THROWN TO THE WOLVES

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVI, Issue 67, 23 February 1938, Page 3

THROWN TO THE WOLVES

the EDEN EPISODE. severe opposition critics. LONDON, February 22. Sneaking in the House of Commons the Leader ot the Opposition, j[r R. Attlee, said that Mr Chamberlain ' speeeh revealed that two < had been operating. • *lvmpathi.se with Mr Eden, who has suffered from apparently extremely amateur methods,” he said. Eden is now thrown to the *| v( s in an affair unparalleled in g n(T |j s |i history. It is curious when foreigners have been continually attackm. t h<* Foreign Minister that his -olleau'M'S have not supported him.” r Attlee added that Signor Mussolini vii-i a bankrupt dictator living • •tick,** with increasing home difficulty- The Spanish war was not siicco-tul, and Abyssinia was unKettlc*cl. Moreover, the Rome-Berlin « x is was uneasy. Hitler had jumped into Au-tria. .•Il \~ just at this juncture that % Chamberlain goes whining, cap in hand, asking for an agreement witlioUt ,i «mlition,” he said. “I am amazed at this surrender of the _p.it,. world Power to the weakest jj P tat< ! and the recognition of ager) ._i, n which will damage British prcstije everywhere, including Palestjn(. : , Arabia, will seriously affect Pj,. i’ n ; d States, and produce grave r( .|„ i- inns in the Dominions and gritai' where thousands hoped for a pence policy.” GOVERNMENT condemned. jlr Atilee said that public opinion won Id uilly condemn the Government ii> ' «s when Sir Samuel Hoare resilin'' 'ic Foreign Secretaryship. Ihc in Foreign Minister must be a memlic •* the House of Commons, as h,, | , i-Secretary for Foreign Ajf a k- ild be unable satisfactorily to reply to questions. H,. , Vd that Air Eden’s retirenent w being acclaimed as another for Signor Mussolini. •*An ,i .icement resulting from the Prime Minister’s methods, which are Jackin -in principle,” said Mr Attlee, "will i: Signor Mussolini master 0 f tic Mediterranean, which would bo sin- 1 r madness from a strategic viewp B would involve the end D f th«* ”iie of Nations and will he rpciird"' throughout Europe as an abject - render to dictators.” Tin- 1 -Tnl leader, Sir Archibald Sincliii'. aid that Mr Eden’s resignation M ld cause rejoicing among pnemii ' • Britain and discourage her friemF The dictators would exult, and free • (copies would ho filled with foreboding. VOTE DP CENSURE TABLED. Mr Ed' n, who was regarded by all British --bools of thought as the champion of democracy, law and peace, li: > been hampered by his colleague wln u a wrong turn might be fatal. Lai embers tabled the following vote of .-ensure:—“The House deplores tlo circumstances in which Air Eden lias Wn obliged to resign, and has im confidence in the Government." Mr Arthur Greenwood will move tin vote of censure on February 22nd. Mr P. I». Grenfell, winding up the debat* Labor, declared that the most j.in ii' : note was the intense delight tii situation gave Signor Mussolini. • ■ was victorious by Fascist tactic.. Mr Cl mberlain, in reply, said that Mr fliviiMPs speech misrepresented the attitude of the Government, which was onlv i imposing conversations to Italy. “Moreover. if there is an agree!';. ? f. it will not be on the terms the otlii; i-oiintrv may impose, but must be .-!< !■-eptnble to us, and at least include the things T named. We want n settlement in Spain by making Spanish nationals free from foreign interfere?)e".” he said. The d.bnte was adjourned. The S‘n onite Liberals, after a meeting, unanimously supported Air Chamberlain. Vi«-< f Cranbovne, Under-Seere-tarv of V< M-ign Affairs, said ho had isc he was in the fullest agreein. with Air Eden on a matter af f'indi'i i till principle. To enter into nfii'-’al conversations with Italv wonM 1 carded not. as a eontrihutii.n e e .ro but as a surrender to black l ’’ Cheers). Unless nations were :■fo trust one another agreement' p valueless.