PROPOSALS TO LEAGUE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 198, 22 July 1937, Page 2

PROPOSALS TO LEAGUE.

SUGGESTION ADOPTED, Received Julv 22, 1.55 p.iti. LONDON, July 21. During the House of Commons debate on the Labour amendment moved bv Air Alorgan Jones, lie suggested tha.t a round-table conference of members of the Government, Arabs and Jews be held, similar to that held in connection with the Indian Commission. Sir Archibald Sinclair supported a conference with the Jews and Arabs. He urged that- it would he premature for the House to decide to surrender the mandate. Colonel AYedgwood pointed out that when the House returned from the summer recess the Government would have obtained sanction from the League of Nations for the proposals. All- AYinston Churchill proposed to amend the Labour amendment to the effect that the proposals should be brought before the League with a. view to enabling the Government, after an adequate inquiry, to present to Parliament a definite scheme. Earl Winterton said that the Government should accept Air Churchill s amendment. If it received the assent of the House the White Paper proposals would be taken before the Alandntes Commission at Geneva on July 30. If the Commission accepted them there would be the fullest opportunity for the House to consider all the details of the scheme afterwards.Air Churchill’s amendment was carried.