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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 138, 12 June 1936, Page 7

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SANCTIONS POLICY. Will Only Lead to Further Misfortune. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S ATTITUDE United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 11. Condemning the policy of continuing sanctions against Italy, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, speaking at a political dinner, said it would only lead to further misfortunes. Referring to Lord Robert Cecil's claim that it is still possible to preserve Abyssinia's independence by pursuing sanctions, Mr. Chamberlain said: "That seems to me to be the very midsummer of madness. "It is no use shutting our eyes to realities," continued the Chancellor. "Sanctions have been tried and have failed. I am not blaming anyone for the failure. I merely record it now because if we have retained any vestige of common sense we must admit we have tried to impose upon the League of Nations a task beyond the powers of the nations which compose the League. "Therefore we must decide so to limit the League's functions in future that they may accord with its real powers. If that policy were courageously carried through I, believe it might go far to restore the League's prestige, although it must be admitted that the League is so limited that it could no longer bo relied upon by itself to secure the peace of the world. "It is now apparent that the policy of sanctions involves, if not war, at least the risk of war, and that risk must increase in proportion to the effectiveness of sanctions. It is also apparent, in the presence of such a risk, that the nations cannot be relied upon to proceed to the extremity of war unless their vital interests are threatened." Mr. Chamberlain suggested the exploration of the possibility of localising the danger-spots of the world with a view to evolving a more practical method of ensuring peace by regional arrangements approved by the League. The newspapers give great prominence to Mr. Chamberlain's "end sanctions" speech. They ask whether he was speaking for himself or for the Cabinet. The speech was delivered at the 1000 Club's dinner,, at which the Chancellor was the guest of honour. Four hundred Conservatives attended and the Marquess of Londonderry presided.

LOCARNO ESSENTIAL. FUTURE GERMAN ATTITUDE. BERLIN, June 11. Horr von Ribbentrop, Heir Hitler's "Ainbassador-at-lurge," in preface to a collection of diplomatic documents covering the history of the Locarno Treaty, shortly to be published, declares that Germany wishes for nothing more earnestly than negotiation of a* new Locarno. However, he emphasises that if a new treaty cannot be concluded without a contribution by Germany to solution of the Rliincland question it will take a long time in making. "Germany will not permit further discussion over her regained sovereignty in the Rliincland," says Herr von Ribbentrop. "Germany is more interested in the future than in the past. It is Germany's earnest desire to conclude a true and final peace with her neighbours and to build in the West a new Locarno. Believing that sanctions should be abandoned the Duchess of Atholl .has resigned from the League of Nations Union.