SETTLEMENT POSSIBLE ONLY THROUGH ARMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 July 1935, Page 7

SETTLEMENT POSSIBLE ONLY THROUGH ARMS.

Popular Belief in Italy on Abyssinian Question. Mussolini Determined to Have Full Satisfaction. Received Friday, 8 p.m. LONDON, July 12. The Times' Rome correspondent says that new incidents at Harrar, including the stoning by Abyssinian natives of an Italian native soldier attached to the Italian Consulate, against which. Italy has officially protested, have led to a notable hardening of Italian opinion in the last, 24 hours, and popular belief now is fixed that a settlement is possible only through arms. -,-,,. t Mussolini, addressing 120 Black Shirt generals and higher grade officers on the eve of their departure for East Africa, emphasised that Italy was determined to arrive at a full settlement of the Abyssinian quarrel. Both from the viewpoint of prestige and national interest, Italy could not remain at the mercy of Abyssinian disorderliness and provocative truculence.

■ Continental Reaction to Sir Samuel Hoare's Speech IiACK OF DEFINITE STATEMENT REGRETTED Beceivea Friday, 8.15 p.m. LONDON, July 12. The Continent speedily received full Teports of Sir-Samuel Hoare's speech' in the Bouse of Commons surveying the international situation. In Rome the first reaction is satisfaction that Italy's need for "expansion is recognised, but disappointment is felt that no definite statement waft forthcoming ragarding the British Government's intention. An important matter from the Italian standpoint is that Britain will cease to give tacit support to 'Abyssinia, which encourages hostility. It is realised that Britain's desire i§ a .raturn to Stresa solidarity, and tn'at mistrust on the Continent has not yet been dispelled; therefore, Britain must tread warily. The Tribuna- says;, "We are in Africa and shall remain. Wears not going to Geneva, which will mean only new complications." In Berlin 'fc'he Tageblatt prints the speech on its front page without comment. ' . ■ ' Diplomatic^'quarters in Paris state there is an imprsssion of an extremely favourable reception underlying the utterance, whicli is regarded as coinciding with the French attitude. Flouting of the League MR liO YD' CffiORGE URGES ECONOMIC SANCTIONS Received Friday, 9 p.m. LONDON, July 11. . Mr S. M. Bruce and Sir James Pan were present in the House of Commons to-day. •'' ' '. The leaders; of. all parties participated in the debate, Sir A. M. Samuel said some of Mussolini's utterances were sinister, but perhaps thcy-.might see the Duce, at the eleventh- hour agree to a settlement, which would enable him to go to the Italians as* a statesman who had achieved peace with honour. Britain ought not to leave Italy in ignorance of the feeling here if action was taken cutting the root of the principle of collective security. Major C. R. Attlee submitted an anti-Government resolution. He said Sir Samuel Hoare's speech was retrograde, showipg no clear policy. It was nothing but temporising and parleying with forces of disorder throughout the world. There was no attempt to maku

Europe stand up for the rule of i'aw against the rule of force. Mr Winston Churchill said he was glad to hear that Britain was not going to act individually. Britain was not strong enough to act both as lawgiver and policeman to the world. Mr Lloyd George said the League had been flouted repeatedly and no action had been taken. He described Stresa as a fatuous piece of bluster, and added: "We must begin afresh to see if it is possibi'a to devise some covenant by which the nations would stand and civilisation be saved." There was a. dramatic passage when Mr Lloyd George was asked what could be done to stop Germany re-arming and stop Italy. He replied: "Economic sanctions, short of war." Mr Austen Chamberlain: It is no good talking about economic sanctions unless you mean war. (Conservative cheers.) Mr Lloyd George: Then what is the good of putting those words into the Geneva rssolution? (Labour cheers.) Mr Austen Chamberlain: Mr Lloyd George says he would never allowed the situation to reach its present stage. Would he have proposed to Franc 3, who never proposed it to us, that France's army should have marched into Germany when it became evident that Germany was re-arming? (:Cri>2s of "Answer!") Mr Lloyd George, instead of answering, shouted; "What do you mean by economic sanctions?" Mr Austen Chamberlain replied: "A blockade, which is effective as-an, ac.t of war. Nothing short of war can make economic sanctions effective." • Mr Austen Chamberlain said: , "We must take a risk by saying that we are prepared to fulfil our obligations to the collective system. We should say that even at the risk of others refusing. Mr R. A. Eden said that, conciliation machinery having broken down, the Government had been in consultation with the French Government regarding : Abyssinia. There was no invitation on our part to France to join in economic sanctions against Italy. Britain's endeavour was to . discover whether France had any constructive suggestion to make to promote a settlement of the dispute. "We have made our contribution and it is France's turn to make hers." Major Attlee's motion was negatived by 236 votes to 40.