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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12530, 16 April 1935, Page 5

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EXPECTED' OUTCOME OF STRESA MEETING. LASTING CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE. NO FRESH COMMITMENTS BY BRITAIN. COMPLETE AGREEMENTS BY THREE POWERS. (British Official Wit less.). RUGBY, April 14. It is anticipated that the threePower conference at Stresa. will end today and It will be found to have materially reduced European tension whiclv l\as been so marked during the last few weeks: The announcement which Sir .John Simon was able to make to tlm effect that Germany is new willing to enter an -eastern pact cf non-aggression is regarded by the British press as marking :: definite advance. One result to which the newspapers point is that the German announcement makes the recent negotiation of a Franeo-Russian pact of mutual assistance compatible with an eastern pact in which Gerniaiiv can participate on a basis of non-aggression and non-support to the aggressor. The three Powers agreed, without prejudice to the attitude °f other Powers on the Council' to support :l rcsolut-ion which, while recoaliiig the fact- of Germany's unilateral repudia tion of the Vorsaille;.; Treat", would establish a committee to study meaurqs wliicli can bo takc-n in the event of future treaty infractions. •Mr MacDonald 'declares that the conference made a lasting contribution towards European peace. M. Lava) reechoed his gratification and M- Flandin paid s tribute to the valuable aid or England and Italy.' The Italian spokesman considers that the Alpine frontier is now secure The Pope regard.-, the outcome of the conference with satisfaction. At today's meeting, at- which the main, business was the formal approval of a communique, in the opinion of the British delegation the confer-' cnee made a really substantial contribution towards clearing «n the political tangle .into which European affairs had. of late degenerated. The dominating fact- that emerged from the. conversations is the unity ol viewy between, the- British, French, an Italian Governments, as well ns their community of interests in the maintenance of European peace. It was never contemplated that Britain would- assume. fresh commitments .at the conference, and she has not done so,.- but the existing commitments have been So grouped anil re-emphasised as to give them more significance than they might otherwise have seemed to possess.

COL LEVEL YE DJPLC >,\J AC Y JUSTIFIED ITSELF. BRITAIN’S POLICY. INCREASED FRIENDSHIP AMONG FRIENDS. ( U.P.A. by Elcc. Tc* <--opy right) (Ref. April 15, 7-15 p.m.) LONDON,. April 15. Th e Times, in a loader says B»at collective diplomacy justified itself at Sti'esg-. Even if y perfect system is but dimly outined, the conference of Powers at least renewed 1 contact with the principal absentee Tho Tibics’ Stresa correspondent says that well-informed opinion is that while Britain has undertaken vio new commitments, and ektende'-i no old 'commitments, she lias collected- and presented the existing onc-s in a form more effective than if read separately. Her policy was not to exchange friends'. Rut to increase her friendship among them, in order to maintain and promote peace. The divergences in the views of members attending the conference is everywhere acknowledged <>l minor importance. The Paris press generally greets the result of the Stresa conference with satisfaction, several papers paying tribute to -tbe goodwill and understandings of Mr MacDonaid and Sir John Simon.

“WORLD AS SAFE AS WORDS CAN MAKE IT." WAR D PR ICE’S WARN ING. SCENE ONLY SHIFTED TO GENEVA. (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright.) (Rec. April 15, 5.50 p.m.') LONDON, April 15. Mr Ward Price, cabling to tip Daily Mail from Stresa. says the world is as sate as words can make it, but Britons should not delude themselves into thinking that, three and n. half days of word-spinning;, changed the facte of the situation. The- -scene is now shifted to Geneva, where condemnation of Germany’s breach of tlip Versailles Treaty will be formally registered, (bough probably Germany will not- be mentioned by name. ' ’ ‘ i *'■ ' “ . V • ; AUSTRIA FEELS IMREPENDENCE SECURE GERMANY EXPECTED TO SEEK NON-AGGIyESSION PACT. “ ■IMMEDIATE THREAT OF WAR ELIMINATED. (U.P.A. hy Elec. Tel, Copyright) (Rec. April 15,, 5:50 p.m.) VIENNA. April 15. Austria now feels her independence secure. ’lt is -generally believed that Germany will conclude a- bilateral pact of non-aggression with Austria,, wipe Hungary is expected .to qdopta similar attitude. Tho general feeling in southern and eastern Europe is that the immediate throat of war is eliminated

' CONSCRIPTS IN AUSTRIA. HOW HOSTILITY .MAY BE OVERCOME. LABOR CONSCRIPTION TO COVER WHOLE POPULATION. (U.P.A. by Elec, Tel. Copyright.) (Roe. April 15, 7.1,3 p.m.) LONDON, April 13. The Daily Telegraph’s Vienna correspondent says that in view of the political hostility to military c;>n scription, the Government apparently intends the conscription of labor, eov ering lh e whole population and will then select those fitted to serve as miitary or labor conscripts for the year, judging by tb 0 ‘physical moral qualities.’ The bearers of arms will be limited t-e supporters of the present regime.