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2 de sr ui e u e ho# Parla Salomone:. il TELEGRAM di Toronto, ci «dice -- che la richiesta fatta , dall'imperatore --Salassie | per mettere : l'Abissinia sotto il mandato della --Lega é impossibile perché il sal-- tinbanco Robinson ~MacLean hacon se i documenti che negano tale possi-- bilita'. Sapete. in che consistono tali documenti: una FALSA lettera. scrit. ta a macchina in francese dallo stes-- so imperatore, e da lui firmata, in data 13 NOVEMBRE 1935. Capite? Con una lettera del novembre scorso si smentisce una richiesta che sareb-- be stata fatta il 18 o 19 febbraio 1936. Roba da matti. . Abbiamo detto lettera falsa perché Salassie non sa scrivere. con la mac-- china; perché Salassie non conosce il francese che parla molto male e .scri-- ve peggio ancora; perché la firma può essere fatta da un bambino che ancora non riesce a tenere in mano la penna; perché tale lettera scritta da Sua Maesta' il Re dei leoni e ami-- co dell'Inghilterra non sarebbe stata scritta su un pezzo di carta da salu-- miere; perché tutte le storie che ci ha raccontato e ci seguita a raccon-- tare MacLean sono sempre state fan-- donie da saltinbanchi. Un'altra -- storia ridicola é quella che il Duce avrebbe .. ordinato a 500, 000 soldati di. ritornare ai campi al-- trimenti la : produzione . della ;terra procurera' la fame dei nostri sudditi. La Francia -- comincia a tremare per le sue colonie in Africa e si rac-- comanda ai suoi alleati per mezzi di efficiente diifesa.. Le voci di richiesta di pace dall'-- imperatore si. fanno ogni ora piuù' insistenti e concrete. Da Addis Abeba arrivano tele-- grammi che trovano molto ispazio nel-- la stampa locale, per far sapere che le bombe italiane colpiscono i non militari m Abissinia. L'Imperatore é fortunato perché é riuscito a mettere in pratica la scoperta che fuorvia le bombe dai militari ai civili. Ecco perché' l'esercito di Salassie non su-- bisce mai perdite. & Sabato, 22 Febbraio-- Le nostre truppe hanno --avanzato di altre 12 miglia nel nord senza bi-- sopno di sparare --colpo di fucile. Gl'italiani occupano Aderat, 20 mi-- glia a --sud. di Macallé. Il Senatore Borah degli Stati . Uni-- ti, ha attaccato l'Inghilterra per la sua "insidiosa campagna" contro la neutralità' degli 'Stati Uniti. Lunedi, 24. Febbraio-- Secondo le informazioni -- arrivate oltre 'Oceano, l'Italia per la fine di quest'anno avra' pronti -- 5,500 aero-- plani, una buona parte dei quali ca-- paci di percorrere 1800 miglia senza : IL--BOLLMITINO 1TALO--CANADESE .. I pappagalli di Melinda ; St. segui-- tano a scrivere ~editoriali per :affer-- mare _ che l'Italia non--ha--ancora gua-- dagnato una battaglia imp o r ta nt e contro l'Abissinia. E il pubblico cre-- dulone sseguita a leggere certa roba da.... cani. : 'Arrivano le prime notizie non uf-- ficiali della. cattura 'di Amba Alagi dalle truppe del maresciallo Badoglio. "By by" Salassie! A GINEVRA-- Le ballerine sanzioniste fanno la scena finale per attirare l'attenzione degli uomini libertini i quali sono stati adunati in quel teatro per assistere alla commedia. Molti di quegli uomini--sono entrati al tea-- us * tro col passo gratuito. -- L'ITALIA IN AFRICA e la Simpatica Stampa Locale | Mussolini si rifiuta di _ approvare i, qualsiasi convenzione navale fino a _quando l'Inghilterra mantiene le, san-- 7 .sioni. Bene. Anzi,, benone. I giornali non arrossiscano percio sindivertono a pubblicare e. ... ripub-- 'blicare (sembra . strano «ma tutti i giornali locali hanno ripetuta la noti-- zia dueco..tre volte. -- Parola d'ordi-- ne! ) l'uccisione di 400 . soldati --che..si itpovavano in chiesa per ascoltare. la messa «a. Askum.. La motizia é falsis-- sima e cié spiega l'ordine di ripeter-- i»la. fermate, portando tre tonnellate di materiale esplosivo, con una velocita' dalle 218 alle 248 miglia all'ora, il che . significa arrivare -- comodamente a Parigi o Londra, abbandonare il carico e tornare a casa.