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Ethiopia, and there does not seem
to be any prospect of restoring its
independence.
British Warning.
The entire talo-Ethiopian war af-
forded the world a pretty sorry spec
tacle of great-power unwillingness or
inability to prevent aggression. Great
Britain itself did nothing very effec-
tive about Ethiopia, but now suddenly
is realizing that Mussolini may turn
his eyes in the direction of Egypt
And that's where Great Britain draws
the line.
This became evident a few days
ago when Prime Minister Stanley
Baldwin told the House of Commons
that the government would regard as
an unfriendly act any attempt by an
other power to interfere in the affairs
of Egypt. He did not specifically
mention Italy in this connection, but
the entire House-and the rest of
the world-knew very well what he
meant.
At the same time, however, all
British war vessels-with the excep-
tion of four-were ordered back from
the Mediterranean Sea where they
have been stationed on guard against
the possibility of an Italian attack
ever since last fall.
Sanctions Problem.
1t will be recalled that soon after
the beginning of the Italian attack
on Ethiopia, 50 of the SIS nations
which are members of the League of
Nations condemned the aggression
and voted rather gentle economic
sanctions applied against Italy. In
sober fact, these sanctions have been,
as far as Italy is concerned, pathe-
tic joke, but they have, on the other
hand, been painfully irritating to the
nations that took part in them, which
is true especially of the smaller sane
zionist countries. They were hurt
seriously while the nation it was in
tended to punish went ahead with it's
war until it was won.
Now it appears that the sanctionist
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quite elaborate negotiations in order
to recapture their Italian trade. Mus
sOlini has decreed that since these
| 50 nations themselves broke off COM
mercial relations with Italy, they
must suffer the consequences and
must attempt to have new trade
treaties signed.
Chile'S Attitude.
| With respect to the Italian con-
quest of Ethiopia, the League of Ma
tions has proved that it cannot pro-
tect its smaller members against
armed attacks by great powers. Real
izing this, the Scandinavian and some
other smaller countries short time
ago began to consider the possibility
of withdrawing from the League
Nothing came of that, however. But
Guatemala resigned on the ground
international insurance organization
which could do no peace insuring, at
all.
And few days ago Arturo Alessan-
dri, president of Chile, intimated in
a speech before the congress at San
tiago that the country may quit the
League. The president declared that
the League must go through some sort
of reform in order to become effec-
tive, and he also stated that the eco
nomic sanctions in force against Italy
be suspended since they are likely to
upset the commerce of many coun-
tries with the exception of Italy it
self. NO." President Allessandri
said, "the great day of open diplomacy
has not yet dawned; there has been
no reduction of ornaments; the po-
litical conveniences of the great pow
ers have prevailed over the principles
of the League covenant; its peace ma
chinery is useless, and fifteen years
of experience have shown the need
for a fundamental revision"
Russian Navy.
Conversations quietly going on
among great-power diplomats con-