SANCTIONS MEAN WAR

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18757, 13 July 1935, Page 5

SANCTIONS MEAN WAR

INTERLUDE IN COMMONS FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEBATE LABOR MOTION DEFEATED 'Elec. Tel. Copyright-United Press Assn.) (Received July 13, noon) LONDON, July 12. Mr, S. M. Bruce and Sir James Parr were present during the foreign affairs debate in the House of Commons. The leaders of all parties participated in the debate. Sir Herbert Samuel said that some of Signor Mussolini’s utterances wCre sinister, but perhaps they might see the Duce at the eleventh hour agree to a settlement which would enable him to go to the Italians as a statesman who has achieved peace with honor Britain ought not to leave Italy ,n ignorance of the feeling here if action was taken cutting at the root of the principle of collective security. Major 0. 11. Attlee submitted an antiGoverninent resolution. He said Sir Samuel Hoaro’s speech was retrograde, showing no clear policy. It was nothing but temporising and parleying with the -. ,-os of disorder throughout the world. There was no attempt to make Europe stand up for the rule of law against Hie rule of force. Mr. Winston Churchill said he was glad to hear that Britain was not going ito act individually. Britain was not strong enough to act both as the lawgiver and the policeman ot the world. Air. Lloyd George said the League had been flouted repeatedly, and no action had been taken, lie described Sti'csa as “a famous piece of bin-del', and added : “We must begin afresh and sec il il is possible fo devise some covenant by which the nations would stand, and civilisation would be saved. ■DRAMATIC PASSAGE There was a dramatic passage when Mr. Lloyd George was asked what could be done to stop Germany re-arming, and •stop Italy. He replied : “Economic sanctions, short of war." Sir Austen Chamberlain: It is no good i talking about economic sanctions unless you mean war. (Conservative cheers). Air. Lloyd George: Then what is the good of putting those words into the Geneva resolution. (Labor cheers). Sir' Austen Chamberlain: Mr. Lloyd George says he would never have allowed the situation to reach the present stage. Would lie have proposed to France, who never proposed it to us, that France s army should have marched into Germany when it became evident that Germany ,vas re-arming? (Cries ot "Answer.”l Mr. Lloyd Gehrge, instead of answerlug, shouted: “What do you mean by economic sanctions?” Sir Austen Chamberlain replied: “A blockade which is as effective as an act of war. Nothing short of war can make economic sanctions effective. ” Sir Austen Chamberlain said: "We must take the risk of saying we arc prepared to till til our obligations to the collective system. We should say that even at the risk of others refusing.” Mr. Anthony Eden said that the conciliation machinery having broken down, tile Government had been in consultation with the French Government regarding Abyssinia.' There was no invitation on Britain,’s' part ti) France to join in economic sanctions against- Italy. Britain’s ■ endeavor-was to discover whether France had any constructive suggestion to make to- promote a settlement of the dispute. •‘We Lave made our contribution,” he said. ‘‘lt is France’s turn to make hers.” Major Attlee’s motion was negatived by 236 votes to dO. The Continent speedily received full reports of Sir Samuel Home's speech. Heyr Hitler was supplied with a careful translation of Sir Samuel lloare’s speech. Until he studies it in consultation with his advisers, official circles are reluctant to comment. The Paris press considers that the speech demonstrates that the Stvcsa front is not broken, and is a warning to Germany not to presume too much on the naval agreement. The Berlin Tagehlalt prints the speech on the front page, without comment. Diplomatic quarters in Paris slate that there ,is ,an impression of an extremely favorable conception underlying the utterance, which is regarded as coinciding with the French attitude. The general impression in Rome is that the speech is favorable to Italy. The Vienna press unanimously welcomes Sir Samuel Hoaro’s appeal to Herr Hitler.to negotiate pacts.