BAN ON EXPORT OF ARMS

Taranaki Daily News, 17 February 1933, Page 7

BAN ON EXPORT OF ARMS

BRITAIN SEEKS AGREEMENT BOLIVIA-PARAGUAY FIGHT HOPE TO EXTEND THE MOVE UNITED STATES ATTITUDE British Official Wireless. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, Feb. 15. On the initiative of the British Government an exchange of views has taken place between the Governments of the United Kingdom, United States, France and Italy with a view to an agreement , between them to prohibit the export of arms and munitions for war to Bolivia and Paraguay in anticipation of any prohibition of a more general character that may fie arranged through the League of Nations. Efforts to bring about early action by international agreement are being continued but have not yet succeeded.

Sir John Simon, Foreign Secretary, replying to a supplementary question in the House of Commons to-day, expressed the belief that if an arrangement could be establishvl in regard to Bolivia and Paraguay it would extend.

DECISION OF UNITED STATES.

LIMIT TO AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Rec. 7.30 p.m. Washington, Feb. 15. The Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives to-day refused President Hoover’s request for legislation empowering the President to declare an arms embargo to nations throughout the world under certain circumstances, and where the chief executive had first secured the co-opera-tion of other arms manufacturing countries. The committee approved a resolution authorising a presidential arms embargo only to American countries. Mr. Fish forced the amendment. He said afterwards: “I feel the resolution was aimed at Japan and Japan would so interpret it. We would, if others natfoM agreed to it, be left holding, the bag in ffie event of war with Japan. We have ships and we would have to do the fighting. I am opposed to all this bluff and blustering against Japan. I do not agree with some things Japan has done, but if we started to mind our own business we would get along better.”