Evening star., 1936-03-02
Eden Says Embargo Would
Be Declared if Other Ma
tions Will Join-Peace
ParIey Is Tomorrow.
MUSSOLINI REPORTED
WILLING TO NEGOTIATE
Little Entente Spokesman Says
Duce Would Halt War if Given
Satisfaction-French Oppose 1r-
ritating Fascists by New Coer-
cion Measures.

B4CkGROCND-
Recent Deeks haze brought re-
ports OF marked successes on part
OF Italian troops in Ethiopia. At
same time, hoWeuer, cost OF n1ain-
tanning highly mechanical and et-
tectipe army in Africa is becoming
major economic burden to Italy,
itself poor nation. Added to the
"ordinary" expenses OF the ,Dar are
increased burdens occasioned by
economic pressure being ererted
against aggresSor by League of NG-
tions. Threat OF oil embargo. euen
though its imposition seems un-
likely, has caused real concern to
Mussolini, who no,o could agree to
peace Uithout loss OF prestige.
Copyright, 1886 by the Associated Press.)
GENEVA, March 2.-Great Britain
offered today to place an embargo
against further oil shipments to Italy
provided all other members of the
League do the same, and the League
of Nationas council Committee of 13"
was ordered to discuss the possibility
of conciliating the Italo-Ethiopian
War.
The Committee of 49, is really the
entire League Council with Italy ex-
cluded. 1t will be convoked tomor-
row.
Anthony Eden, British foreign Sec
retary, made the British offer of an
embargo at a meeting of the Com
mittee of 18" industed with the ap-
plication of sanctions against Italy
for her war with Ethiopia.
The sole reservation attached to the
offer was that members of the
League which produce oil take similar
action to the British.
Pierre Etienne Flandin, foreign
minister of France, called for the
quick meeting of the Committee of 13.
He read the resolution which Gre
ated the Committee of 13 and defined
its conciliation functions.
Eden answered that he had no OBJ
lection to such meeting or to new
efforts at conciliation, but he wished
to make it clear that Great Britain
was ready to proceed with sanctions.
Meanwhile, a little entente spokes-
man announced receipt of information
that 1talys domestic economic situa-
tion was growing increasingly worse
under sanctions and that MuSsolini
probably would be disposed to nego-
tate peace.
A necessity for exerting every effort
to halt the Ethiopian war was
the dominant note of private conver-
sations at the Sanctions Committee as
sembled to take action on proposals
for an extension of sanctions.
One delegate told the Associated
Press: ''The situation is critical.
There seems to be a growing move
ment to apply new sanctions and this
will be dangerous"
The spokesman for the Little En-
tente said information to Czechoslo-
vakia. Yugoslavia and Rumania, indi-
eating the pressure of the present
arms, financial and economic sane
tions on Italy, made it likely that
peace giving Italy satisfaction" would
be accepted by II Duce.
French Oppose Coercion.
The French representatives particu-
larly seemed opposed to irritating
Mussolini with new measures of CO.
ercion, such as the proposed oil-coal-
1ron-steel embargo, under the condi-
tions.
The danger to Europe of applica-
tion of new sanctions upon Italy was
stressed by some delegates in private
conversations, including talks between
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