WHO BLABBED?

Grey River Argus, 13 May 1925, Page 5

WHO BLABBED?

SECRET DOCUMENT Leaks from *7 ' T , a Office (Aun ."id A ) ( Kc' ci'. c l ia\ 12 . i < p.m.) LONDON. Max 11. hi the lioUH' <’l ( -nimmi . : Domdd. pul a questimi I" Jlr. , hambcrlaiii regard tn;.*; the* p'l bln ;i: <», i uv »he ■■N.-w Y<-rk VW’Od,' o| ilm (I| i. • r-1 secret memorandum w h ch it is aM-. rtrd ; h ,*| Mi. .'.t'.sieii ( b.ainb.-! (Foreign Minister) presm... . i - die Cab-net in February, rg .i new mdo-T’raneo- Ik'lgiaJi cnicmr. ami -tii.? ri'visior. of Silesian agreemm-t ; r.d the Polish corridor (to the rpihi- S'-.i) as an essential condition u> p.rii’-ii securit \. In reply, Mr. Clrnnd crla’n >; ltd •l.a? the mem'-ra.mlmu appeared Io !•■ • ;• copy of a document cl which anoih?r American newspaper gave an ai-n some two months ago. it x.r.s m.t_ ;u the mililie interest- ! 'o give iiilorimr--m

in regard t» the Foreign Oll’co i-r tfs use or for confidential communication t<> his colleagues here, t,r m ■De other Governments of thf- fempire. lie added that t,h e policy of the (■overii nH . -< exiilaincvl '-. him in tin ]q ( ■ ;i . ( nmnmis mi Mar-ii 2l;n. ...i-i thi is um iiang-'d ?’ . Mac de,-.u.ld asked whether ike puLiid.cd document was iiiaec-ui at. . Mr. Chamberlain deprecah-d c-abrng on the Government to explain wiic-'h r what purported to be a c-oniider. i.d document, which, it it were such, n n<t have been improperly obtained. \.as accurate or not ; bud, any statement < I the Government’s policy which c.-itra-dicted his statement -of March ; - had no authority whatever. Mr. Lansbury asked Sf suc h a i« age of confidential documents »as customary in the Foreign Ollier. !c cause it wa’.s the second time- .-..... u a few months that T *iad iiappe-i -I The Zinovieif letter was the tirsit hai age. Was Mr. Chamberla in hr a-.’.e«l satisfic'd of the good faith of tie- h in his Department? Mr. Chamberlaqji replied ihat. • undoubtedly he was sorry (liai*. am. persions had even been sugg ‘- .< I against these* men.” Replying to Commander lxc-i: w<e >. Mr. Chamberlain said that flits doc'! ment was not c ircidalrd by ‘.bo •■■;! ’i Office. He was not aiwarr <•! ?m « - ctunent. being (-ircn'Med 'o ih • t » - servativo now spa pers.