ONUS ON FRANCE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 183, 6 July 1936, Page 7

ONUS ON FRANCE

FUTURE OF THE LEAGUE BLAME FOR COLLAPSE.

PRESS OBSERVATIONS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received July 6, 9.15 p in. LONDON, July 5.

“France alone is responsible for the collapse of' the League functioning,” says the Sunday Times. “Of the three Great Powers represented at Geneva, Britain and Russia have never recoiled from any step to which the rest would agree. On the contrary, while renouncing isolated action, they were at all times favourable to the League adopting stronger and more effective measures. It was France which blocked action —France, whose Government for the sake of the Stresa front against Germany had in advance promised Signor Mussolini a free hand.

“Since then she has changed her Government. What is France now prepared to undertake if the League is to resume functioning? The* onus falls on her inescapably, and in the first instance on Mr Blum,” declares the paper.

SEPTEMBER MEETING

A LATER DATE

(British Official Wireless.) Received July 6, 11.5 a.m. RUGBY-, July 4

The General Committee of the League Assembly recommends that the 17th session of the Assembly should be fixed for September 21 and not September 7, so as to give, additional time for the study of any new proposals.

FORCE ESSENTIAL

MR CHURCHILL’S VIEW.

Received July 6, 9.35 a.m LONDON, July 5,

Mr Winston Churchill, speaking at Bristol, said that if the idea of force was excluded from the procedure of the 'League it would be nought but idle sham.