-- Il falso giornalista --Van Passeen: deve andare in Africa, nel Sudan, per scoprire e far sapere ai lettori del suo compiacente STAR che Badoglio e il Re d'Italia non sono d'acerdo col Duce per la campagna in Africa. Quel. giornalista e il suo compiacente Editore debbono essere -- rimbecilliti altrimenti.non potrebbero scrivere e far stampare di quella -- roba dopo tante prove di unanime consenso del la famiglia Reale e di tutti gl'italiani. Chi legge lo STAR di 'oggi deve assolutamente domandarsi se sogna :0 é divenuto matto. Il titolo :a capo pagina dice: "La linea . italiana ta-- gliata e centinaia uccisi dicono gli e-- tiopici". Leggendo poi il contenuto dello scritto non si parla che di vit torie italiane su tutti i fronti ed in tutti i settori, con la distruzone di migliaia di abissini. Queste noi le chiamiamo frodi per i lettori--che. di-- sgraziatamente acquistano . quel fo-- glio e si fermano alla lettura dei soli titoli. s Nel suo scritto Van Passeen asse-- risce nuovamente il falso quando si riferisce ad alcune , notizie -- inviate dal Conte Ciano a Roma, dall'Africa, quando lui (Van Passeen) si trovava a Roma. Sempre falso perché questo pell'imbusto, ' che trova un editore compiacente, da anni non va in Ita-- lia. > Descrivendo le wvittorie italiane il falso. giornale aggiunge: "passeggeri arrivati dall'interno . dell'Etiopia ri-- portano che Vimperatore soffre per aggravato male di cuore per legravi apprensioni della situazione militare nei vari distretti. Dicono che egli é divenuto l'ombra di sé stesso.e sof-- fre d'insonia. Il suo dottore svedese gli somministra -- continuamente dei calmanti. "Pazzi, pazzi e falsi. Martedi, 25 Febbraio-- Le sanzioni dell'Inghilterra --stanno producendo straordinari effetti ai suoi sudditi. Un gruppo di 60 nego-- zianti britannici si é costituito in lega per domandare che il loro governo gli rimborsi le gravi perdite che subisco-- no con l'aver cessato il\commercio--con l'Italia. 'Allora chi 'perde é «proprio 'Il Duce non scherza. Per combatte-- re le sanzioni sembra deciso a chiu-- dere i porti italiani e il transito a tutti i mezzi di trasporto delle nazioni sanzioniste. In conclusione: l'Italia fa da sée. v l'Inghilterra. _ "Sapevancelo" . anche noi. Mercoledi, 26 Febbraio-- Un'altra storiella che trova molto spazio nei nostri carissimi fogli lo-- cali é che gli abissini abbiano , invaso l'Eritrea Italiana. Meno male che non li hanno fatti ancora arrivare in Sicilia o a Roma addirittura. Le squadre motorizzate nel sud e gli aviatori nel -- distretto di Dessie hanno attaccato diverse colonne di abissini che tentavano imboscate alle nostre avanguardie. sassinati mentre ascoltavano la mes-- sa e prende in, ridicolo tutte le .af-- fermazioni della stampa per il fatto che le pioggie impediranno le--opera-- zioni militari in ayvvenire. i Una rivelazione -- che fa restare a bocca aperta: dietro investigazioni fatte dall'On. Steven, nella Camera Canadese,--risultavche nella Lega del le Nazioni vi sono 21 (diciamo ven-- tuno) nazioni 'che non pagano le loro quote. quali membri,, per un ; importo complessivo . di ,19,347.987-- franchi . in oro. Chi ha pa'/gato questi 20. milioni di franchi? Come hanno avuto dirit. to al voto le nazioni arretrate coi pa-- gamenti ? . Per far; parte.«della Lega e votare : "yes" basta solo che : l'Inghil. terra sia .soddisfatta ? Visto che la stampa locale ha avu-- to ordine di.zittire sull'argomento i-- talo--abissino, aggiungiamo. noi qual-- che--cosa per. oggi: diversi gruppi nu-- merosi di indigeni e gruppi di, guer-- rieri si sono, anresi al nostro. comando giurando -- sottomissione. . Il igoverno italiano . smentisce in modo assoluto la 'storiella dei nostri 400. soldati as-- Giovédi, 27, Febbraio-- Informano . da Londra che le fabbri-- che inglesi hanno venduto all'Abissi-- nia, da Ottobre a Gennaio. ultimi, mu-- nizioni per l'ammontare di $48,711. A queste non sono inclusi fucili, armi automatiche e pezzi di . artiglieria. (Saranno solo le pallottole dum--dum. Il capo della Somala Gherras, Ha-- san, Gababa, si é.arreso alle armi ita.. liane con tutti i suoi guerrieri. Lo stesso hanno fatto nella vallata River Dawa Parma. " L'Italia ha protestato ufficialmente col _ Canada per l'applicazione delle sanzioni . : . L'Italia minaccia . di .denunziare , il patto di Locarno e il patto italo--fran-- cese. Ne sarebbe tempo! L'affetto 'del TELY per l'Abissinia gli fa anche 'intestare un 'editoriale "Ethiopian Inhabits....." senza che dell'Étiopia ci fosse --neppure l'odore nello seritto. © -- Notizie -- dell'ultim'ora -- assicurano che l'imperatore Salassie 6 rimasto ferito seriamenteved un dottore sve-- dese é accorso al isuo letto in aero-- plano. È L'Inghilterra viene "fuori con un nuovo