SANCTIONS PLAN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22261, 8 November 1935, Page 11

SANCTIONS PLAN

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LEAGUE POWERS MOVE BY GERMANY EMBARGO ON EXPORTS GOODS FOR BELLIGERENTS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received November 7, 9.55 p.m.) GENEVA, Nov. G The Secretariat of the League of Nations has issued a communique stating: "The Committee of Eighteen is informed that the German Government, having learned that speculators are purchasing goods in Germany with a view to exporting them to the belligerents at a large profit, proposes to issue a degree to prevent such speculation." The British United Press says the delegates to the League regard the German communication as most important, suggesting that it exceeds the official version and indicates an intention to place an embargo not only on war materials, but on products designated by the League as key products. The Committee of Eighteen passed the following resolution:—"To ninke the bun on key exports effective the Governments of member States will control the destination of prohibited exports. The States which do not immediately restrict these will review the volume and the direction of exports, and in tho event of an abnormal increase will take action to prevent supplies reaching Italy or her possessions by indirect routes."

BITTERNESS IN ITALY " SANCTIONIST " GOODS BANNED (Received November 8, 112.15 a.m.) LONDON. Nov. 7 The Daily Telegraph's Home correspondent says tho campaign for a boycott of "sanctionist" goods continues throughout Italy. La Tribuna especially urges Italians to ceaso drinking tea. It says: "The English grow tea. Let them drink it." University students traversed Venice obliterating all shop signs and notices in the language of " sanctionist " countries. EMBARGOED GOODS COMMITTEE'S RESOLUTION British Wireless RUGBY, Nov. G The Economic Sub-Committee, which is engaged in tho co-ordination of saner tions against Italy at Geneva, yesterday adopted the text of a resolution proposed by the Canadian delegation for extending the list of commodities to bo subject to tho embargo. The resolution states: "It is expedient that tho measures in the embargo provided in proposal No. 4 should bo extended to the following articles as soon as conditions necessary to. render this extension effective have been realised:—Petroleum and its derivatives, by-products and residues; pigiron, iron and steel, including alloy steels; coal, including anthracite and lignito, coke and their agglomerates, as well as fuels derived therefrom." If the replies received by tho committee to this proposal and the information at its disposal warrant it, the Committee of Eighteen will propose to tho Governments a dato for tho bringing of these measures into force. Earl Stanhope, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, represented Britain on the Committee of Eighteon when it received reports from several sub-committees which it approved. The committee also established a Vigilance Committee composed of representatives of Britain, France, Russia, Spain, Poland, Rumania, Greoce, Yugoslavia and Sweden to observe the application of sanctions by the League Powers and to recbivo reports. One decision reached exempts newspapers, books, periodicals, maps and printed music from the general prohibition of Italian goods which the League States aro to enforce after November 18.