GOOD-BYE TO SANCTIONS ON ITALY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 159, 17 June 1936, Page 5

GOOD-BYE TO SANCTIONS ON ITALY

(Press Assqcjati on—Copyright.) vHiiO balibsG &m$ i «;"6, ~ >ri. ■■■■-■ v Kecerveq ' ' a>m - 10-day., MOttlioJ : ' LONDON, June 16. Evening newspapers give prominence to an announcement that Mr. *J. H. Lyons (Australian Premier) sent a cablegram to Mr. S. M. Bruce is which he is reported to have intimated that Australia was anxious to see sanctions ended in view of the loss of the Italian market. The Sun-Herald says that Britain's attitude towards sanctions was outlined by Mr. Eden this afternoon at a conference with the Dominions High Commissioners, each of whom submitted his own Dominion's viewpoint. Mr. Bruce presented the Commonwealth case, the newspapers' announcement of which caused a flutter, especially among foreign correspondents, who suspect that London inspired the Commonwealth to initiate the abandonment of sanctions and so enable the British Government to present a strong case in the House of Commons on June 1 8 and simultaneously save its face on the Continent. f Actually all the Dominions except South Africa favoured the dropping of sanctions. Mr. Eden frankly explained the British reasons for their reversal of policy, emphasising that the failure of the League, action caused splits and fissures throughout Europe, and that the continuation of sanctions would make the position worse.