PEACE IN EUROPE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 123, 24 April 1936, Page 10

PEACE IN EUROPE

ONUS OB' FRANCE. THE ELECTION VOTE. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- -Copyright.) (Times Cables.) Received April 23. 1.25 p.m. LONDON, April 23, The Times, in a leader, expresses the hope that the French elections will be held before the next meeting of the League Council and will give a clear mandate on a cardinal issue on which (Britain will welcome enlightenment, whatever its tenor. It adds: British opinion has been dismayed by the discovery that theFrench adherence to the structure of the law is capable of devastating qualifications. The final word is with the French voter. No country can doubt the strength of Britain’s response to the unexcused act of aggression. Britain, in failing to fully participate in common action to defeiyl public law, would forfeit her self-respect and face humiliation and ignominy. A better peace system will remain the guiding principle of British opinion and national policy. The French and German peace plans both demand elucidation. Neither alone contains the whole of the terms of settlement. Public opinion vigorously' desires the earliest and most energetic moves tb exploit the largest opportunity of a resettlement in Europe, since the inconclusive treaties of 1919 failed to appease France and Germany. Peace has no other aim in Western Europo.J