SANCTIONS TO END

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19042, 16 June 1936, Page 6

SANCTIONS TO END

"MUST BE DROPPED"

BRITISH CABINET VIEW

HURRIED MEETING HELD

LEAD EN LEAGUE RETREAT

(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Ansa.) (Reed. June 16, 2 p.m.),. LONDON, Juno 15. According to the Daily Mail, a hurried meeting of members of, the Cabinet including the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, was held to-day in the Prime Minister's room and it was Hecidetl that the League sanctions imposed on Italy must be dropped and thai Britain 'must lead the League, retreai from (he sanctions policy. Twenty speakers at the weekly meeting of the committee of (be Conservative Party members of the House of Commons were unanimous in the view that sanctions must be terminated.

QUESTIONS IN COMMONS

DEBATE OX THURSDAY

LABOUR PARTY REQUEST

(British Official Wireless.)

Reed. 1.15 p.m. RUGBY, June 15. Six questions have been set down for answer in the House of Commons bearing on the speech delivered last week by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, with reference to the League sanctions and asking' that the attitude that will be taken by the British Government at the meetings of the League of Nations towards the end of June should be defined.

.Most of the questions are addressed to the Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin. They ask'when an opportunity for a debate on the international situation will be given in the House of Cbramohs. Replying to-day to a large number of questions, all directed to obtain a defini tion of the Government's attitude, the Foreign Secretary, .Mr. Anthony Eden, said the Government desired an early ch bate. "On'that, occasion. 1, shall be prepared to state the views of His Majesty's Government as to the action which'is ti> be taken collectively at the meetings of the Council and the. Assembly of 'the League of Nations on June 26 and oO respectively." said Mr. Eden. The leader of the Labour Party, Major C. R. Attleo, then gave notice that the Labour Party would ask for a debate on Thursday, and later the Prime Minister intimated that- the Government would ac cept this request.