BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 155, 2 June 1937, Page 9

BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

ing possible the maintenance of the Non-Jntervention Committee. A message from Paris states that owing to rumours about the activities of french warships an oflicial report announces that only normal movements are being carried on. The diplomatic writer of the Daily Telegraph says that the Non-Intevven-tion Sub-Committee, after an hour’s consideration, felt that it would be unable to devise any plan of guarantees to Germany against further acts by the Spanish loyalists.

WILL ACT TOGETHER

GRAVE STRAIN TO PEACE

LONDON, June 1. The Paris correspondent of the Times says that official circles indicate that'France will refrain from action until facts and implications of the incident under international law are established.

Aleauwhile it is intended to act in the cloest connection with Britain. I'he British Ambassador (Sir Eric Phipps) lias already consulted the Prime Minister (M. Leon Blum) who conferred with the Russian and Spanish Ambassadors. It is generally felt that even if Spanish aircraft wore at fault, the shelling of Almeria was an inexcusably savage reprisal. . The Daily Mail says that the British and French Governments are in aetivo communication by telephone considering means to avert further developments. They also are co-operating in an attempt to obtain an undertaking from the Spanish Government that there will he no repetition of die bombing of warships. The Secretary of State for- Foreign Affairs, Mr Anthony Eden, sent a message to Valencia emphasising that international peace might be gravely strained in the event of a recurrence. His message followed an hour’s interview with tbe German Ambassador (Herr von Itibbentrop), who said that Germany did not intend to continue reprisals. Air Eden said lie hoped that he would be able to obtain a guarantee regarding non-recurrence, which would satisfy Italy and Germany, thus mak- » «