MUCH COMMENT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 207, 15 June 1936, Page 5

MUCH COMMENT

’ THE PROBLEM or SANCTIONS. ’R-EMARKS BY THE CH‘ANGELLOR. } _...... iRELATION TO POLICY AT. GENEVA United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11 a.m.) LONDON, June 13. The newspapers give considerable prominence to discussions aroused by the speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at a. political dinner last Wednet‘sdaor evening, in regard to which the Prime Minister subsequently ex—pressed in'the House of Commons the opinion that he put forward suggestions with regard to ending League sanctions, which were “provisional reflections on the Italo~Ethiopian dispute which occurred to him—Mr Chamberlain—personally . l ’ Despite Mr Baldwin’s additional comment, the Government had as yet reached 110 conclusions on the matters discussed by Mr Chamberlain, in What was. practically an impromptu address to an “exclusive and politically educated audience,” there is vigorous speculation in the press as to the relations of the Chancellor’s observations to the policy of the British delegation at Geneva when the Council meets on June 26. . Writers are tending to anticipate the Govi‘ernment’s decision according to their individual hopes or fears. A. number of questions arising out of the Chancellor’s reported remarks will be addressed to the Foreign Secretary in the House of Commons on Monday, and in parliamentary circles there is a growing feeling that it will be found to have a. lively debate in the House on foreign affairs. Journalists in touch with State and parliamentary business mostly fix Monday, June 22, as the likely date for the debate, but others anticipate an earlier date.

Mr Chamberlain’s speech was criticised by the Leader of the Opposition (Major Attlee), speaking at Oxford, and also by Lord Davies, addressing a demonstration on South Wales.—British Official Wireless. .