DANZIG POSITION.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 113, 16 May 1933, Page 7

DANZIG POSITION.

COMMONS QUESTIONS.

British Warships to Make Courtesy Call. NO QUESTION OF MANDATE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 1 p.m.) RUGBY, May 15. The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, in the House of Commons, answered several questions relating to the situation in Danzig. He said he had discussed the matter with the High Commissioner a short, time ago but had not any information regarding the most recent events beyond what had appeared in the Press, and he could not usefully make any statement at present. Asked whether he would consider sending a British warship to Danzig, or would consider acceptance by Britain of a mandate over the city, he said that no question of a mandate arose under the Constitution of Danzig.

It took more than one party to make a mandate. A courtesy visit of one of His Majesty's ships to Danzig during the normal summer cruise had been arranged for a date in June, but he saw no reason for sending a warship at the present time.

Sir John Simon added that when he recently saw the High Commissioner of Danzig the latter deprecated alarmist reports that had been circulated as to the possibility of serious disorders during the election.