gayda warned, however, that cit is
Italy's hour to provide for itself with
out in any way taking from those who
have alreaey taken" He based this
statement upon the recognized Italian
desire to provide itself with colonies,
much as England has provided for
itself in the past.
All Italy awaited today news con-
cerning the decision of the British
The press was editorially silent on
the United States Senate's neutrality
resolution. 1t was admitted in in
formed circles that there was bitter
ness over some of the provisions of the
resolution. At the same time it was
that Italy did not wish
to become embroiled with the United
States.
Sailings of troop ships to East Africa
will be multiplied dufing the coming
week. Experts said the military port
Of Naples was ready to send out be-
tween 10000 and 10000 men weekly.