giuochetto : vorrebbe fare Tac-- cordo navale con tutte le grandi na-- zioni, ma separato con ciascuna di esse. Troppa sincerita' ? ® r 0 @ It is hardly s necessary uto isay that if a tribunal of which we are not a member -- can, : for --reasons: either wise or unwise, just or--unjust, denounce! a nation as an aggressor and then call upon the United States in the name of 'peace. and : humanity to assist: in \punishing the «aggressor, once we 'yield to the demand we shall--have forfeited the : last vestige.o0f 'control over our,. foreign policy and will ne-- cessarily become ~a party to every controversy..or war:in Europe. Great Britain, through her acere-- 'dited spokesman, declared with some degree of 'bluntness that Great Bri-- tain would remain neutral. It thus appears that neutrality was not a thing of the «past. It was a living 'policy, invoked in what was believed "to be the best interests of the British nation . (continued from page 1) gained either for the cause of peace or for the cause of ~humanity, --or to our own advantage, by our: joining or taking part in . another European conflict. But.adroitly |.the campaign against neutrality was : inaugurated. It ©was inaugurated by those -- who 'insisted that we.ishould--take an «active part in' crushing:one of , the belligerents. We were told with--a.tone of condes-- cension ~that ; neutrality was a thing of the past; that to be neutral was in fact to be; for «war;' that: to; bene-- utral was immoral. __ In response to . this , demand, the government set .about to carry out the will of the people. While neutra-- lity has its problems and also its risks and responsibilities, nevertheless, as the people understood . it, it meant that we should meither directly: nor indirectly take ~sides as between the belligerent forces. The principle was at least clear to the public. The whole thing is but ~another method_of drawing--the United States into every controversy that can arise in. Europe. This program--was openly or covertly supported by all who fav-- ored: our joining. the. League.. Public _ opinion was insistent that the government in no way imperil the peace of the United States or involve us in. this controversy. A statement was putuout from Ge.. neva to the effect: that; a world war was probable and that by «reason of our adhering to a policy of neutra-- lity the moral responsibility, for such event must rest «upon -- the -- United States, the : logie of the «contention being that we must cease to be ne-- utral andvbecome a party. to another European war, andther 'war to end ware * When; Japan -- invaded «Manchuria our able Secretary of State, sincere in the cause which he espoused, ap-- pealed to the nations 'dominant in the League for cooperation in the in-- terest of treaty and territorial inte--| grity . . We were advised that an aggressor had been found and adjudged guilty, and that all nations interested in pe-- ace or in justice to small mations must join 'in--the program of punish-- ment. "And Great Britain having declared that it was to her interests to remain neutral, under what rule of interna-- tional sanity or of national respon-- sibility would the United States 'be justified in insisting that the will or judgment of the American people should be substituted for the will or judgment of the people of Great Bri-- tain ? \ t Japan was a member of the League and the World Court. It is also true that Great Britain was a member of the League and the World Court. Thus both-- nations, in disregard of the.terms of the .covenant, sought a higher . and more controlling -- cove-- nant, and that.was what . was deemed national interests. It was not in the interest of" Great 'Britain'to "invoke the terms of the dovenant against Japan . The whole proposition was decided precisely upon the principles which would 'be controlling if no League vof 'Nation existed. It was determined, not in the interest of world peace, but in the interests of the nations con-- cerned. i "It has been the ' established policy 'of Great Britain through . the cen-- turies to move the British nayy to that point on the globe where dis-- turbance seemed to menace British interests. Without that policy .Great Britain and that vast empire would break in pieces overnight. It --has--also --been her policy, when Geneva Appeal Is Criticized. Holds League. Ideals.:Ignored