“MUST SEE IT THROUGH”

Northern Advocate, 25 October 1935, Page 7

“MUST SEE IT THROUGH”

THE ABYSSINIAN TROUBLE LEAGUE MUST RETAIN PRESTIGE. ’ VIEWS EXPRESSED IN LORDS. (Received 10 a.m.) . RUGBY, October 23. In the House of Lords the Liberal Leader, the Earl of Crewe,' expressed the view that the breach by Italy of her obligation under the Pact of Paris was even more serious than the breach of the Covenant of the League, riot merely because it was the more recent obligation but because its terms were more definite and explicit than those of the Covenant. The League, if it was to retain any prestige, must see this thing through. He hoped, therefore, that the Government in conference with other members would continue to press for, and even insist, on an early discussion of what the terms of the final\ settlement were to be. Those terms ought not to depend upon the success or failure of the Italian campaign. Settlement ought to be considered in the abstract without refei’ence to what might happen in Abyssinia. Lord Hardinge said that Italy’s aggressive attack could not be sufficiently condemned, but he had no sympathy with the Abyssinian Government who had broken their pledges just as Italy had done and had entirely ignored the conditions under which they entered the League of Nations. He urged the Government to refrain from any sanctions which might be interpreted as being of a military character and might precipitate a war.