THE CHINA MAJE, OCTOBER 22, 193
- EUROPE APPEASEMENT- Mr. Anthony Eden's Warning Words On Spain
MEDITERRANEAN TO BE KEPT AS A RIGHT OF WAY
London, To-day.
ANOTHER TYPHOON AMERICAN
INDICATED
The temperature dropped several degrees this morning from day's maximum level of 81 After a minimum last nig
of 30
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An important statement on Spain and the Me-degrees, the thermometer diterranean was made in the House of Commons o'clock this morning read 78 de- last night by Mr. Anthony Eden.
The Russian Belgian, Argentine, Spanish and Chinese Ambassadors listened to Mr. Eden's speech from the Distinguished Strangers gallery.
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CAN WE PROFIT?
agreement which these two conces-
sions had undoubtedly implied.
grees, with humidity at 62 per cent.
The Royal Observatory
this morning that the anticy remains over China and
with areas of m
over the Yangtse mon and Pacific to the east of Japan-
ted
FLIERS REACH
HANKOW FROM
HONG KONG
The
A typhoon is indicated about 850 kept miles east of Manila, probably mov-landed ing W. N. W.--
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BAD EFFECT
the United
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day.
to Canton and then took the Canton-Hankow Ra way to the Yangtse por
More foreign airmen are on their
Mr. Eden, reviewing events in the Mediterranean since the House
His Majesty's Government, were adjourned, including the outbreak themselves in full accord with this of piracy successfully dealt with at and sincerely appreciated the con- the Nyon Conference, said. Histribution to an international moderate, fine generally Majesty's Government would not cease to be sincerely grateful for the part played by each one of the
"I should be the last to indulge His Majesty's Government signatories of the Nyon Agreement in exaggerated optimism: There dently hope that such will prove to way to Hankow,
Subsequently there was an in- are problems enough and to spare be a fact but let us be frank about stating that twelve Russian vitation to the Italian Government still outstanding. But to-day the consequences. The Government officers are to join in tripartite conversations there are real chances of making are conscious that foreign inter- After the Italian reply, despite progress. Can we profit by them? vention in spain is responsible for previous disappointments,.. the The next few weeks will show and preventing all progress towards in- French and British governments say weeks deliberately. His ternational appeasement. Any-one decided to make one more effort, Majesty's Government will spare who wanted to see how completely even though it might have to be no endeavour to see that progress, bad its effect is should have been the last to refloat the non-Inter-
now once begun, proceeds speeily and unchecked.
vention committee. They bad thought it only fair to make it plain that if the Committee could not achieve results within a limit-
ed period, governments would have to be free to resume their liberty
of action.
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The British Government did this
Trans-Ocean
ssing through
SOUTH AFRICA JOINS at the League Assembly this year. BOYCOTT OF JAPAN
Capetown, To-day. The South African trade un
This is cloud obscuring the pros- pects of improved relations be With this end in view the non-
tween the Mediterranean Powers. intervention committee will meet}
Until finally dissolved, real pro-] again to-morrow when we hope to receive the replies of all Govern- gress will not be possible between have joined the international labour ments to the Italian Government's them. Once the Spanish question boycott of Japan, and a general boy- goods has and its attendant problems, state cott against all Japa gical and political, cease to be the been proclaimed throughout the nerve centre of international po- whole of South Africa.
the trade un-
new offer."
REPORTS DENIED Mr. Eden took occasion to deny licy, it will be possible for Medi- At the same tim not because it ceased to believe in the reports that yesterday morning terranean nations to seek in friend. ions association non-intervention but because no the British Government took somely conversations among themselves Prime Minister, General Hertzog. Government could continue to as- new decision to modify their ac- to restore the relations of tradi- demanding sociate itself for an indefinite tion I had even been said that tional amity exisiting between ports should be barred against im- period with an international agree they had approached the French them in the past.-British Wire-port of Japanese ment that was being constantly government on the subject. There less.
violated.
was no truth whatever in that At the end of Tuesday's non-story- intervention committee, the For- eign Secretary confessed he saw but that next day
Mr. Eden said he was convinced emphatic in not wishing the Gov- ernment to take sides in Spain and
no altertee should repo the British people were united and
the failure with all the consequences, such a decision must inevitably wishing the Government to do everything in their power, by ex-1 entail, but at the eleventh hour came a new and welcome contribu-mple and by conference, not to let the principle of non-interven- tion by the Italian Government. tion be finally and prevocably
CHIEF DIFFICULTIES
must be sharply distinguished from "However chastened some of us thrown over, but non-intervention may be by international experience jindifference respecting the terri- of the last few years no one will torial integrity of Spain or of Bri- I hope belittle the significance of tish this offer":
The chief difficulty regarding the withdrawal of volunteers, Mr Eden reminded the House had been the relation in time between such withdrawal and the grant belligerent rights. On this issue
Imperial
through the Mediterr matters of such delicacy and im- portance the utmost pr
ision and clarity was necessary.
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Let me, therefore, once both the Italian and German Gov-make plain that our ernments had substantially modi-bears in it neither overt fied their attitudes.
strains of revenge,
The second stubborn difficulty Mediterranean or else had been the proportion of with-
irawals from either side on which, simply
the
ithout proof of numbers, it had the right of way been virtually impossible to reach terial road. We are
the
maintain
car-i
stified in
ent. Here, too, the Italian expecting such a right to be un- Government had proposed a solu-challenged. We have never asked tion which should be table and we do not ask to-day that the It was that the Powers should un-right should be exclusive dertake
The
advance,
certained by
sent to Spain, figures Tight
ree House has been encouraged to hope proportion decided on figures 28-by
ents of yesterday that a ons to be real
rade-in Spanish question hatever these elimin
prove to from the
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