THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 25, 1938
Eden Resignation Debated In House Of Lords
London, To-day.
Mr. Anthony Eden's resignation was raised in the Lords last evening by the Labour opposition. Lord Addision (Labour) thought the Govern- ment's decision to proceed with Anglo-Italian conversations without the preliminary condi- tion their Foreign Secretary considered desir- able, was a risky and unbusinesslike proceed- ing and he expressed anxiety that there should be the closest co-operation with the French Government.
Lord Lothian supported the Government in the po- licy of trying to break through the miasma of suspicion which lay over Europe and to seek an arrangement to save Europe and the world from a repetition of 1914
Lord Londonderry also spoke in tory conversations the Foreign support of the policy outlined to Secretary made it plain that Spain the Commons by the Premier on and propaganda were
grave ob- Tuesday.
stacles to the possibility of agree
LORD CECIL'S PROTEST
Lord Allen and Lord Ponsonby [ment. It was upon that basis that were two Labour peers who wel-Mr Eden saw the Italian Ambag- comed the Government's decision sador again with the Prime Min- of a new approach to European ister on Friday morning last and countries with whom there were it was only, after that interview difficulties and misunderstandings. that the sharp difference in view between the Prime Minister and Mr. Eden manifested itself.
Shortly put, what the Prime Lord Cecil, · who thought they Minister thought should be vital knew as yet very little of the un-conditions of any agreement that derlying causes of the disagree-would issue from the conversations ment between the Premier and Mr. Mr. Eden thought should be con- Eden which had come to a head in ditions precedent to the inaugura- the latter's resignation, protested Ition of the conversations them- particularly against the argument selves. Upon this immediate issue, used by the supporters of the Gov-M Eden resigned: ernment which implied that the League policy meant an attitude of
negation to the just claims of any
Power. It was utterly untrue to
BROAD POLICY
"Once the policy of conversations
suggest the League was against had been accepted, as it had been negotiations.
by Mr. Eden, and once the accept- On the contrary, the whole con-ance of such a policy was made ception of it was that there should known to. the other party be full negotiations whenever there as it had been made known was a difference of opinion.
by Mr. Eden. and provided
He declared they would never that what are the vital ques- get union in Europe or peace ex-tions to us, such as Spain, were cept by establishing the supremacy clearly pronounced at the outset as of law based on justice.
indeed they had been, then I am He thought there had been a bound to say that the other questions complete change in the attitude of arising which Mr. Eden had declar- the Government, to the
ed to be the immediate issue between since 1935,
himself and the Prime Minister seem to me now, as they have seemed to me throughout, secondary.
DIFFERENT VIEW
League
Eden's
Lord Brocket felt Mr. resignation would make Italy take an entirely different view of Great Britain and he welcomed the change.
Lord Teynham and other Lords spoke in favour of a Four-Power Pact in Europe.
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Agreement existed on the larger question of broad policy which is expressed by the willingness that WILLIAM conversations should take place. It is a fact that in July last no condi-
in tions were attached to the opening of conversations. Subsequently the late Foreign Secretary destred to Lord Strabolgi thought the Gov. introduce conditions which were per- ernment had made a radical and fectly reasonable. · serious change in British foreign policy which the Opposition must denounce, although they had no de- sire to see the quarrel with Italy pursued
HALIFAX REPLIES
AMAZED
He was amazed to hear some per- sons, who had held responsible posi- tions, suggest that pro could have been made if, at the beginning, we had insisted upon the acceptance
Lord Halifax replied to the de- of a period of probationary discip-
bate for the government.
that on January 10, Count
conveyed to His Majesty's ment & Government the earne: sire of the Italian Governmert inaugurate the conversations: sug, gested in July, 1987.
line. He did not..
The Prime Minister alsó: rightly thought that an agreement could not be achieved by those means. But the Prime Minister also believed that if an agreement was reached those conditions which had been re- The whole Government, includ- ferred to would, in fact, follow and ing. Mr. Eden, were agreed that that no agreement could be reach- conversations with Italy were dè- ed unless that were sirable. In the course of explora- Wireless
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