BRITAIN BROOKS NO FURTHER DELAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 238, 8 October 1935, Page 7

BRITAIN BROOKS NO FURTHER DELAY.

ITALY FRUSTRATED.

Immediate Decision Asked From Council. ITALY'S BROKEN PLEDGE. British Official Wireless. (Received 1 p.m.) RUGBY, October 7. Previous to the public session, the Council met in private and in secret, that is without even secretaries or experts. The Italian delegate, Baron Aloisi, is believed to have requested the postponement of the discussion to permit of a more detailed study of the report of the Committee of Six by the Italian Government.

It is understood this proposal was strongly opposed by Mr. Anthony Eden; who, in conformity with the consistent efforts of the British delegation to avoid all unnecessary delays in procedure, asked for an immediate decision by the Council. The public session followed soon after. Italy Lodges Protest. In the meantime the Italian delegation lodged with the Secretariat a Note contesting the report of the Committee of Six point by point. The report of the League Committee of Six, which was unanimously adopted by the Committee of Thirteen, concludes as follows: — "After examination of the facts stated above, the committee came to the conclusion that the Italian Government had resorted to war in disregard of its solemn commitments under Article XII. of the Covenant of the League of Nations." The report examines the case put forward by each disputant, and the following points are made: — "The measures of security taken by a State within its own territory and not transgressing its international obligations cannot be invoked by another State as a motive for violation of the Covenant." Obligations of Covenant. The report recalls the obligations of the parties- assumed under the BriandKellogg Pact, as well as those devolving upon them from membership of the League. With reference to Article XVI. of the Covenant the report states: "In order that this Article should become applicable, it is not necessary that a state of war should be formally declared."

The conclusion of the committee is based principally upon the official communique issued by the Italian Government giving the order to the Italian troops to advance into Ethiopia, and Italian communiques announcing air bombardment of Adigrat and Adowa.