17 APRIL 1926, Page 11

SPECTABILIA

A CORRESPONDENT in Malta draws my attention to ars article which appeared in a recent issue of It Legionaries of Rome, the official Fascist organ, on the " Italianity of Malta." It is true that during the past few years increasing interest has been taken in Italy in Colonial questions, but the fact that many Italians are interested in oversea problems, and especially in the welfare of their countrymen who live under foreign flags, must not be taken to imply any sinister designs on the independ- ence of Malta.