BRITAIN’S ATTITUDE
“LET US MAKE OUR POSITION CLEAR.”
“It may be that those who urge that we should disentangle ourselves from Europe have something in mind rather different, or very different, from what I have just described. They may be thinking of another situation when, owing to obligations elsewhere, our neighbours may become involved in conflict and may call for help in a quarrel that is not ours. That I believe to be a general apprehension. The people of this country are determined that that shall not happen, and that is the view of the Government. We agree with it entirely. Our obligations are worldwide obligations, are the obligations of the Covenant. We stand firm in support of them, but we do not add nor will be add one jot to those obligations except in the area already covered by the Locarno Treaty. Let us make our position on that absolutely clear. We accept no obligations beyond those shared by the League, except the obligations which devolve on us from Locarno.”—Mb Anthony Eden.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 25, Issue 3759, 22 May 1936, Page 3
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