The Anglo-Italian agreement (report)

              THE ANGLO-ITALIAN AGREEMENT
The Italian aggression against Albania raises in an acute form the question of the future of the Anglo-Italian Agreement, and of the maintenance of the "status quo" in the Mediterranean.
The Agreement was signed on April 16th, 1938, but with the prerequisite that it should not come into force until there had been a "settlement" in Spain.      In November 1938, the British Government considered that the withdrawal of 10,000 Italian soldiers constituted such a settlement, and the Agreement was brought into force on November 16th.
Terms of the Agreement
The Anglo-Italian Agreement (Treaty Series, No.31, 1938, Cmd.5726) falls into two parts.
The first part consists of the following eight Annexes attached to a Protocol:
1. A reaffirmation of the so-called Gentlemen's Agreement of January 2nd, 1937, by which Italy and Great Britain "disclaimed' any desire to modify .. or to see modified the 'status quo' as regards national sovereignty of territories in the Mediterranean area."
2. An agreement to exchange military information about the movements of troops.
3. An agreement for preserving the integrity of the various Arab States in the Red Sea area.
4. A declaration that neither Government would "employ the methods of publicity or propaganda in order to injure the interests of the other."
5. A declaration regarding Lake Tsana, at the head waters of the Nile in Abyssinia,
6. A declaration by Italy that natives of Italian East Africa should not be compelled to undertake military duties other than local policing,
7. A declaration by the Italian Government that British nationals in Italian East Africa should have religious