Show Huge Army Armyl l Now low ow Ready Says II Duce Eight Million Men en Can an Be e Put Pu t in iii Field Premier Mussolini hurled hurle defiance at Italy's foes with the announcement announcement announce announce- ment that he could pine under tinder arms nn and of Europe Europe Eu rope were thrown Into a furore War preparations have hn been goIng goIng go go- o. o Ing forward steadily with conscripts ln arriving at mobilization centers as ns shown abo above Five Fhe ti thousand men have ha alren already y left for Italian Somali Inn land where trouble threatens with Ethiopia Mussolini's statement was seen as a warning to Germany German that al although although al- al though n a force might be he engaged in inthe he the Ethiopian bor border er dispute Ital Italy was prepared to brook no Nazi NaI Interference Interference In In- with Austria European newspapers e have freely predicted trouble between the retch reich anti and It Italy n 1 nn and some have ha thought that Hitler might be planning to take advantage an the tage of the of-the the dispatch of Italian troops to Africa to attack Italy The signed stated However It must be remembered that by virtue of recent laws Jaws Italy can mobilize thirty seven seven en classes numbering eight million men between between between be be- tween the n ages es of eighteen an and ty His brush brusk was Issued Issued Is Is- suc sued as the transport Leonardo Da Do DaVinci Vinci lon loaded e a additional troops from the division dl at Messina Sicily The Leonardo Leonar o Da Vinci de delayed delayed de- de ela e- e la ed by ha bad weather at Messina Messina Mes Mes- sina sailed for East Africa at nt night with officers 1 1200 OO Infantry Infantry tr try and artillery troops an and COO skilled w workmen Loading of oC materials materials mate mate- rials on the Arabia was begun beun at nt Naples The supply ship sailed the following day ay Mussolini said the mo modernized military organizations of Fascist rush lUh h classes Italy can thirty seven Into uniform should war come IntensIve Intensive Intensive In In- recruiting Is provided ed for forIn forIn forIn In new Fascist law Involving Int military mili tory tary training for Cor all citizens between between between be be- tween the ages of eighteen an and ar ty five While troops are arc being sent forward forwar from Italy prospects of future fu ture trouble was ns somewhat lessened lessene observers claimed after Sir John Simon British secretary declared to the house of commons that Italy was still sUII bound houn by treaty to respect the territorial l rights of Ethiopia |