THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 23, 1937.
MR.ANTHONY EDEN MAKES
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SPANISH DEVELOPMENTS
London, To-day,
fore such a plan can be put into ef-
In a statement in the House of fect. Commons, the Foreign Secre-
DETAILS SECRET tary recalled Lord Plymouth's His Majesty's Government have, observations at the meeting of therefore, offered to place their the non-Intervention Committee services at the disposal of the com- to the effect that His Majesty's mittee in order to facilitate and to Government were most dissatis- hasten early, withdrawals of foreign fied at the present state of affairs combatants which they desire which, in their view, could not be should take place without further allowed to continue if the exist- delay. I am not able at present ence of the non-Intervention to give further details of these Committee were to be justified. proposals which are under consi- Mr. Eden continued: “In the view deration by the governments' part- of His Majesty's Government, the lies to the agreement. principal cause of the present un- The Foreign Secretary also re- satisfactory state of affairs is the ferred to the Four-Power discus- presence of non-Spanish nationals sions on the cruiser Leipzig inci- ín Spain.
dent and the Opposition Leader,
The House is aware that the com-Major Attlee, questioned him on mittee have before them a report rumours regarding proposals for a which provides a plan for the with- joint naval demonstration. drawal of these foreigners, but ine-| Mr. Eden thanked Major Attlee vitably some time must elapse be-for raising this point and said:
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DEATH OF SIR ERIC GEDDES
London, Today.
can say definitely His Majesty's Government have no intention of joining in a naval demonstration off Valencia."
GRAVE POSITION ·
Major Attlee then urged · that the non-intervention agreement had broken down and suggested the re- ference of the Spanish situation to the League of Nations.
Mr. Eden said: "It is clear that the agreement is not working as we The death occurred should wish it to work but this is early this morning of Sir an agreement to which every na- Eric Geddes, the famous tion in Europe has put its name and politician and industrial-consider the position which ist.
The late Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, who was only 62 years
consequently we have gravely to
fronts us.-British. Wireless.
con-
In the same year
of age, had a wide and varied portation, in all theatres of war. experience in politics and indus- He was promoted honorary Major- try. He had been lumberjack General în 1917. and Cabinet Minister, railway he stood as Unionist for Cambridge engineer and Navy Controller. and was returned, holding the seat He will perhaps be remembered best for his valuable services during the Great War.
till. 1922.
HON. VICE-ADMIRAL In 1917 he was made an additional At the time of his death he was member of the Board of Admiralty Chairman of the Dunlop Rubber and was appointed Navy Controller. Company and Allied Companies and He was also made temporary honor- Chairman of Imperial Airways.
to
Born in India, he was sent England where he studied at the Oxford Military College and Mer- chiston Castle School, in, Edinburgh. COLOURFUL CAREER
ary Vice-Admiral.
In 1919 he was admitted to the Imperial War Cabinet, and was a member of the civilian Cabinet from 1919 to 1921. He was first Lord of the Admir- On leaving school he immediate-alty in 1917 to 1918, and did valu- ly plunged into what was to prove able work in introducing the con- an unusually colourful career. He
voy system which effectively check- went lumbering in the Southern mated the depredations of the Ger- States of America and then started his wide experience of railway work. He was connected with the Bal- timore and Ohio Railway, the Rohil- kund and Kumaon Railway, India, and the North-Eastern Railway in England.
man U-boats.
In 1919 he was Minister without Portfolio and for the next two years Minister of Transport.
ECONOMY BOARD.
In 1921 to 1922 he was Chairman of the Committee appointed by the From 1915 to 1916 he was Direc-Chancellor of the Exchequer to ad- tor-General of Munitions Supply in vise on all questions of National Ex- London and thoroughly reorganised penditure.
a system that was way behind the times and could not meet the needs of the troops in. France.
In 1919 to 1920 he was President of the Institute of Transport, and two years later Vice-President of. the Junior Institution of Engineers (Gustave Canet Medal).
WORK IN FRANCE In 1916 he was sent to France to clean up the chaptic transporta- He was President of the Federa- tion system behind the British lines. tion of British Industries in 1923 He was appointed Director of Gen- and 1924, being in the former year eral Transportation on the Staff of also President of the Association of. the Commander-in-Chief, holding Trade Protection Societies of the this post till 1917, and was later United Kingdom. highly praised by. Mr. Lloyd for the sterling work.
George Sir Eric made several visits to the Far East, especially Malaya, At the same time he was Direc-which he visited in connection with tor-General of Military Railways the Dunlop Rubber Company, and Inspector-General of
Trans-last being in 1935, Reuter.
the