EMBARGO ON ARMS

Taranaki Daily News, 16 October 1935, Page 5

EMBARGO ON ARMS

BRITAIN LEADS NATIONS HASTE MADE AT GENEVA ARGENTINA’S ATTITUDE CONSIDERATION WANTED By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 9 p.m. London, Oct. 14. Britain led the nations in enforcing the first sanctions proposal when Mr. Eden sent a letter to M. Avenol, secre-tary-general of the League, announcing that Britain had raised the arms embargo against Abyssinia but would continue to enforce it against Italy. A feature of to-day’s meeting at Geneva was the evident desire of all the leading delegations, including the French, to apply the agreed measures without delay. Argentina’s abstention was the subject of a statement stressing that it had 1,000,000 Italian settlers.. It is gathered that Argentina intends to press for special consideration and possibly delay in the enforcement of certain measures. Neither Mr. S. M. Bruce (Australia) nor Sir James Parr (New Zealand) is serving on any of the sectional committees relating to sanctions. They will remain at Geneva pending the report of the economic sanctions sub-committee. This may be presented about Thursday. It is understood the Dominion delegates are pleased at to-day’s progress but they appreciate that the plan for economic sanctions will be more difficult to draw up than the financial scheme because the varying interests of the countries exporting to Italy will be put to a far sterner test. Carrying placards inscribed “Boycott hotels staffed with Italians” and “British on the dole; Italians got Jobs,” 300 waiters and chefs marched through London streets to-day and demonstrated in Hyde Park. Italy for 13 years has not asked for a penny loan and she will continue not to ask for loans, while as regards credits Fascist Italy has been fully mobilised for 10 months, says the Rome newsjwper La Tribuna.