The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-11-08

big home fleet from
Nz4 the Mediterranean to
mollify Mussolini. This
- suggestion was laid
before the British cabinet and turned
down fatty.
The cabinet gave hearty approval to
the policy at Geneva Of Capt. Anthony
Eden and Samuel Hoare, secretary for
foreign affairs. Its stand was reported
to be substantially this: Mussolini
win respect nothing but force. He
would interpret any withdrawal Of
Britain's Mediterranean forces as q
sign Of weakening. II Mussolini wants
to clear the way for Italo-E Ethiopian
peace talks, let him halt his armies In
Ethiopia and accept league terms as
basis for negotiation as Ethiopia al.
ready has done.
Furthermore, the British government
called on Laval for a definite reply to
Its question whether France would 60
operate with the British feet II there
were IN open break with italy. The
French answers to this query had
been too wabbly to suit Downing
street. Particularly the English
wanted to know If their feet would be
permitted to use the French naval
dockyards. II was believed that II
Laval could not satisfy the British.
the latter would withdraw from active
leadership In the League Of Nations
and refuse to renew the Locarno COM
mitments on which France relies for
protection against Germany.
sHISPATCHES from the African
~ war front are subjected to 20
severe . censorship that they are not
only. unsatisfactory'',but often quite
unreliable All kinds of sensational
stories are circulated and some Of
them may be true. One such II the
report from Djibouti, French Somali.
land, that italians killed q number Of
British Somaliland subjects near the
Ethiopian frontier, some Of the vic
Tins being members Of the came,
corps that Is q part Of the colonial
army. British Vice Consul Lowe
heard, also, that Italians had gassed
and shot q lot Of cattle and goats In
British Somaliland. "
Certainly relations between Italy and
Great Britain rel growing worse
daily and there we're many predictions
that the two nations would be at each
others threats before long. The Brit
ish have been In a deadly cold humor
ever since they found out that Mussa-
lini's friends had been trying to stir
mp an .anti-Britlsh revolt In Egypt.
Now. the border between Egypt and
italian Libya II the scene Of swift
concentration OF troops on both sides.
ETHlOPlA'S representatives in &C.
- neva were told BY delegates Of sev.
eral nations that Mussolini was ready
to end the warfare II he were given
considerable cessions Of territory and
certain large economic advantages.
This tentative offer was transmitted to
Adds Ababa, and thereby OF Emperor
Halle Selassie was q determined mo"
The Italians want virtual control over
the :eatire. countrysrandnthes emperor. 10
not willing to give up . yard OF ter
sitory. II
! The Italians In northern Ethiopia
were jubilant over the desertion Of
Deslac Halle Selassie Gugsa and sew
eral thousand warriors. This Gugsa Is
q s~on-in-law Of the emperor and q de.
scendant Of King John who reigned in
the last century. The traitor was in.
stalled az a or chieftain Of the &C.
cnpied territory.
Seemingly reliable reports from
medical missionaries in the southern
sector, the +Ogaden zone. said the
Italians were making free use Of
chlorine gas and of @.dum-dum bullets
which for many years have been out.
lawed In all -civillzed" warfare.
CENATOR ARTHUR 81. VANDEN.
- BERG Of Michigan, who has been
mentioned frequently az q possible
Republican nominee for the Presi.
tdency, came back from
q summer tour of Eu. %M
rope and declared fiat.
~ he is mot a candi-
date for anything ON
EARTH" He did not
attempt to predict who
would be named BY
the Republicans, but
did say he felt the
G. o. P. would win
in 1885.
wrota NE Senator
obituarv IN his 6rst vandsnbsrg
speech in congress in March, 1852