FINAL STAGES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18674, 6 April 1935, Page 6

FINAL STAGES

EUROPEAN DISCUSSIONS

THE BRITISH MISSIONS

REPORT TO CABINET

STATEMENT NEXT WEEK

(Dritisli Official Wireless.)

Ree. 2 p.u-1. RUGBY, April 5, The aeroplane m which Mr. Anthony Eden travelled from Prague to Cologne encountered extremely trying weather conditions. Mr. Ellen, who was suffering from the effects of the journey, coupled with the extreme strain he has undergone iu the last fortnight of talks ana travel, seemed so unwell that a doctor was called, and he, while declaring that there was nothing seriously wrong, bevoml the effects of overstrain, insisted that a good night’s rest was essential. It is understood that although overtired. Mr. Eden was otherwise in normal health this morning.

During the last fortnight, he has covered nearly 3500 miles. Several British newspapers express the view that the conversation Mr. Eden had with Dr. Benes in Prague was by no means the least informative or useful of the series. His visit there was indeed the shortest, hut the close and frequent contacts maintained at Geneva have familiarised Czechoslovak and British statesmen with the views held by one another on the European situation. These contacts, and his own personal friendship with Dr. TTones were referred to in a speech which Mr. Eden made in Prague. At the same time, lie emphasised that his European visits had had only one object, namely, the maintenance of peace.

“The time has passed when any nation can suppose that its prosperity and its happiness can be enhanced by war in the world to-day,” be said. “No nation -can prosper on another’s ruin. They are all too intimately comiec ted ibr that. They stand or fall together. That is the chief lesson learned from the Great War, and that is the principle underlying the League of Nations.” The detailed views on the European situation of the German. Russian, Polish, and Czechoslovak Governments as revealed iu the conversations with the British Ministers are now receiving careful examination by the appropriate departments of the’ British Government. Both Sir John Simon and Mr. Eden will a tend a Cabinet meeting on Monday at which, it is anticipated, their reports will be presented and considered. A Government statement on the rosullb of the visits will be made ill the House of Commons on Tuesday by Sir John Simon, and it is awaited with exceptional interest in view of the fact lhut Sir John Simon and Mr. Eden will leave op (he following day for the British, French, and Italian’conference'at Stresnj. From Stresa. the Ministers will proceed to Geneva, where a special League Council meeting to consider Germany’s rearmament decision will take place on April 15.