Text of Senator Borah's Address Japanese Move Is Cited. her interests were not affécted, to remain neutral. Now, the scene changes because national interests change. Italy, no doubt somewhat advised but appar-- ently not sufficiently advised by the Manchurian incident, invaded Ethi-- opia . -- I would not send special _ writers, or lecturers, or beloved dignitaries of the church over to Great Britain to tell her that she should change her policy; that 'by «~remaining neutral while Japan was in Manchuria she was standing in the way of world pe-- ace and betraying the cause of hu-- manity; that, if war ensued, the res-- ponsibility must rest with Great Britain. «Say Britain: Puts Interest. First. Here British interests were direc. tly affected. The British Nayy moves to the scene of 'danger. There is no longer neutrality because it is not to the --interests of the British Empire to ' have: neutrality . There is an ag-- gressor -- in this instance because the interests 'of Great Britain are vital-- ly affected. "Again, I say, that "Great Britain had a right to, and, whether she had the right to or not, "she did act in accordance with ' what she believed to be her national interests. 'Fo' state the matter more specific-- ally, nothing the United' States could have said, or done, apparently would have had the slightest éeffect upon the neutrality policy of Great Britain in the Manchurian affair. Our first effort to sustain the prin-- ciple--upon: which the League is : sup-- posed to rest, the "integrity --0f tre.. aties, ran vathwart "the ~neutrality policy ~of "the power without whose navy. the League-- exists only: in name. _ And: if the.United..States and Japan .should have a serious ~controversy-- 'whîch L;do . not.anticipate--is.there a person credulous enough to believe that we would not have a further ex-- hibition: 6f @themorality < of »neutrali-- ty? For; myself, I do not criticize her policy. It is Great Britain's policy, determined _ and sustained by the people of Great Britain. 'Neutral in one instance; unneutral in~another! Both for the same reason --national interests. Neither the integrity of China nor world peace, or both combined, weigh.. ed one iota in the seale against what she *declared to be her interest--shall I say selfish interest--or rather, the welfare of the people of Great Britain as the people 'of Great Britain saw it. Furthermore, the ' impression was left~with Japan, which still strongly obtains, that the United States was notso much interested in treaty in-- tegrity as she was in thwarting the ambition 'of 'Japan while Great Bri-- tain was her friend. i sour. .national _ interests--that ~which determined the policy of Great Bri-- tain in Manchuria and Ethiopia and which has 'determined her policy through the: centuries. ; ) In staying out--of:'this ~controversy 'and in remaining «neutral, we were consulting exactly the samevinterests fromour viewpoint that Great' Britain was consulting «when 'she determined to 'take part 'in 'the --controversy, that is, national interests. In 'the * light »of 'this record, and in the'light-- of 'the r movement of all na-- 'tions, 'the. eharge "that the 'United States, in adopting a policy 'of neu. trality, is <standing 'in the way 'of world --peace 'or--occupies the position of an immoral and selfish mation, is the most ~transparent piece of pro. Now, do not misunderstand me. iI am. conceding her right to be neutràl in the -- Manchurian affair and un-- neutral in the Ethiopian affair. But I deny her right, or the right of .any group of nations, to brand the United States as favoring war or as pursuing a course..selfish or immoral in adopting a policy of neutrality as against the Italian _and . Ethiopian controversy, or any.other controver-- sy in . Europe. 'S\ees*Renewed Propaganda. When the people of the United States determined to remain ,neutral in the Italian--Ethiopian war and when they determine, as they will, to remain neutral in «all. European con.