MEAT DEADLOCK

Grey River Argus, 10 May 1935, Page 2

MEAT DEADLOCK

BRITISH REFUSAL. OF ANY CONCESSION. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, May 8. The Australian Press Association says: The meat negotiations are threatened with failure unless the British attiude is quickly modified. No further meeting of Ministers is arranged, as in the present situation discussion would be pointless, unless cither side retreats from the present position. Regarding a long-term agreement, obstacle after obstacle confronts the delegation, the main issues being the fact that Mr Runciman having negotiated the Argentine treaty. This tends to make him implacable towards the Dominions seeking a modification of that Treaty. Mr Thomas is clearly unwilling to concede much, while Mr Elliot’s views are so interwined with tho political ramifications of his policy that there is little hope even in that rationalistic quarter. Indeed, the Australians feel there is little prospect of a new deal for the Commonwealth exports, pending a reconstruction of the British Cabinet.