BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY

Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1935, Page 7

BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY

SIR SAMUEL HOARE’S STATEMENT 1 RELATIONS WITH' OTHER POWERS COMPLETE SURVEY OF SITUATION British Wireless. Rugby, July 11. THE House of Commons was crowded and the galleries were filled with distinguished men and women of many nationalities when Sir Samuel Hoare, Foreign Secretary, delivered his eagerly-awaited speech surveying the international situation. Sir Samuel expressed the opinion that it was in the power of Herr Hitler to make a real contribution to the cause of peace in Europe, which he urged him to do. He reiterated the opinion that the League of Nations, provided the best machinery for the establishment of a system of collective security that was essential to peace and stability, and he reaffirmed Britain s liability to League principles. Contradicting statements about Britain’s motives in the interest she showed in the Halo-Abyssinian problem, Sii Samuel said Britain was not prepared to abandon any chance that might present itself of averting a calamity. Britain, he said in referring to relations with other. Powers, would not sacrifice old friendships for new, but that did not mean she would not seek to add new relationships to the old.