NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE League Committee of. Five have proceeded with the utmost despatch in examining the cases of Italy and Abyssinia and preparing their report. Before submitting it to the Council they have sent copies of it to the Italian and Abyssinian representatives and await the replies of their Governments. What the exact recommendations are is not yet known, but it may be taken as certain that they do not go materially if at all beyond the Paris proposals ; that Italy is not offered a mandate " for Abyssinia ; that Abyssinian sovereignty is to remain intact ; and that recommendations for the supervision of certain Abyssinian internal services by foreign officials would not give a dominant position to Italians—in fact, no face-saving for the League at the expense of the weaker party. It is reported that Baron Aloisi, who has had every opportunity of learning the real state of mind of all the representatives of the Powers at Geneva, has been persuaded to take the report per- sonally to Rome and explain the situation to the Duce. No doubt he knows only too well what stubborn forces in Italy are working against a settlement.
