BRITAIN'S RIGHT OF WAY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN Mr. Eden's Declaration In Commons Debate
NO INTENTION OF SURRENDERING
RIGHTS
London, To-day.
“It would be very dangerous to create an im- pression that whatever happened, Britain would take no action," declared the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, replying to criticisms of the Government's foreign policy in the adjournment debate in the House of Commons yesterday.
PARLIAMENT GOES INTO RECESS
London, To-day. Parliament adjourned yesterday and will assemble again on Octo- ber 21, but the House of Com- mons may assemble earlier in case of emergency.
His Majesty will open the new session in state on October 26-- Reuter
APPEAL TO SAVE SCRAP TRON
National Campaig
ampaign to develop among olders, mers and traders habit of collecting and disposing thier scrap iron is being m ertaken by the British Iron and Steel Cor- poration.
The campaign will continue for several months. It is based on the ⠀⠀ need for assuring a continuous flow of the raw material essential to one of the country's largest industries. An official of the corporation stat-
SKETCHES MADE IN ed that there was no actual short-
COURT
A "New Terror To Witnesses"
age of strap iron, but an increase in the amount available would result im a great saving of coke and ore From 10 tons of good scrap it is possible to produce nine tons of steel?
"The campaign to save scrap iron has nothing to do with the rea
He added that the Government to any major modifications of it." had never said anything of the Twice before in the course of a kind, and recalled he had recently short speech, Mr. Eden declared emphasised the importance they at the British proposals for restoring tached to the Mediterranean, which frontier control in Spain, securing Observing a young woman sketch- was the main arterial road to the the withdrawal of foreign nation-ing in court at Chester Assizes Mr. British Commonwealth.
als from the two armies and the Justice Greaves-Lord ordered her mament programme and there is no They only asked that there grant of limited belligerent rights to hand him her sketch book. should be a right of way for all to the two parties must stand or He examined te sketches and then in the Mediterranean.
fall as a whole. The British Gov-returned the book to her, remark ernment could not accept any mo-ing that he was glad to find she had difications which would upset the not been making sketches of the balance of the scheme.
"We intend to maintain our right of way and we willingly admit that others have equal rights," declared the Foreign Secretary.
any
IF IT COLLAPSED?
witnesses.
question of turning plo into swords, he said. There at present an enormous scrap iron, tin and other metals.
"With the substitution in many household articles of light steel "Sketching in court," said the pressings for wood and cas the judge, "is in itself contempt of demand for steel has greatly in- Referring to the Government's
He emphasised, however, the de-court, and I have power to deal with creased non-intervention scheme, Mr. Eden sire and intention of His Majesty's it as such.
"The campaign said the scheme stood or fell as a Government to persevere with the "If at any time I find anyone taining greater co-operation whole, and they could not agree to policy of non-intervention so long sketching in court I shall always scrap fron traders
major modification which as other Powers would co-operate exercise that power, because there and the public. would upset its balance.
He confessed at
same is a very real danger that persons issued for It was the Government's inten-time that he found it diff whose duty takes them into court tion. tion to go on with non-intervention cult to see how, if the to give evidence may be subjected Ring up your local as long as the nations of Europe international committee failed to to sketching
chant when you have any okt wished to do so. Reuter.
reach an agreement on the British "That brings to witnesses a new will be the general appeal plan, the policy of non-intervention terror, from which they ought to public. It has been calculated tha could be saved. If it collapsed be safeguarded."
in 10,000,000 tons of household re- that would create an entirely new
The young woman, expressing her fuse there are 400,000 tons of metal, titude must depend on circumstan-she had done wrong. situation in which the British at-regret, said she was unaware that of which only a small rcentage is
not now foresee. His Majesty's ces and considerations they could
Government would certainly, in such an event, desire to consult with h the French Government on If in His policy to be pursued. ligerent rights of the Burgos Gov-situation was so serious as to war- Majesty's Government's view, the
Mr. Robert Boothby (Conserva-
rant the summoning of Parliament tive, Aberdeen East) said that the they would avail themselves of the foreign policy of the Government provision in adjournment
ATTLEE'S CRITICISM
London, To-day. The adjournment debate on for- eign: affairs was opened by the opposition leader, Major Attlee, who criticised the Government's foreign policy and demanded that Parliament should be summoned immediately if the Government should decide to recognise the bel
ernment.
motion
was approved by the majority of the nation, and congratulated the Commons in an emergency. Foreign Secretary on his policy of peace.
enabling the Speaker to call the
But be Mr. Eden-would not have them underrate the desire of other nations to prevent a break- down of non-intervention. The Bri- etish Government, at any rate, con- templated no revolutionary change of policy. They would continue to work for the main-
MR. LLOYD GEORGE
Mr. Lloyd George attacked the Government for its alleged weak ness and spoke against the plan for a new Western Paet.
The Foreign Secretary closed the debate when he said that Britain's attitude if non-intervention broke down would, dep ́on the inter
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