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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1936.
BEATTY BURIED NEAR JELLICOE
BRITISH VIEW OF THE CRISIS
CONDEMN THE PAST: REBUILD
FOR THE FUTURE
Foreign Secretary's Statement
Mr. Baldwin On European Suspicions
London, March 10,
In a statement of British polley in the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Eden declared that the German repudiation of Locarno was a severe blow to the sanctity of treaties that could not be condoned, but that it as "a manifest duty to rebuild."
We must find out (the Foreign Secretary said) to what extent the German proposals "represent the means by which peace can again be strengthened."
Mr. Baldwin, in an impressive peroration to a speech on Defence, spoke of the age-long suspicions between the French and German peoples and said that it was the role of this coun- try to try to "bring France and Germany together in a friendship with ourselves."
Mr. Eden and Lord' Halifax, the Lord Privy Seal, travelled in the evening of Paris, where there will be a meeting to-day of representatives of the Locarno Powers (other than" Germany)- namely, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Belgium. -
The House of Commons met to- day in an atmosphere of studied calm, behind which could be detected deep-seated irritation against the authors of 3 new threat to peace and determination not to lose any chance to rebuild a better peace system.
stable and united public opinion. There was no denying that the German action had aggravated difficulties and profoundly shaken confidence in German trustworthi-
showed how we had failed to re- move the reciprocal distrust exiat- ing between France and Germany. The British efforts to do so were taken by some to be weakness. What a mistake! Let all realize that, if driven to extremes, we should not hesitate and could go or longer than many others.
A FLEXIBLE PROGRAMME
The Prime Minister then defend-
ed the White Paper. He pointed out how Lord Monsell's work at the Naval Conference and Mr. Eden's "demarche" to the Germans last Friday were proofs of our sincere efforts to bring reason into arma- ments. Those efforts would con- tinue. If they succeeded, our pro- gramme could be lessened; if they failed, it must be expanded. There- fore the programme must be flexi- ble, and its cost could only be stat- ed in intermittent Estimates, · An Estimate covering years would, in- deed, destroy the control of Par- ilament, but the procedure of periodic Estimates would not,
The core of the proposals.was supply. The organization of supply had already beer strengthened,
and Sir Arthur Robinson' (a dis- tinguished Civil servant) made chairman of the Supply-Board. It had drawn "up plans for the du- plication of Government factories and the expansion of private fac tories. Orders would also be given lier on to Arms in return for a their machinery in an emergency.
There would be no threat to
ness. There was, happily, no rea-trade union standards, Mr. Baldwin son to suppose that Germany in- tended hostilities, but the British Government declared that any attack on France or Belgium while this situation was being consider-
Every scat was occupied. Mr. Lloyd George," who made one of his rare appearances, was hard put to it to squeeze on. to the fronted would cause this country to Opposition Bench, and Sir Samuel come to their assistance. In short, the Treaty of Locarno stood for Hoare found a place at first in one of the side galleries. There was a us, though Germany had denounc- full assembly of diplomats, included it. The Government, however, ing the French. Belgian, Spanish, recognized their duty to rebuild, and Russian Ambassadors. Their possible, the shaken structure Peers crowded out their special of peace. For that purpose the gallery; and by the time Mr. Eden German offers would be considered "rose to make his statement onebjectively.
'Germany's action the setting was that of a big Parliamentary day.
SALIENT POINTS Mr." Eden
in the was received complete silence of anxiety. but the cheers which punctuated and which closed his statement showed that the whole House was behind the Government's decisions. The most salient and applauded points were:
For this dual policy of firmness and moderation, Mr. Eden asked for a national backing. After Sir Austen Chamberlain had pointed out that the German offers con- tained no guarantee for Austria, the attitude of the House showed that this national backing was forthcoming. The main debate on defence was rather overshadowed by this statement, but most Oppo That common decisions were de-sition speakers made it clear that
ferred until after the meeting they had no quarrel with it.
the
The Prime Minister's exposition of the League Council next
of the Defence proposals was lis- Friday: that the German action had pro-tened to with close attention, and
foundly shaken confidence in succeeded the more because the trustworthiness of any future Labour Party failed signálly to rise obligations which Germany might undertake; that the German proposals would nevertheless be studied objec- tively to see whether they con- tained any possible chance of rebuliding the shaken peace
structure:
that there was no reason to sup
pose Germany meant to follow up occupation of the Rhineland with hostilities;
means.
