PEACE IN EUROPE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18064, 15 April 1933, Page 7

PEACE IN EUROPE

MUSSOLINI’S SCHEME EXPLANATION IN COMMONS (British Oflicial Wireless.) Rec. noon. RUGBY, April 14. Referring in the House of Commons to Signor Mussolini’s proposals, Sir John Simon undertook to lay the papers on tho table when the necessary leave to adopt such a course was obtained from those with whom the Government had been communicating. The Government had made no commitments or entered into any agreements of any kind. It wanted, by consultation and co-operution to devise a plan by which the risk of opposing blofcks between one nation and another would be minimised. It was not the intention that these powers should combine and attempt to imnoso their will on any cl' the lesser nations. The object in view was to try and seloctt certain questions which might arise in Europe and secure collaboration on them, especially in economic tields. GERMANY ACCEPTS PACT LONG PEACE HOPED FOR (Received April 15, 11 a.m.) ROME, April 14. Germany has fully accepted the fourPower pact. Captain Gocring told newspapermen lie hoped that its spirit would not be modified in view of Herr Hitler’s declaration that it is tho only means of giving Europe poaco for several decades. Ho added : “My visit is for the purpose of intensifying Italo-German air communications.”