INTERNATIONAL SITUATION

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20522, 11 June 1938, Page 7

INTERNATIONAL SITUATION

THE ANGLO-ITALIAN AGREEMENT MAY DIE A NATURAL DEATH THE NEED FOR INTERNAL STRENGTH IN FRANCE (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received June 11, 11.24 a.m.) LONDON, June 10 The Rome correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says the political situation in Britain is being watched with anxious attention. There is anxiousness over the fate of the Anglo-Italian agreement, especially because of the uncomfortable conviction that the end of the Spanish conflict cannot be seen. It is feared that unless the agreement is soon enforced it will die a natural death, for which reason significance attaches to an article urging its implementation despite the Spanish complications. PARIS, June 10 “The international situation is dramatically serious,” declared M. Daladier, when urging the Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies to ensure monetary stability. He added: “If you wreck our finances I cannot guarantee our alliance and friendships. Three weeks ago we were a few centimetres from war. The situation has cleared up, but any sign of French internal weakness will produce fresh troubles.”

CHEMISTRY PROBLEMS CONFERENCE IN CANADA 150 BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSSIONS BY EXPERTS (Official Wireless) (Received June 11, 1 p.m.) RUGBY, June 10 One hundred and fifty British chemists—research workers and university teachers—led by Lord Leverhulme, left to-day for Canada to lake part in a conference at which the leading experts of a number of different nationalities will discuss problems ranging from the chemistry of road and building materials to the chemical aspects of foodstuff manufacture and agriculture, as well as chemical engineering.