BASIS FOR TALK

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19378, 16 July 1937, Page 5

BASIS FOR TALK

BRITAIN'S PLANS

POLICY TOWARDS SPAIN EARLY BERLIN REACTION RETICENCE IN ROME MIXED VIEWS IN PARIS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. July 16, 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, July 15. The impartiality of the British Government's proposals must make* it diflicult for any Government to refuse to treat on the basis of. them, says the diplomatic correspondent of The Times in reference to the British scheme for the restoration of control governing the agreement for nonintervention in the Spanisli civil war.

The correspondent adds that the British Government is not likely to be over-sanguine, but it will, at least, not expect the proposals to be rejected out of hand.

The Berlin correspondent of The Times says the German attitude is to be decided in consultation with Italy. In the meantime it has been officially intimated in Berlin that the British proposals are regarded as a suitable basis for discussion.

The Morning Post's Rome correspondent says that Italian newspapers have been forbidden to comment, pending an official examination of the British proposals. Ban on Foreign Troops The French Government, according to the News-Chronicle's Paris correspondent, considers that the British plan unduly favours the Italian and German viewpoint. The French view is that belligerent rights should only be granted after all foreign troops have been withdrawn from Spain. The French press comment is decidedly mixed. Le Matin suggests that the plan, embodying as it does proposals from various countries, will satisfy none.

The Petit Parisien regards the plan as clever, and' adds that the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, and his experts have worked well for the common good.

"Pertinax" prophesies that the plan will have died a natural death within a few hours. The Echo de Paris and L'Oeuvre see in the proposals a dexterity designed to prevent their rejection and to compel discussion.

TRADE PACT REVEALED GERMANY AND REBELS (Reed. July IG, noon) LONDON, July 15. A communique from Salamanca reveals that a trade agreement has been reached at Burgos between the German Government and General Franco's Government, which corresponds to the economic necessities of both countries.

It is reported in Berlin that two German shipping lines have decided to resume a weekly service from Hamburg and from Bremen to Bilbao.