-- troversies, 'they will 'be »acting in harmony with what they believe to be On Sthe sother «hand, when condi.. tions.arose closer home which seemed to .threaten the -- interests of '. Great Britain, she moved with her usual celerity and courage, and, clothing herstrategy in the habiliments of humanity and peace demanded . that the world, including the United States, should move with her. (Concedes Rights--of~British. And let us bear in mind that, while as to some things which tend to in_ terfere with our policy of neutrality, the nation may deal with them thro-- ugh legislation or through. adminis-- tration. paganda that has afflicted this coun-- try since the World War. The judgment of such a tribunal, when thus secured, is either a futil-- ity or justification for war, as we now well know. Whatever may be the machinery or whatever may be the plans of European nations to deal with each other, it is not for us to inquire as to their wisdom, or un-- wisdom, but it is . perfectly _ evident that the forces which dominate are the same under whatever name they may be called into action. ; Just what part propaganda had in drawing. us into the World War we can not.with 'accuracy say. But we know dt:was very great. Propaganda is --never absent in any great interna-- tional emergency; indeed, in any emergency, ' foreign or : domestic. It is a profession. It is more than a profession; it is also a racket. But against the selfish forces of propaganda, parading under the live-- ry of all wise or humanitarian garbs, only the vigilance and poise of the people can protect us. Edmund Burke declared he knew of no way by which..to .draw an in-- dictment: against an entire people. A way has now. been . found, not only to indict but to try ani convict an entire people. _ \ This ~procedure --~does not ; concern us except in so far as it may be used as 'an inducement in a new guise to our mixing in the political affairs of Europe.. When we see the. plan applied to one nation and not to an.-- other and realize that in both instan-- ces the controlling forces were poli-- tical, that national interests and nati-- onal 'ambitions directed the course in each instante, we must readily perce-- ive that an aggressor is not one who has broken a covenant or attacked a small nation, but one which has transgressed the zone of interests of some other nation. ; While I have no purpose to discuss the_subject in detail tonight, I could not. subscribe to the theory _ that col-- lective action against the supposed aggressor means peace. It inevitably means war unless the nation is too weak to.resist, and then it means op-- pression. s ; It is confusion worse _ confounded to talk about employing force against a sovereign state as a state employs it against a citizen--or--subject. When the framers of the Federal Constitu-- tion were discussing the question of employing force against a sovereign state. in the execution of a judgment of the Federal Court, it was Hamilton as.I remember, who declared it was madness. s * . The American people will again stand 'united behind the admonitions 'of the great'man --who 'speaking to 'coming generations with a wisdom more than human, said: Something could be said, and per-- haps should be said, about the plan of rendering judgment against a nation. supposed to be an aggressor. ' The United -- States, in pursuing a course of neutrality, not only con-- sults and serves the interests of her own. people, but under no reasonable rule of international conduct, can be regarded as doing injustice .to other people. We do not want the racial anti-- pathies or national ' antagonisms of the Old World transplanted to this Continent, as they will be should we become a part of European politics. The people of this country are over-- whelmingly for a policy of neutral-- ity. And we can not be neutral and unneutral at the same time. To declare that such a course is immoral is unworthy of its authors. We should be neutral. We should re-- main .free from European controver-- sies. We. have our own problems. They are.distinct from the problems abro-- ad. A democracy must remain at home.in .all matters which affect the nature of her institutions. They are of a--nature to.call for:the undivided energy sand devotion ~of the sentire nation.. We want the American way . and we are entitled to have it unmoles-- ted. The people in the end will see that we' have it. "The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending ~our .. commercial , relations to have with them as little political connection as possible." ei Would . Avoid Racial Antipathies. Sees War in Collective 'Action. Propaganda Called a Racket. :Quotes "Farewell Address." 28 Febbraio 1986 Too t o di i i o |