Can Suez Canal Be Closed?
Or Gibraltar Blocked DIRECTORS MEET THIS WEEK Received Sunday, 9.50 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 29. The Daily Herald disclose- that a spec. ! meeting of the Suez Canal directors is being held in Paris next week-end to dipeuss the situation witn a view to the possible application of sanctions. Britain will be represented by Earl Cromer and Sir lan Malcolm, and Prance by M. Doumergue, General Weygand and others. Though the 1888 convention immunised the Canal from a naval blockade and internationalised it, and also declared it open in peace time and war time without distinction of flag, many international lawyers hold that article XX of the League Covenant which abrogates all international Conventions inconsistent with itself could also abrogate the Canal Convention. It is further assumed that if the Canal were closed Italian supply ships could be prevented from penetrating the Straits of Gibraltar on the alternative route around South Africa.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 230, 30 September 1935, Page 7
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