A JUTLAND FLAG OVER
HIS COFFIN
London's Last Tribute
London, Mar. 16. Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty was to-day burled in St. Paul's! Cathedral. He rests alongside his former Chief., Earl Jellicoe, close to the tomb of Nelson.
With the flag of HL.M.S. Lion- -from which he commanded the battle cruisers at Jutland covering his coffin, his funeral procession passed from Horse Guards Parade to the Cathedral along 籍 route lined by dense crowds of mourners,
A naval contingent led the way, and Viscount Borodale, the Earl's heir, and the Hon. Peter Beatty, walked behind the gun carriage.
THE KING'S BROTHERS Following them were the Duke of York, representing the King, and the Duke of Kent,
A wreath of white illes and red roses, the tribute of Vis- count Borodale, was carried by the Earl's valet and steward, Mr. W. Woodleigh, who had served him for 30 years, Contingents of Guards and Royal Air Force men preceded a group of 18 men in civilian dress, wearing rows of
Grenadier
medals, all of whom had served with Earl Beatty.
The crowd was packed near St. Paul's, and at the top of Ludgate H barriers had been erected. A section of the crowd broke through the police cordon near the cathed- ral, but the mounted police cleared them back again.
THE ST. PAUL'S SERVICE
There was one predominant note I through the ceremonial: courage.
It sounded in music, in speech, and in prayers. It was deeply characteristle of the MILAN who came to take his eternal rest be- side his old omrade and leader, Lord Jellicoe
Admirals and Generals, Mar- shals of the. Royal Air Force, the representatives of foreign Powers | came to do Beatty honour.
Mr, Winston Churchill, who had been First Lord of the Admirgity in those critical years before the Great War whom it was, sald about Beatty "Nelson is 'come again"-was at the funeral of his old friend.
"HOME IS THE SAILOR",
Why mourn, said the Archbis- hop of Canterbury, reminding us of strangely appropriate to Beatty: those Unes of Stevenson So
"Home is the sailor, home from the sea:
"And the hunter home from the hill."
1
The funeral service has ever a firm grasp of the harsh truths of 1 mortality; but there, as the cool sunlight filtered down from the dome, was a resolute and sturdy facing of death. Softly the choir sang Tennyson's ""Sunset Star."
insisted. He admitted that there Was a temporary' shortage of skill- ed labour. natural after a great
would British Government, for the failure depression. But industry solve that problem itself, and he of the Disarmament Conference.
Turning to the present, Mr. Tho- felt he could count on its good will.
Finally returning to the Euro- mas said they had fully consulted with the Dominions, who had mil pean situation, Mr. Baldwin ex-
And now to"Kipling's "Reces- claimed again and again that there approved the Defence programme: sional," to the ringing notes of
and were Europe 30 could be no 'peace in
the "Last Post," to the ancient, partners in security
sailor-like hymn, "O God, our long as the secular suspicion be- through membership of the Lea- tween France and Germany per- gue. Many Colonies had offered to
Help in ages past," he was laid We might think
The programmé in- tant contribute.
to rest amongst his peers. France had missed chances and cluded full investigation of mea-
There in that quiet harbour they know that Germany had broken sures to protect the civilian popula- await him, England's seamen,
tion, treaties; but our task must still be
It did not include interfer- Hardy, Collingwood, Nelson, and ence with the normal relations be- Jellicoe. An Admiral's salute they to bring them together in tripar tite friendship with ourselves. This tween employers and trade unions. will give him at the dim tran- task and this time made it impos-
This ended the first days debate. quillity of Saint Paul. sible for our country to be weak
sisted.
Moving the Labour Party amend- ment, Mr. Attlee bitterly disap- pointed the House by confining himself maily to niggling debat- ing points. He did, however, com- mit his party to the measures re- quisite for pooled security, though he had a queerly academic idea of what that form of security meant. Nor did he challenge Mr. Eden's statement.
