LAUSANNE OUTLOOK RATHER BRIGHTER

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 June 1932, Page 2

LAUSANNE OUTLOOK RATHER BRIGHTER

Herriot Conciliatory AIiI j UOOUS OMAN British OHiiml U i p clcks. i;C(. I’.V, .IIIM(! 3. TJio 1 1 iifi m * M i nisi it ii! i< I On: Foreign Bee icl ;i rv, Sir . I oil 11 Simmi, will on r->;M.-iinliiy jiioei'Cii in |’;iris, wle-re they will on Snidlny hnve eon verseturns with the I'ii’iirh I'rinic Minister, M. Ilerriot. Oi Aiomlnv Mr. ,\1 ne I Inn nhi nml Sir .lotni Simon will probably leave for Geneva before j, roc <-(■( ii 11 jy, In I .n.ii.-.n n m;. The new French (Ilia in lie r, alter hearing .M . 1 Iciriol ’s Alin i ;sl,e iin I .statement, passed a vote of eomidenee by a 233 major! I y.

Tim speech \v;is well received by th British Press.

The Times says: ‘‘Read together with the statement by Ihe German Foreign -tlinister on .Monday, M. JJ.errioL’d speech improves Ihe prospect, that an agreement, will be reached at. Lausanne. II each participant Stale will make its separate contribution of concession amt goodwill, which are necessary conditions of the common recovery, a linn arrangement should even now bo achieved. ’ ’

The Ncws-Clirumclo says: ‘‘Tin 1 great point about AT, Harriot's dcciaration is that it leaves all doors open. It is a frank oiler to discuss in u spirit ot goodwill any projects and even to take any initiatives subject to certain reservations which nobody would challenge. In addition to the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary other British Ministers at Bausanne will include the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Hunciman, and the Home (Secretary, Sir Herbert Samuel. Off to the Continent BRITISH DELEGATION. STOPPING AT PARIS. British Official Wireless. RUGBY, June 8. A. Foreign Office communique st'ar.ci M. Herriot has addressed to the British Government a proposal for preliminary conversations before the opening of the Lausanne Conference o.i Tnursday. Air. Ramsay AlacDonald, accompanied by Sir John Simon, intends to leave London on Saturday for Paris, and will continue his journey to Switzerland early next week, when other members of the United Kingdom delegation will also be travelling to Lausanne. Australian Minister in London DEPARTURE DELAYED. LONDON, June S. As certain important questions have arisen in which Australia is concerned, Air. Latham, the Federal AttorneyGeneral, who intended leaving London to-morrow, has postponed his departure. Important Events Pending in Europe PRESENCE REQUIRED. LONDON, June S. The Sun understands that the Britisn Government is anxious that Air. Latham should remain in connection with important international developments imminent, possibly necessitating his return to Switzerland early next week. Mr. Latham said that he could not discuss the situation. It had been known for a considerable time that the British Government was greatly perturbed by the rapid worsening of events in Europe, with the thieatened breakdown of the Disarmament and Lausanne Conferences. Air. MacDonald, during his convalescence, had prepared what would constitute Britain's last desperate effort to save the Conferences. Should Germany be Forgiven All? AMERICA STANDS FIRM Received Thursday, 5.5 p.m. NEW YORK, June S. The Times’ Washington correspondent says the Powers receiving reparations from Germany have been informed through diplomatic channels tnat the United States has no sympathy with any programme envisaging cancellations of those reparations contmtiugeut upon*the annulment of wartime debts due to America. The State Department tacitly admitted that various foreign envoys had made inquires from the Secretary of State, Air. H. L. Stimson, on the question and had been informed of the position. But whether Air. Stimson had informed the British Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, that quite apart from the American debt phase it would be just for Germany to pay a reasonable amount of reparations was a question which remained unanswered here to-day. , Officials declined to comment thereon and the silence led to extensive speculations as to how far the United States may have gone informally in supporting any given solution of the reparation problem at Lausanne. There is a feeling in responsible ; circles here that if all the reparations were forgiven Germany it would mean that the cost of the war would bo

transferred to Allied and American shoulders. Mr MacDonald Accepts Deceived Thursday, 10.30 p.m. LONDON, June 9. Mr. Eamsay MacDonald has accepted M. Herriot’s invitation and the weekend will be spent in conversations which will have a wide range.