DEEP REGRET.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 128, 1 June 1937, Page 7

DEEP REGRET.

FEELING IN BRITAIN. Severe Blow to Growing Relief Of Tension. GERMANY'S RETALIATION. British Official Wireless. (Received 1 p.m.) RUGBY, May 31. News of the bombing of the German battleship Deutschland at Ibiza caused profound regret in British official circles, which was expressed to the German Minister by the Foreign Secretary.

There is a feeling that the incident has come at a most unfortunate time for Europe in general, when a certain optimism was permissible as a result of the relief of tension noticeable in recent weeks.

This feeling of dismay has not been lessened by the policy of retaliation which was immediately adopted by the German Government, and which is deplored here. There is the strongest conviction in London that what the general interest demands above all is the maximum of restraint on every country's part. The German Ambassador sent a letter to the chairman of the Non-intervention Committee, the Earl of Plymouth, containing a statement on the bombing of the Deutschland. The communication says that the Government will decide upon measures to be taken in response to underhand attacks. A sub-committee met to consider further the question of security of warships of the Powers participating in the observation scheme. In British circles tlie view taken is that there is no question of any change in Gen-any's attitude to the principle of non-intervention, which she still supports, and hopes that the interruption of .her association with the, International Committee work and the naval control scheme will be purely temporary. J.lie "Daily Telegraph'' diplomatic correspondent says that the Non-interven-tion Sub-committee, after an hour's consideration, felt it would be, nnable tc flevi.se any plan of guarantees against a possible repetition of such incidents as li-ul been asked by Germany, states a 1 able message.