THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOB
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HONG KONG AS THE STUMBLING BLOCK Vulnerability Militates Against Sanctions Policy SIR ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR LOOTING AND
ON FAR EAST
MAJOR ATTLEE
CRITICAL OF
BRITISH POLICY
London, To-day.
CRISIS
ed rapidly to shift his ground.
stead of taunting the Gor
In-
with truckling to the Dictators, he had had to throw
good faith of the Italian Govern-
mert
ANARCHY MARKS
FALL OF GUON
Government
drive of
The developments in non-inter Northern Spain, whic vention were full justification of crumbling since the fall of San- the patience and persistence of Mr. tander, caved in yesterday with Eder during the long-drawn nego- the suddenness, which marked the
fall of Bilbao,
Oviedo, which had been sur-
Gijon, and
nations. (Ministerial cheers).
"Is the Nine-Power Treaty going to be the basis of the Brussels Conference, or is there going to be another kind of Hoare Laval deal?” asked Major Clement Attlee, the Opposition leader, fol- lowing Mr. Anthony Eden in the debate on foreign it would affairs in the House of Commons yesterday.
The Government's policy, he declared, seemed to be whether they could get the aggressor to take half a loaf instead of the whole loaf.
SPAIN
Referring to volunteers in Spa Mr. Chamberlain emphasise
tries to pou Ito Spain ing place
on the fall of
said that the Britis had instructed its Amb
Occupation
prisoned by hold
vice to 40
He asked the Prime Minister whether he would Hendaye to support to the full the
French Governments appeal undertake not to do anything incompatible with
General the Nine-Power Treaty at the Conference, also if China accepted an armistice and Japan refused, would the Government propose an international embargo on Japan.
“BRITISH INTERESTS”
ers in thư The Pr the Brit Gijon 30
"tish ship
to the
the
ed in Gijon
vious that
Anarchists
accept hundreds being killed in
orgy which went on almost.
oment when General
marched into the city order Trans-Ocean.
GOOD FA It was not enough for the
Mr. Chamberlain, League to meet and condemn the Major Attlee complained, that Balearics, said tha aggressor – but practical steps throughout Mr. Eden's speech he had ed repeated and should be taken.
seemed to reiterate that the only assurances by the Major Attlee believed that Japan things which inspired the Government that they had no only undertook this adventure bement's policy were the interests of and strategic designs in Spain
use of this and other Govern British Imperialism. The Labour being given in good faith. ments" attitude of always lettings Party stead for the rule of law and
They relieved us of th the aggressor get away with it.
the development of a commonwealth sity of considering a JAPAN'S WEAKNESS
(of nations but the Government was He believed Japan's financial and back in pre-war days, narrowly view- economic position was extremely ing what they believed falsely to be, and weak and if one tithe of the re- British interests.
of serious
solution shown about British ship- The lesson of Nyon was that ping in the Mediterranean was when Britain, în conjunction with shown in the Far East, the inva-jother Governments, vas prepared sion of China could be stopped to act firmly, results
which if 7 terially have ditions
arisen,
lopmer commencement of a pro
It was a deliberate piece of ag- He asked for further information moving the danger of grassion and the inevitable conse on the proposals before the non-in in Spain spreading to the quence of British policy when tervention committee and regarding and once that question was out of as Japan bega the Manchurian ag- the situation in the Balearic Islands the way we might get down to the gression.
He also referred to the remark-deeper and more serious cause
able speech of President Roo at Chicago which he wi Eden had welcom as well as tomers Llandudno.
HONG KONG'S POSITION Sir Archibald Sinclair, leader the Liberal Opposition, the opinion that if in the last sort Japan's chief among the nations refused ports, it would be impossibl Japan to finance the
He recognised there
able places like :
would not. Cantó such a policy. -
and
ised
for Sir
the
TROOPS FOR Archibald the response dequate He
nation about Italian
to Libya.
Regarding the
the
interests in
European unrest and anxiety.
Mr. SPEECH DEPRECATED
the Commo
form
Mr. Chamberlain emphasised
RATIONALISATION IN AMERICA
Washington, To-day.
eldest son,
import
plan for hug
to act
tor.
sevelt yesterday lunch- of the agen- intends
hold
Reuter
that the object of the Brussels GOING AWAY FOR
Conference was to try and restore peace in the Far East, and depre rated Major Attlee's that they should say would do if they found
was
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