Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-17 | Page 4 | A Strong Little Island

r. r Ij A Strong trong Little LiilIe Island 4 HE Rock of ot Gibraltar has b been en for more thai than tha i 1 a century considered England's most im- im military Iy post on the great tr trade de ro route te Mo tc India Just at present it seems that the t tiny ny island of Malta ls is of almost equal consequence f If Gi Gibraltar dominates the western end of bf the M Mediterranean n Malta dominates the c center It lies within easy distance of Italy and off offers rs A Aan an an impregnable ble bas base for the e British fleet squarely squarely square- square ly across cross Italy's ro route te to Africa 1 J In the present Jockey jockeying ng between these two powers Malta is a piece o vast strategic power Ev Even n more more than Gibraltar it t rivets England's c control l' l love over ove th the waters about Italy If British 1 p I 1 pressure pressur sure c ultimately for forces M Mussolini to back down own the e presence of speck of land near Sicily y girt with fortresses a and d. d equipped J to Q J launch tin a paralyzing bl blow w. w may be largely be largely responsible espo