THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 25, 1937.
CRISIS RUMOURS DEPRECATED Mr. Eden Discounts Malaga Landing Allegations
SIR NEVILE HENDERSON'S WORD OF WARNING TO BARON VON NEURATH
London, To-day.
The British Government is carefully considering the situation arising out of the Italian and Ger- man withdrdawal from the naval control scheme, but no decision will be taken without the non-intervention committee's approval. It is pointed out that the British Ambassador in Berlin, Sir Nevile Henderson, when he visited the German Foreign Minister, Baron von Neurath, yesterday, had been instructed to ob- serve that any violent German action would produce a grave situation.
AT AN EARLY STAGE IN THE CONVERSATION, HOWEVER, BARON VON NEURATH DECLARED GERMANY'S INTEN- TION TO CONFINE ACTION TO WITHDRAW FROM THE CONTROL SCHEME.
Asked about the movement
Reports of the landing of Ita-
of lians at Malaga and the exten-German warships he said: "I sive movement of German war-would like to suggest to the House` ships eastward in the Mediter-that reports on German movements ranean, were discounted by the eastwards into the Mediterranean Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony should be received with great re- Eden, in the House of Commons serve. Official information which yesterday.
has been received by the Admiralty does not confirm it."
Mr. Eden said that British ships on patrol duty in the Malaga area had made no re- port to show that such a deve- lopment had occurred, and the rumours of German warship movements were not borne out ·· by Admiralty reports.
NO ANXIETIES
Under orders to prevent a recurrence of the Leipzig Incident and to protect German shipping, reinforcements for the German .Naval Command in Spanish waters are reported to be on their way from Kiel Germany has stated categorically that there is no my- stery behind the naval activity and no political motive.
He also stated that he had been in touch with the Interna- intervening in the Spanish civil one high official told Trans-Ocean tional Board for Non-Interven- war, as alleged in the press abroad, last night. tion, and understood they had particularly in Britain.
"Italy has withdrawn from the received no information whatever “Rumours that troopships have control plan but not from the non- to confirm the report of the ar-actually left for Spain in the past intervention scheme,” he added. rival of Italian troops in Malaga few days are simply ridiculous," Trans-Ocean. and other Spanish ports.
He added that His Majesty's While the situation arising from the Italian and German withdrawal ships to whom patrol duties in the from the control scheme remains Malaga area had been assigned, made no report tending to had show that any such development had occurred,
under close consideration in Lon- don, no grounds are felt for an- xiety.
AID TO REFUGEES
Lord Cranborne also gave in- formation on Spain. Recalling the facilities which His Majesty's ships had provided for the evacuation of non-combatants on numerous occa-
Baron von Neurath's assurance that Germany did not contemplate further action is considered satis- factory, and no indications have been received that the German war ships in the Mediterranean will be used other than for purposes of le- gitimate protection of German ship-sions, he said he was informed ping.
·NOT UNREASONABLE `
that negotiations were in progress between the Spanish Government The explanation that the latest and the International Red Cross for moves of German warships have the evacuation of a large number been occasioned by the need to re-of women and children from Ma- lieve ships which have been a long drid.—British Wireless. time on patrol duties, is received in British circles as not unreasonable. The general atmosphere at the present is described as a "lull." Reuter.
COMMONS QUERIES
German Warship
Rumours
London, To-day,
PRECARIOUS BUT NOT HOPELESS
Italian Comment On Situation
Rome, To-day. "Precarious but not hopeless” is the description applied to the inter- national situation following Italian and German withdrawal from the
The Foreign Secretary told the control scheme. Commons at question time that he
Italian quarters strongly deny re- had no material developments to ports that Italian troops had been report on the Spanish situation, landed at Malaga, as reported in but in subsequent answers he foreign newspaper
made several points.
Italy has no intention of openly:
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