LEAGUE FAILURE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 7

LEAGUE FAILURE

BRITISH ADMISSION STOCKTAKING NECESSARY [ British Officinl Wireless. ] RUGBY, May 4. The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary received, a deputation from the League of Nations Union. Both Ministers spoke, and emphasised that the Government would have to take stock of the League’s position in the light of the apparent failure of collective action in the Italo-Ethiopion dis pute. The question of reform of the Covenant would need very faro fui consideration. PRESBYTERY DISMAYED AN OAMARU RESOLUTION ( Per Press Association. ) OAMARU, May 5. The Oa-maru Presbytery this morning passed a resolution that, while affirming the principle of the rule of law for which the League of Nations stood, it recorded its profound dismay and misgiving at the failure of the League to prevent the Italian conquest of Abyssinia. The Presbytery regarded the betrayal of the little nation as one of the most shameful events in modern history. SENSATION CAUSED BRITISH POLITICAL CIRCLES Received May 5, 11.55 p.m. LONDON, May 5. Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Eden’s League statement has caused a sensation in political circles. The Daily Mail says it is interpreted as meaning the collapse of the League as at present constituted. Professor Gilbert Murray, a member of the deputation, speaking later at Oxford, revealed that Mr. Baldwin had confessed ‘‘bitter humiliation” at the League’s failure to save Abyssinia. Exceptional interest, therefore, is centred on to-morrow’s foreign affairs debate in the House of Commons, in which it is suggested that Mr. Eden may indicate the Government’s League reform proposals. The Daily Herald declares that Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Eden’s statement has gravely alarmed the Labour Party, whose executive is meeting to-day to consider its attitude. ITALIAN “ VICTORY ” FOR HISTORY TO SAY WASHINGTON, May 4. The Ethiopian debacle almost crowds all other news from the front pages of American newspapers. The New York Times warns the Italians against too much optimism over their victory. “Whether it means all it now seems to mean to the Italian people in their first flush of enthusiasm must be left to history to determine. It would be premature to conclude either that Italy has now a victory which will meaw real enrichment or that this victory incidentally marks the downfall of the League. There is now good reason to suppose that the whole system of the League must 1.;/ abandoned because experience has proved that the League to-day is no stronger than than the nations of the world are prepared .to make it.” TELEGRAMS TO ETHIOPIA ONLY AT SENDERS’ RISK. [ Per Press Association. ] WELLINGTON, May 5. The Post Office authorities advise that communication with Addis Ababa is totally interrupted and telegrams for Ethiopia will be accepted only at the risk of senders.