BRITISH DELEGATION

Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1935, Page 7

BRITISH DELEGATION

MR. MACDONALD GOING

ILLNESS OF MR. R. A. EDEN

WIDESPREAD SYMPATHY

TALKS WITH COLLEAGUES

British Wireless. Rugby, April 8. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald announced in the House of Commons to-day that the British representatives attending the Stresa conference would be himself and Sir John Simon. In putting a question to the Prime Minister Sir Austen Chamberlain said he expressed what he felt sure would be the general feeling of sympathy in all parts of the House with Mr, R. A. Eden (who is suffering from a strained heart), and said that they hoped for his speedy recovery. “I need hardly tell the House how heartily I associate myself and my colleagues with the regret expressed by Sir Austen Chamberlain that Mr. Eden cannot also attend the conference at Stresa as one of the Government’s representatives,” said' Mr. MacDonald. The results of the recent European conversations in relation to Thursday’s three-Power conference at Stresa were under consideration this morning at a meeting of the Cabinet. It is understood that full records of the .conversations at Berlin, Moscow, Warsaw and Prague are being presented to his colleagues by Sir John Simon, Foreign Secretary, together with a report of his personal impressions of his contacts at Berlin and those of Mr. Eden at other capitals.

This morning it was reported that' Mr. Eden’s condition was about the same. He «3 remaining in bed. Sympathy with him in hia indisposition is widespread. The Prime Minister, who visited him yesterday, issued: a statement last night that he was “distressed beyond measure both on personal and public grounds to hearof Mr. Eden’s illness." Messages wishing him a swift and complete recovery have been received on behalf of many new acquaintances Mr. Eden made during the recent series of visits. Sir John Simon and Sir Robert Vansittart, Foreign Under-Secretary, interviewed Mr. Eden on Saturday, and on Sunday he was visited by the Prime Minister for a talk on the general results of his mission. Since his appointment as Lord Privy Seal last year Mr. Eden has travelled many thousands of miles by air, land and sea, including five visits to Geneva in addition to journeys to Paris, Rome and Berlin on disarmament questions, and visits to Denmark, Norway and Sweden. {

Herr Hitler telegraphed a message of sympathy to Mr. Eden.