Show r TALY'S tAL VS V'S DELEGATES MAY WALK OUT ON LEAGUE DUCES DUCE'S ENVOYS ANGERED OVER BRITISH STAND STAHl J Deadlock Looms a as S Proposal Counter-Proposal Is Rejected II Br BY the Associated ed Press l d GENEVA Sept 23 Rumors 5 sw swept pt through the League of oC N Nations Nations Na Na- lobbies today that the Italian Italia delegation angered by the Italo- Italo Ethiopian committees committee's attitude e might Geneva These reports were heard after tI the British delegation took the position i that Italy's proposals counter to a league plan for settlement of the IC Italo Ethiopian dispute were unac unai The league plan was accepted b by y Ethiopia League officials said the dinger of a hopeless deadlock was develop develop- ing Definite Rejection Seen The officials said they based base their view on the tho fact tact that the committee com can com committee of ot five which prepared tF the compromise plan hadde that an n Italian and or oral statements made by the Italians constituted a definite rejection of the plan It was stated unofficially that the Italian delegation refrained from TI accepting some of the most essential essential essen esser 1 points of the league plan For that reason the committee to toof of five decided that Aloisis Aloisi's lons would make conciliation e extremely ex- ex C remely difficult if f not impossible The committee decided to report d di direct direct di- di to the league council on the whole situation Four Point Offer The Italian proposals were reported report report- t ed to be 1 Ethiopia should be totally disarmed 2 Organization training and armament of future armed forces in Ethiopia should be entrusted solely to Italy 3 Italy should receive a bellof belt bell of territory passing west of Addis Ababa connecting its colonies of ol Eritrea and 4 Italy would not object to toan an outlet to the sea for lor Ethiopia pro provided vid vided d the p port rt w was s. s i in Italian ter ter- ter- ter It was Indicated in official French circles that as a result of these latest developments Fr France nce was was de determined do- do more than ever to act within the spirit and letter of the thelea lea ue ena co covenant ROME Sept 23 UP Two R-Two Two hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred thousand soldiers of the classes of 1911 1912 1913 and 1914 reported for duty today bringing Italy's Italy s total military mobilization tion to o the Continued on Pace Pg Two I ITALIANS MAY LEAVE LEA VE GENEVA i t Continued from Pa rate e One onci Premier Mussolini promised cd d would be bo under arms before beCore October 1 At the time authorities at r. r 1 same samo i ji Naples r. Naples Palermo Taranto Barl Bari r BrindIsi and other Italian sports ports ports and cities clUes particularly in the south distributed questionnaires es to their c citizens as a preparation for their evacuation if necessary An official assured citizens of southern Italian and Sicilian n ports that neither British nor Italian naval concentration in inthe inthe inthe the Mediterranean meant immediate immediata immedi immedi- ate ata war The reaction reliction abroad to the tha cabinet cabinet cabinet cabi cabi- net de decision islon was said in informed quarters quarter to havo stimulated hope that the Ute Ethiopian dispute would not lead Italy to war with any of its European neighbors The he cabinet will meet again to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow when the question of ot Italy's future relations with the league In the Ethiopian cl crisis is a expected ex ex- ex- ex gen raHy to be bo considered cOl anew Officiate Officials sal said however that Italy was wag determined to press preM a D. military 1 I campaign i in Ethiopia f feeling eUng that only by sucH a campaign campaign In in which modern weapons would bo be called into play could Ethiopia be eliminated eliminated eliminated as hs a danger LONDON Sept 23 UPI Specula UP Specula Speculation tion as to whither further important important tant military moves in the Mediterranean Mediterranean Mediterranean were contemplated Was aroused today by the action of Prime Primo Minister Stanley Baldwin in summoning the members of tb the Imperial imperial imperial im im- defense council to his office in advance o 0 of tomorrows tomorrow's cabinet session It was Was Immediately recalled by ob observers observers ob- ob servers that the doubling of the British fleet strength in the Mediterranean Medi Medi- began shortly after the cabinet meeting and defense council council coun council coun- coun cil consultations one m month ago said Great Britain was not withdrawing any I of the extensive naval and military reinforcements recently sent into the Mediterranean This assertion came despite the view yiew expressed in an o official quarters that the Anglo Italian Anglo Italian situa situation Oft had bad been eased by the conversation held last Friday between Sir Eric Drummond Drummond Drummond Drum- Drum mond the British ambassador to toRome tot Rome and Fulvio the Italian Italian Ital- Ital 1 t ian undersecretary tary of foreign affairs af af- fairs Prim Prime Prim Minister Inis f Stanley Baldwin V and his aides studied the Italo- Italo Ethiopian crisis as a prelude to tomorrows tomorrow's to to- to- to morrows morrow's full dr dress ss meeting f One On of ot the major points arising tomorrow was expected to be the Manpower e et for Mussolini t r 3 4 y rA o Ac r ry y 1 4 k v r rY Y Y a i t r ai Y Y rv Y VA m r f dl rv X 1 rr Sr r 7 y Y r Nr G c r tit S. S rte x V G u r s i 4 f j rI x ri JN la s M J s Naples harbor resounds with the cheers of bound Africa Italian troops Top sol soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers crowding the rail as the S. S S. S Saturnia sails Lower machine gunners depart in ina a jubilant mood question quest quest-i n 0 of building up Britain's armaments arma ADDIS ADDES ABABA Sept 21 UP As A's Ital Italy's s late latest latent t demands for settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment of I its conflict with Ethi Ethiopia as reported from Geneva caused mingled amu amusement m nt and amazement In Ethiopian official official cial circles today Preposterous and crazy were some of the terms used by officials to characterize Premier Benito Mussolini's reported demand for cession of rich territory r west welt of Addis Ababa A spokesman for Ha Haile e Selassie s said ld such a grant would le leave ve Ethiopia not mu mush much move more than mountains and deserts and would increase greatly the danger of ot invasion invasion in- in aslon in the future The spokesman said The tIThe only territory ry the emperor is willing to cede ede is Ogaden and provinces inces ince and then only for cash revenues revenues reve reve- nu s useable in the national development de development de- de l. l of ot Ethiopia The emperor em- em perot teror offered this during the tripartite tripartite tri trU partite conference at Paris P PARIS Sept 23 Premier P UP Premier Pierre Laval returned to Geneva today oday determined that the League of Na Nations ions must press on in its search earch for aplan a plan to keep Italy from flom going to war wat with Ethiopia Persons close clow to the premier said Mid he te we welcomed Ie om-ed om the British governments government's governments government's governments government's govern govern- ments ment's statement that its naval display display dis- dis play in the Mediterranean y was vas s for preparedness only as a move to in increase increase in- in crease creaso Premier Benito Mussolini's willingness to listen to plans to give him lim peaceful control of ot Ethiopia At the same time Britain's naval display was given much of the credit credity by y French officials for 11 U duces duce's more tone LONDON Sept 23 The JP-The CW The The Reuters Reuters Reuters Reu Reu- correspondent at Addis Ababa reported today that Ethiopian authorities authorities au- au at Gondar had arrested a an Italian courier on his way to and th that t the Italian minister was was protesting |