THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 21, 1937
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BRITAIN MAKES OFFER IN WORLD PEACE INTERESTS Mr. Anthony Eden's Remarkable Geneva Speech COOPERATION INDICATED
AS PRIME ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESS
London, To-day.
·BANDITS
CAPTURE
MEXICAN TOWN
Mexico City, To-day.
. It is reported that an organised band of 300 bandits have raided a small town near Mexico City, locking up most of the 2,000 in-
The bandits looted and burned the town after a drunken orgy,
ernment troops.-Renter.
F.B.I. AND CHINA HOSTILITIES
London, To-day
In view of the hostilities in China, and more particularly in the Shang- hai area, the Federation of British Industries has decided to convene a meeting of certain firms with large interests in China to consider the situation.
Lodging of claims at the proper time will be one of the matters for consideration.
The meeting will be held jointly with the China Association in Lon- don, and the Bradford and Man- chester Chambers of Commerce will
An important speech by the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, in which he emphas-habitants. ised that irrespective of their political philosophies the Governments of the world could co-operate in but fed on the approach of Gov- economic rehabilitation, provided only they were willing to show necessary co-operation on behalf of economic welfare, was the feature of yester-world to make effective their day's meeting of the League Assembly at Geneva. universal will for peace had its re- Britain was anxious to see international con- or indirectly in conflicts of the
sults on those not engaged directly be represented-British Wireless.
ditions created in which all nations could have moment. greater opportunities economically and could hope to raise their standard of life.
Britain had 450,000 tons of war-
BRITISH ARMAMENT
ships under construction. The last three naval programmes represented jan aggregate expenditure of £130,- 1000,000.
British help to that end would be willingly and indeed wholeheartedly given if a lasting settle- ment of world difficulties, including the indispen- sible condition of arms agreement, could be reach-expanded at a rate without prece- ed.
with any
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But the well-being and standards enter into discussion of living such as scientific progress Powers which may approach them seemed to promise would only be for reduction of particular barriers realised.
in non-self-governing colonial ter- Mr. Eden characterised as a fact ritories where these can be shown of the greatest importance the con-to place undue restrictions sistent policy of the United States international trade. Government în favour of reduction of trade barriers under the leader- ship of President Roosevelt and Mr. Cordell Hull
BEHIND THE OFFER "This offer must of course be made subject to such reservations as may be necessary to secure re- ciprocal advantages for colonial meet the com- production and to petition of low cost producers.
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any
British naval personnel was being
dent in Britain in time of peace.
The British Air Force was being expanded and re-equipped with for- midable weapons, and the Army also was growing in strength with ever-increasing momentum.
Yet the League stood for the prin- ciple generally accepted in 1919 that war did not benefit either victor or vanquished.
That remained, Mr. Eden declar ed, the attitude of Great Britain.
WAR FUTILE
"We believe war to be both waste ANGLO-AMERICAN ACCORD
ful and futile and to confer no per- He recalled the steady increase
manent benefit on the nation that in the percentage of the world's
"Let me add that this offer is
wins or the nation that loses." imports accepted by the United
Great Britain believed there were Kingdom and the increase in value merely an instance of the policy
which has always guided the 20 disputes that could not be settled of imports between 1983 and the present time, and estimated that United Kingdom in our commercialby pacific means, and was determin- ed in its policy always to seek as a result the outside world was relations with foreign countries.
"We have been ready and still such a solution. are ready to discuss with
"We are prepared to join in any country proposals
international agreement for reduc- that country thinks likely to be of mutual tion and limitation of arma
armaments benefit.
but I will state solemnly that all fore, I refer not only to the British ed to authorise such expenditure as "In making this statement theresections of our people are determin- Colonial Empire but to the United may be necessary on armaments for Kingdom itself."
defence of our people and Common- Tarifis applied in the Kingdom since 1931 had not pretions under the authority of
United wealth and effecting of our obliga- vented expansion of imports.
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obtaining sterling at the rate of $292,000,000 more per annum from sales to the United Kingdom.
Together, United Kingdom and United States imports repre- sented nearly 30 per cent. of world imports, and therefore an agree ment between them, for which pre liminary study was being made be- tween the two Governments, would through the effect of the most favoured nation clause, have moŝt important results for the rest of
the world.7
¡League."
"FAR EAST HORRORS Turning to the Far East,
the
Mr.
Now, when trade is recovering,
READY TO DO SHARE
we are prepared in the way I have Eden expressed horror at the ap COLONIAL PREFERENCE
indicated to do our share in ex- palling loss of life occasioned by Reviewing the Report on the tending that recovery.”
the Sino-Japanese hostilities, League's raw material enquiry, Mr. Mr. Eden remarked, however, reminded his hearers that
and Eden maintained that the United that be feared that no modification efforts by Britain and other third Kingdom Government had always of the British or any other colonia (Parties to avert this had failed. deliberately refrained from press-preferential system could ade-If co-operation had succeeded, ing the system of colonial prefer-quately remedy the difficulties of these sufferings would have been ence beyond a certain limited point, those countries, which by main avoided, to say nothing of the harm and went on to say, "Acting in the taining exchange control found done to trade. spirit which has always prompted themselves at a disadvantage in our policy in this respect, and obtaining imports of raw materials In a reference to Spain, the For-
SPAIN PERILS: wishing to give effect to the recom-owing to difficulties in paying for eign Secretary said there had been mendations of the Raw Materials them, whether imports came from glaring breaches of the non-înter- -Committee on this point, His colonial areas or elsewhere.
Majesty's Government are ready,
vention agreement, but if the non- In that part of his speech de intervention policy were abandoned, as a part of the efforts now being voted to political affairs, the For- Europe would be swept into deep and made to effect economic and polieign Secretary instanced the re- more dangerous waters. tical appeasement and to increase armament programme forced on "One pledge I will give this as- international trade by lowering of the British, people by the de- sembly. The Government I repre- tariff harriers and other obstacles, trimental international situation, sent will spare no endeavour to pre- but without prejudice to the prin as an example of way in which vent war in Europe. British Wire-
people of the less-
iple of colonial preference, to the failure of the
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