Show F FLAY FlA Y STAt D DROME ROME Dec 30 ta Frances PJ-France's Frances France's re refus refus refusal re- re fus l to have hayo Prime Minister Chamberlain of Britain mediate the Italian French-Italian territorial fight brought a new barrage of fascist attacks today The attitude of France toward Italy's natural aspirations the newspaper II 11 said was toda today's s 's greatest obstacle in the path of European pacification The press indicated that Italy regarded Chamberlains Chamberlain's January 11 visit as an opportune occasion for discussion of her territorial demands demands de de- de- de mands and might bring the subject up tip regardless of the French at at- II 1 openly discussed the possibility of a conference similar similar simi simi- lar Jar to the Munich meeting declarIng declaring declaring ing that evidently tho the spectre of ofa ofa a a. new power four-power conference conference conference-be- be because i cause Germany would take part in it disturbs jt disturbs Frances France's repose The paper attributed Frances France's re reluctance reluctance reluctance re- re to have Chamberlain take up tip the matter to the French feelIng feelIng feeling feel- feel Ing that the problem of relations between Italy and France no longer S is a a. question of rights but rather of cf loss of prestige II Di Roma said Frances France's attitude might be due to one of two things A desire to get Italy's minimum mini mini- mum demands before France discloses discloses discloses dis dis- dis- dis closes her maximum concessions or ora ora ora a desire to limit Chamberlains Chamberlain's efforts to bringing France and Italy together so they could negotiate directly PARIS Dec 30 UP PJ JP Parliamentary tary deputies said today France would ask military concessions from Syria in a new Syrian French-Syrian agreement because of uncertainty created by Italian colonial tion The new agreement would be a substitute for the 1936 treaty grantIng grantIng granting grant grant- ing Syria independence and release from the French mandate Syria ratified the treaty but the the- French parliament has not France cannot risk launching an independent Syria a government spokesman declared at the very moment the French need a firm grip on all ajl Mediterranean military and naval bases Djibouti the French G Gulf lf of Aden Men port was quiet with two VO French warships en route to protect it Senegalese Sen troops were leaving Marseille today to strengthen the Djibouti garrison Dispatches from Syria Syrl L reported ed several persons killed in scattered tribal clashes |