The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-06
GIVES PLEDGE OF
PEACE TO NATIONS
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(C0nSlnueQ from puSe One)
are wrong about Italy having any
further colonial ambitions. Be-
lieve me, this victory in East At
RIGA puts Italy into the group OF
satisfied powers.
"Great Britain and France
should realize the Importance of
this! as it brings us. up on the
right side of the barricade. In
colonial question, we Italians
henceforth will not belong any
more to the dissatisfied prole-
tariat.' 49,
eve shall become sound con-
servatives instead. Think of all
the trouble we might have made
at Geneva. We might have de-
manded redistribution Of the
league mandates" he added with
q smile. ..,.,,.
"And now that you have won
the war. how will you make
peace?" ] asked. -.... ~, =
"What is your attitude towards
the EMPEROR? Are you going to
establish q successor to him under
Italian sovereignty"
Greatly I cannot give a definite
answer to any of those questions"
he replied. However, Italy's task
was made easier by the fight OF
the emperor, which created an en-
tirely unexpected set of circum-
stances. ..-,...,,... 49,. =,
"The political and juridicial
destiny of Abyssinia remains to
be decided" Mussolini continued,
"Who is left with whom to
make peace now that the emperor
is gone? Abyssinia is complex
Of tribes and differing races, while
the capital is in the hands of rob
bers. 1t seems obvious that the
best thing in the interests of all
concerned will be the rapid es-
tablishment of Italian authority
throughout the country.
"The fact that the Abyssinians
rose against the emperor and even
attacked him during his retreat,
whereas the same tribes welcomed
the advance of our troops is in a
way an act of self-determination
on their part to favor Italian rule.
"Anyone who suggests mean
while that he will exploit or. OPP
press the Abyssinians is talking
sheer nonsense. The facts are to
the contrary. We already have
proved it by establishing markets
which tens of thousands of ma
tives attend. We also have given
the tribes in the occupied terri
tories hospitals, food, supplies and
motor transport.
"When they see thousands OF
motor lorries pouring through
country which hitherto has been
impossible, when they look up
and see hundreds of airplanes in
the sky, have they not before
their eyes the signs of better
future awaiting them?
"Do you know that in all the
ifty years Of our possession OF
Eritrea, there has never been the
slightest anti-Italian demonstra-
ton in that colony?
"If anything, We have been
overindulgent towards our native
subjects. a.
"The terms of peace must now
be marked by the Roman spirit.
It cannot be a lame peace, for we
mean to settle this Abyssinian
problem once and for all--settled
as it has been by our own sacri-
fees Alone, our own blood alone,
our money alone without asking
anyone for anything" III
: eve shall not shut the door to
| t h e economic enterprises g. of
friendly, countries in view of the
fact that our aim Isl to- increase
the we'll being of Abyssinians as
| we'll as the wealth of tie world"
Mussolini said. 80
care Great Britain and France
included among friendly countries
for the purpose of future econotn-
ic cooperation in Abyssinia?" |
asked.
"They certainly are included. !"
Mussohni assured me.
with regard to our real finan-
cial strength for development of
Abyssinia, it is greater than sta
tistics of. the League of Nations
led the people to believe" he con-
tinued.
1.-THE sacrifices I have demand