MOTIVE OF MEASURE
SAFEGUARDING OTTAWA PRECAUTIONARY, NOT PUNITIVE
LONDON, April .4. According to the "Daily Telegraph" it is asserted in quarters connected with" the Government that the move should be regarded as precautionary rather than punitive. It was hinted tonight that it may not after all be necessary to use the powers. "The Times" says: "It became clear six months ago that if the Ottawa agreements are not to be illusory steps must be taken to curb the power of the Soviet to disorganise world markets in commodities like wheat &nd timber. There can be no doubt that the drastic, elastic procedure contemplated in the new Bill is better suited to the vagaries of Anglo-Russian trade than any new trade agreement that could be negotiated. There.is an unanswerable cas© for the Bill apart from, the arrest of the engineers."
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1933, Page 7
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139MOTIVE OF MEASURE Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1933, Page 7
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