FATE OF SANCTIONS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13284, 16 June 1936, Page 5

FATE OF SANCTIONS.

BRITAIN MUST LEAD. United Press Assn.—By Electric Te leg raph—Co j i.vri ph t. LONDON, June 14. Mr Neville Chamberlain’s speech advocating the abolition of sanctions is still the focal point of discussion on sanctions. The Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent, commenting on the surprise caused by Air Ohamberlain being the first responsible Minister to ventilate the subject, says: “Mr Chamberlain was anxious to take the earliest opportunitv of countering Lord Robert Cecil’s latest belligerent pacifist campaign. ’ The correspondent adds; “Ministers have already agreed on the* main aims of British policy, which will be directed towards securing an earlv o nd of the sanctions experiment and renewed collaboration with Italy in order to restore European confidence. Ministers are increasingly convinced that Britain must assume the responsibility of proposing the abolition of sanctions which it is believed Air Anthony Eden now favours.

“France has intimated to Britain her view that sanctions should be ended to enable an immediate start on the larger endeavours for the pacification of Europe. The French Premier, AI. Blum, a strict doctrinaire and internationalist, is reluctant that the French Government take the public initiative, and desires to limit himself to a promise of French support for the British action.

“AJoreover, AI. Blum s Alinisters ore absorbed in domestic problems and so far a clear idea of their views on European peace security has not been obtainable. Accordingly London shares the views of Rome and Beilin, which are echoed in the smaller capitals, that internal difficulties at present render France negligible in the European equation. This is greatly regretted in London, as being largely responsible for the stinoning of the German attitude. It also strengthens the view that the great European issues demand Italy’s renewed cooperation in the Locarno Powers' task following the German- reoccupation of the Rhineland.”