GERMANY AGREES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 279, 7 September 1936, Page 5

GERMANY AGREES

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE. PROHIBITING EXPORT OF ARMS DECISION AFTER EXPLANATION. • United Press Association —Copyright! (Received This Day, 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, September 5. Following explanations which the British Government, in agreement with the French Government, caused to be given in Berlin regarding tho nature and scope of the proposed interational committee to deal with the questions arising from the prohibition by the noninterventionist Powers of export of arms, munitions and-aircraft to Spain, the kGerman Government intimated its concurrence in the establishment of the committee and their readiness to take part in its work through their Charge d’Affaires in London.—British Official Wireless.

THE GERMAN REPRESENTATIVE.

BERLIN, September 5. Count Bismarck, German Charge d’Affaires in London, will represent Germany in London on the committee supervising the application of the non-intervention agreement to the Spanish civil war.

PORTUGAL AND GERMANY CAUSE DELAY. NO MEETING FOR AT LEAST A WEEK. LONDON, Sept. 4. The proposal tor an international committee to act as a clearing house for reaching an agreement among outside States for non-intervention in the Spanish civil war has now been accepted by most of the governments who subscribed to the original agreement.

The German and Portuguese Governments, however, have indicated that they are unable to give a final answer to the urgent representations which have been made to them by both the British and French Governments to join in the establishment of the committee, without more precise information about tho nature and scope of its functions. A message from Paris states that following consultation with the French Government, Britain instructed her representatives in Berlin and Lisbon to explain the scope of the non-intervention committee to Germany and Portugal. There is now no hope that the committee will meet for at least a week, owing to the German delays.

CONCERN AT DELAY. BRITISH LABOUR’S MESSAGE. LONDON, Sept. 5. A joint meeting of the National Executive of the Labour Party, tho executive of the Parliamentary Labour Party, and the Trades Union Congress at Plymouth telegraphed to the Foreign Secretary (Mr R. A.. Eden) expressing grave concern at the delay in bringing a non-intervention agreement effectively into force.

PARISIANS WANT INTERVENTION RESPONSE TO SPANISH APPEAL. PARIS, September 5. “Aeroplanes for Spain” was the repeated cry from an assembly of 30,000 who gathered to hear the “Passion Flower’s” appeal to help Spain. “We are defending liberty and peace. Give us guns and aeroplanes for our straggle,” she asked. Fifty thousands participated in another demonstration in Paris, carrying banners urging support for Spain. A woman nicknamed “ Passion Flower” was among a delegation of Spanish Government supporters which 'went to Paris to .try to secure support for their cause “HUMANISATION” REJECTED. THE GOVERNMENT’S DECISION. MADRID, Sept, 5. The Government has rejected tho “humanisation” proposals on the ground of its preoccupation with suppressing the rebels.