WILL NOT YIELD

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19758, 13 December 1935, Page 7

WILL NOT YIELD

ABYSSINIA’S DECISION. BETRAYED BY THE LEAGUE. NEGATION OP THE COVENANT. United Press Assn.—Eiec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, Deo. 12. The Addis Ababa correspondent of the Times says that the British and French Ministers have received telegrams detailing the peace proposals. It is unlikely that Abyssinia’s answer will be received before the week-end. it ia considered that the Emperor will not yield an Inoh of Tlgre exoept by foroe. In view of the course of the Italian oampaign so far in the Moussa Ali and Ogaden regions, the Abyssinians see little reason to give up these territories, far less the ancient Amhario province of Tlgre. Abyssinia would always welcome League economic or other assistance, but as for Italian commercial penetration as an immediate condition of peace, it is impossible to think of anything less capable of application and more calculated to madden Abyssinian opinion- ■ Responsible officials describe the proposals as a betrayal of Abyssinian reliance on the League and, if forced on her, as a negation of the Covenant by offering a reward to a declared aggressor.

THE OIL SANCTIONS

MAY BE UNNECESSARY, THE HOPES OP FRANCE. ITALY’S DRASTIC ACTION. United Picss Assn.—Eiec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, Dec. 12. A despatoh from the Paris correspondent of the Times says it is now assumed that Britain has at last become convinced that Signor Mussolini will not hesitate to take the most drastio action against an oil embargo, and M. Laval, it is understood, told Sir Samuel Hoare that very little Frenoh support could be expected in such an event.

M. Laval was, however, prepared to give an assurance of full support for an oil embargo and its consequences, provided the basis of negotiations for a settlement on the terms now accepted was first submitted to and rejected by Signor Mussolini. Italian acceptance, he contended, would not only make an oil embargo unnecessary but would justify the Immediate abandonment of sanctions altogether.

SPLIT IN LEAGUE?

ITS DEATH FEARED. CONFIDENCE UNDERMINED. REWARDS FOR AGGRESSORS. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, Dec. 12. The Manchester Guardian’s Geneva correspondent predicts a definite split among League members in the next few days. He adds that confidence among the smaller Powers is completely undermined, and there is even talk among some of their representatives of abandoning the sanctions policy. - MOSCOW, Deo. 12. The newspaper Pravda severely criticises the Anglo-French proposals, declaring that Abyssinia is being sacrificed to the interests of the great Powers and virtually destroyed as an independent sovereign State. The newspaper gloomily views the outlook for the existence of the League, and says: “If the League, instead of guarding peace, transforms itself into a bureau for awarding premiums to aggressors, this means the death of the League."

CRITICISM IN FRANOE.

ALLEGED MONSTROUS TERMS. MUSSOLINI 'BOUGHT OFF. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, 'Deo. 12. / The Paris correspondent of the Times says that though French attention is now centred on Rome and Geneva, there is still an anxious watch on London. The strength of British Parliamentary feeling against ihe iloarc-Lavel peace proposals especially has opened French eyes, tempering the general optimism. French critics declare that they never doubted M. Laval's determination t,o buy Signor Mussolini off at any price that ihe oilier League members could be induced to accept. It is therefore against Britain that they direct the most hitter reproaches for agreeing to tiro “monstrous” terms.

LULL IN OPERATIONS. MARSHAL'S CANDID ADMISSION. ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATIONS. United Press Assn,— Elec. Tel. Copyright, ADJGRAT, Dec. 12. Marshal Badoglio received newspaper correspondents, whom he told candidly that the lull in Hie operations was iluc to the necessity for establishing lines of communication before llie next move forward.