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Southland Times, Issue 22969, 15 August 1936, Page 7

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Germany And Italy NEUTRALITY UN SPAIN Grave Anxiety In London tUnited Press Assn—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 10.0 p.m.) London, August 14. “Neither Italy nor Germany has yet replied to the French appeal for non-intervention in Spain, and the delay Is causing grave anxiety in London.” says the diplomatic correspondent •>! The Morning Post. “It is seriously feared that if negotiations fail the Prime Minister of France (M. Leon Blum) will be unable to resist the pressure from his own supporters, and will be forced either to sanction aid for the Spanish Government or resign in favour of a more extreme Ministry. The last hope of a non-inter-vention policy would then vanish, and Spain would openly become the battlefield of rival European policies. The British Government is doing its utmost to avoid such a development.” Yne Berlin correspondent of The Times says that it seems clear that the German attitude to non-intervention has stiffened, partly owing to reports of French assistance to the Madrid Government and also because there apparently is little confidence in the sincerity of the French proposals. Efforts Continued. The Paris correspondent of The Times says that though the French Cabinet yesterday decided to continue its efforts for a non-intervention pact, there ■was also a general agreement that France cannot continue indefinitely the present self-denying ordinance, regardless of the attitude of others. If, for example, it is established that delaying tactics, and not honest objections, are holding up an agreement, the Government will certainly resume its liberty of action. Moreover, any substantial additions to the already material assistance received from abroad by the insurgents might have the same effect. The diplomatic correspondent of The Manchester Guardian says that the impression is deepening in London that both Italy and Germany are holding up non-intervention while aiding the rebels, in the hope they will be able to win decisive victories in the ;:ear future.