STORM AROUSED?

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 140, 15 June 1936, Page 7

STORM AROUSED?

SANCTIONS POLICY. Chancellor's Statement Starts Lively Speculation. COMMONS DEBATE LIKELY. British Official Wireless. (Received 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, June 14. Newspapers give considerable prominence to the discussion aroused by the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, at a political dinner on Wednesday evening in which the Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, subsequently explained in the House of Commons he put forward suggestions with regard to ending League sanctions which were ''provisional reflections on the ItaloEthiopian dispute which occurred to him, Mr. Chamberlain personally." Despite Mr. Baldwin's additional comment that the Government had as yet reached no 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 tlie relations of the Chancellor's observations to the policy of the British delegation at Geneva when the Council meets on June 26. Writers tend to anticipate the Government's decision according to their individual hopes or fears. A number of questions are to be addressed to the Foreign Secretary in the House of Commons on Monday arising out of the Chancellor's reported remarks, and in Parliamentary circles there is a growing feeling that it will be found convenient to have an early debate on foreign affairs. « Journalists in touch with the state of Parliamentary business mostly fix on June 22 as a likely date for a 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 in South Wales. UNEASINESS FELT. FRANCE FEARS FOR BRITAIN^ (Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, June 14. The British Cabinet situation is creating uneasiness in Paris, says the "Manchester Guardian" correspondent. Mr. Chamberlain's speech and rumours of Mr. Eden's resignation are interpreted as signs of Britain's abandonment of collective security—the very policy which M. Blum had hoped to pursue hand in hand with Britain. The "Daily Mail" Paris correspondent believes the French Government regards maintenance of sanctions as useless and dangerous, and that the Foreign Minister, M. Delbos, is therefore anxious to meet Mr. Eden before the end of the month and discuss the situation.