PREMIER MUSSOLINI’S PERSONAL PLEDGE TO FOREIGN MINISTER EDEN NOT TO PERMIT UNFRIENDLY COMMENT OVER THE RADIO ON GREAT BRITAIN’S PROPOSAL TO TRIPARTITION PALESTINE HAS BEEN BROKEN, IT WAS CHARGED TODAY IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
TWO MEMBERS, LT. COM. R. T. FLETCHER, LABORITE, AND SIR ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR, LIBERAL, ASSERTED THAT THE ITALIAN BROADCASTING STATION AT BARI HAS BROADCAST A STATEMENT CRITICIZING THE REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION AS AN “ILL-OMENED DOCUMENT.”
BOTH QUESTIONED THE ITALIAN DICTATOR’S GOOD FAITH IN MAKING THE PROMISE to
CAPT. EDEN, SAID TO HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF A PERSONAL REQUEST FROM THE BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER TO IL DUCE.
Capt. Eden, insisting the Italian undertaking had been fully carried out, promised to investigate the alleged breach.
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