Sir Archibald Sinclar was`much more constructive. He was in no to the occasion. Mr. Baldwin. obmood to ask for more than reas- served that Defence requirements surance on the subject of the cost depended on foreign polley, which of defence and for the call- must have an objective and a ing of a conference to make col- The objective was to lective security a reality. He also secure peace for the Empire and asked that the new Minister should the world. The means was an
be a member of the House of ComTM effective collective system to be
mons, secured through the League of Nations, which stood for the sub-. stitution of law for force.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
This produced the surprise of the The present Defence preasures day in the shape of a speech from but that if she did, the British were dictated by the need to fulfi Sir Samuel Hoare, who rose amid Government would be bound in our obligations under the Cove- cheers and sat down amid bewilder- honour to come to the assistance rant and to protect ourselves. ment. His analysis of the danger- of France or Belgium as Dres- The programme was a minimum, ous changes in the world was sound cribed by the Treaty of Locarno. All Governments had tried to pro-enough, and he described the main The background of these pointsmote disarmament; all had failed, duties of the new Minister as to was Mr. Eden's reminder of the though this Government, in spite the matter born. The present tem- offer made last Friday to the Ger- of the events of Saturday, had not per of the House also approved his man Ambassador to open negotia- | given up hope of agreement to strictures upon Germany, his theme tions for a Western Air Fact. He mit armaments Meanwhile one that her rearmament Was the elaborated the account of this in- | nation could maké a war, and pre- | central problem, and his view that terview to show that the offer was sent dangers could not be over-speed, expansion of the Air Force, a practical bid for improved rela- looked.
experiments to decide Service, con- tions between France, Germany,
troversies, and the development of and ourselves; and to emphasize
of all from coal Events since last July had taught the extraction
were the chief requirements of the British programme: But he ended
LESSONS OF THE PAST
the shock administered by the people a good deal about collective German denunciation of Locarno security. The system had failed to the next day. He added that he had at once told the German Am- prevent the outbreak of war, and with a culogy of the Prime Minis
l future it must be able to do so. ter which was clearly felt to be out The only way was to make it plain of place.
plled that Germany's promise to return to the League-an uncondi- tional promke had been made to please the British.
to any aggressor that he would be
bassador that this action Was A contradiction of what Herr Hitler
Mr. Dalton summed up the Op himself had afirmed; that the met at once by armed opposition. position case by calling for a new British Government did not share the German view of the Franco- That was not plain to-day. It foreign policy. For five years there could only be made plain if demo- had been indecision, culminating in Soviet Pact; and that, in any case, cratic countries were much more the fallure of the Disarmament Germany should have used the ready for war than they were to- Conference, the direct fruit of prescribed arbitration procedure day. "A terrible, but inevitable, which was derman rearmament- Mr. Eden said further that the
to-day a real menace. Passing to effect on British opinion must be "onclusion," said Mr. Baldwin,
The second lesson of the past Defence, he wanted to know whe- deplorable; and that the Ambas-
was that collective security meant ther there was any defence against sador had somewhat naively re-
exceptional burdens for us, who air attack, and whether the Gor were the greatest naval and trad-ernment was studying the defence ing Power. Our present inadequacy of London. If not, they should sl-; was not due to Inter-Bervice Jea-ready be dispersing the population. lousies, but to economy. We had As for the events of the week-end, The next step," Mr. Eden com-deliberately diverted our resources he hoped that it would be possible "tinued, was that the French and to wise social reform," so that, to bring the French and Germang Belgian Governments, with our though the CID, could make plans, together, in spite of Herr Hitler's agreement, had asked for a meet they could not make practical pre-action. The German_proposals, ing of the League Council next parations. In 1932 we had still however, bad significant gaps. || Friday. That was the proper body postponed making up leeway so as Mr. J. H. Thomas replied that the to take counsel, and no decision not to prejudice the Disarmament Government did intend to presi for would be taken unt then. The Conference. But by the end of 1933 the widest scussions. But he British representatives would be the Conference had talied, and the scouted panic talk about the pos- Mr. Eden himself and Lord Hall- Japanese and German troubles had sibility of an early war. As regards started. We made a dual effort in rearmament, the present Govern- A BEASSURANCE
Fanuary, 1934, by putting forward ment were only taking the same it was essential to our own proposals Berlin accept course as their Labour, predecessors, state the Government's ideas ended. Paris refused, urging the fact intentions in order to obtain of German rearmament. That only
fax.
Meanwhile
did in 1924. The late Mr. Header son had blamed Germany, no tlie.
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