NEW HOPE

Wairarapa Age, 17 July 1934, Page 5

NEW HOPE

PROPOSED EASTERN PACT. GENERAL PRESS APPROVAL. SIR JOHN SIMON’S STATEMENT 1 . RUGBY, July 14. In concluding the Foreign Affairs debate yesterday, during which Sir John Simon had made .his important statement in regard to the proposed Eastern European mutual guarantee pact, Mr. A. Eden, Lord Privy Seal, expressed ■the view that the result of the recent London conversations on that subject would be “to give a new element of hope to an anxious situation.” This view seems to have been widely shared both in the House of Commons and in the Press. In fact, one paper, the “News-Chronicle,” remarks that the policy expounded by the Foreign Secretary was supported by the House of Commons “with a warmth and real unanimity which it has not shown for many a long year.” The newspaper gives its own warm support: to the policy. In particular, it notes Sir John Simon’s statement that the new policy implies the participation on equal terms of Germany, and adds: “To secure this ought not to be difficult. Britain has agreed, France has agreed, Russia has agreed, and Sir John was able to read. Signor Mussolini’s emphatic assent to the new policy. On what grounds should Germany stand aloof from on agreement which offers to her exactly the same honourable security that it offers to France, to Poland, and to Russia?”—(British Official Wireless.)' SOVIET DELIGHTED. SPEECHES REPORTED FULLY. (Received Monday, 7 p.m.) LONDON, July 16. “The Times” Riga correspondent says Soviet officials are delighted at the House of Commons speeches. They did not anticipate such full support for an Eastern pact. The newspapers reproduce Sir John Simon’s and Sir Austen Chamberlain’s speeches, also long summaries of Continental comments.— (“Times” cable.) NAVAL QUESTIONS. JAPAN’S ATTITUDE CONFIRMED. (Received Monday, 8.30 p.m.) , TOKIO, July 15. ' The Foreign Spokesman has confirmed the statement that Japan is not prepared to talk on naval matters except by conference procedure until October, regarding which a statement will be issued to-morrow.