ITALY. AND THE LEAGUE
[To the Editor of TILE SPECTATOR.] ' , trn have now returned 'from a tour across France, and; after staying at Rome and Milan, across Switzerland to Cologne and the Ruhr. ' It is hard to say which seemed the more bellicose, Italy or Germany, but probably Italy was One- frequently saw troops fully equipped, apparently en route for Abyssinia ; and on the walls the marks " W (Viva) it Duce " ; " W is Guerra." I think that Italy means war; and that if (while thinking as you say, " that the sheet anchor of Britain's foreign policy is the League of Nations ") we all should attempt to hinder 'Italy, she will leave the 'League, and it will collapse. I beg you to think again, and to put the interests of Great Britain before those of the League. Do you really think that Great Britain will be able to get France and the other League States to try " economic pressure on Italy " to preserve peace ? And do you want us to go to war with Italy on behalf of the League ?—Yours truly; 7 The Boltons, London, S.W. H. R. REYNOLDS.
[We do not, and have never suggested it. But we do want Great Britain to attempt to get the Covenant carried out. If France and other States refuse we 'shall at least have done what we could.—ED. The Spectator.]
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