SANCTIONS END

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19044, 18 June 1936, Page 6

SANCTIONS END

SOON AS POSSIBLE

BRITISH CABINET VIEW

ROMAN SATISFACTION

'PROOF OF LEAGUE ERROR'

(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. June 18. 2 p.m.) LONDON, dune 17. The Cabinet, as expected, held a meeting regarding the sanctions policy. "political writers agree that the Foreign Secretary. Mr. Anthony Eden, to-morrow will announce that "the Government favours a discontinuance as early as possible of the League sanctions against Pal v. The political correspondent of the Daily Mail says that Mr. Anthony Eden, before the Cabinet meeting, told the Prime Minister. Mr. Stanley Baldwin, that lie did not intend to resign. Mr. Kden read to the Cabinet the statement he is to make to-morrow, which is on the lines of the speech of warning given last Wednesday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. ' Neville Chamberlain. It admits the failure of the League sanctions to end the war. and gives the opinion that, for that reason, there is no wisdom in continuing them.

The Cabinet made several alterations to the manuscript. A meeting of members of the House of Commons and others, including Labour members and publicists, to-day passed a resolution in favour of the maintenance of sanctions until Italy is ready to agree to a settlement of the Abyssinian n|ues: tion acceptable to the League and in conformity with the League Covenant. SELF-SUFFICIENCY AIM

The Rome correspondent of The Times says it is authoritatively declared that Italy would regard the raising! of sanction's as sufficient to enable her to resume European collaboration. It would be considered proof of recognition thai an error had been committed. This statement is made on the score of alleged erroneous interpretations of Italy's attitude by correspondents. It is impossible to obtain a definite assurance that the lifting of sanctions would be followed by the immediate lifting of the Italian counter sanctions. On the contrary, though it is admitted that the raising of sanctions by the Powers would introduce a new spirit into the situation, ii was made clear that Italy intends to pursue the policy of economic selfsufficiency on which she has embarked.

EAGERLY AWAITED

FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEBATE

ANTHONY EDEN'S LEAD

(British Official Wireless.) Reed. 1.15 p.m. RUGBY, June 17. (ireat interest has been aroused, both at Home and abroad, in the coming debate in the House of Commons on foreign affairs.

The speech of the Foreign SecretaryMr. Anthony Eden, will not be confined exclusively to sanctions questions, and it is expected that he will refer also to the delay of the Gorman Government in replying to the recent- British questionnaire concerning Ilerr Hitler's plans for the future peace of Europe. About- three and a half hours will be devoted to the debate, but a further opportunity of discussing the international situation will arise next week, and several prominent members of Parliament will reserve their speeches for that occasion.