MAIL OCTOB
HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE
* Lord Snell and Lord Crewe Support Sanctions
LABOUR GROUPS
MAY ACT INDEPENDENTLY
London, To-day.
THE
WORLD GOES BY
By "ULYSSES"
THE lord signs of merrimen
audible in Wyndham Stre following publication of a repo that the Duke and Duchess of Wand- sor may be expected to make--
ther to Hong Kong nor Macao.
Instead, he is doing either one
of th ollowing
He
ascend the Throne of at the invitation of General
will become esident of
Mail Velencia Govern
"The Government warmly welcomes the Nine prolonged stay in Hong Kong had Power Conference as affording the best hope of hardly subsided when they ending the Sino-Japanese conflict by pacific out afresh following receipt of means, declared Lord Plymouth, speaking for the following letter in the Government in the debate on foreign affairs in the “Sir, I have a friend who is quite Hong Kong newspa
He will not w mad, and he argues like this. His House of Lords yesterday.
Excellency the Officer Administering Hong Kong new He will take
office.
visit has any political significan
My Lord Plymouth, whose statement was similar the Government is going to Macao
on Friday, and quite unnece has issued an official denial that this to that of Mr. Eden in the House of Commons, said that the question of inviting Powers who had not signed and not acceded to the Nine Power Treaty, but were closely concerned with events in the Far East, was being considered, but that no decision published in the press. was likely until the Conference met.
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At the same time reports of the Continent. Duke and Duchess of Windsor's proposed stay in Hong Kong
"Atax and bridegroo
"On the top of the hill at Macao, archway of cricket bats. The only a new house is being put up, with regrettable incident occurred
tactless onlooker shouted "Well
the British Royal Arms on the
gates.
He emphasised that the Conference would not be held under League auspices, would not follow "Therefore, argues my lunatic
League procedure or be bound by the language of friend, we can expect to see the Mr. Dreds (who is being added to the Covenant, and would be perfectly free to ex-longed stay in Macao, plore any road that might afford a prospect of suc-
cess.
Duke and Duchess making a pro-the Japanese brains trust.)
considered to be one of Japan's Yours faithfully, foremost financiers and most
Madman cessful harmonizers News item.
One of these days, the North In the interests of accuracy, the
I give him a China Mail staff reporter is in a China Daily
Primary object of the Conference disadvantage of those who suggest position to inform the public that party and he
to find a way of restoring
peace by general agreement.
Our main object was friendshij It would be premature and un. with Japan and China and peace desirable to discuss what might oc fal development of East Asia. cur if the Conference failed.
He hoped it would succeed and would be allowed to get to grips with its formidable task in an at co-oper mosphere of goodwill and ation.
SNELL PESSIMISM
MAIN OBJECT
the Duke of Windsor is coming nei-ing "Sweet
emphasised that Lord Halifax the main object was to restore peace in the Far East, and said the a Government was not numindful of the economic and strategic inter-
Lord Snell, after denouncing the ests involved. barbarity of the war in the Far Referring to the Nine-Power East, stated the opinion that Ja- Conference, he said, “We have us pan was almost certain to win in intention of putting one party or the long run, but it would mean the other in the dock, but we in- economic misery for Japan and tend to proceed in the spirit of China, and serious economic losses.
to th world, especially to the Unit- ed States and Britain.
Economic pressure was an mediate weapon that,
Mesicle VI of the Treaty.”
He did not hope tha Government would move in direction but the Labour Party and trade unions of the world would bring such pressure to bear upon Japan as they could.
"OPEN DOOR”
He earnestly hoped that Japan would be represented but even it she were not he could see grea influence being exercised by jo operation at the Conference
LIBERTY OF ACTION
He hoped the Conference would proceed in the spirit of the League resolution, employing whatever methods of peaceful persuasion and conciliation it might find most useful
HO
He hoped the Nine-Power Con- ference would succeed-and-
Should the Conference fail, gested that an international com- mission on the lines of the Lytton nation participating would forfeit Commission might arrange some any of its liberty of action solution based on the principle of Ford Halifax pointed out that the "Open Door”
the Conference was set in motion by, but not held under, the League
ations-Renter.
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