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THE CHIKA" WAILU TUESDAY DECEMBER 15, 1936

BRITISH FOREIGN

POLICY

MR. ANTHONY EDEN'S SPEECH AT BRADFORD

London, To-day.

NEW ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

34 British Explorers Leaving In January

"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

London, To-day.

A new British Antartic Expedi tion has been planned for early in 11:297, according to press repor

will proceed to

Important aspects of British foreign policy were outlined here, which state that in January by the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, at Bradford yester group of 34 British explorers day evening in a speech in which he appealed for a comprehen- and scientists sive settlement Rejecting any dangerous doctrine which would Princess Elizabeth Land aboard the vessel, Discovery, which had divide the world into the support of dictatorships at right and

already been used by Amundsen left. Mr. Eden declared emphatically that Britain would not align:

as a base ship when he reached its foreign policy with any group of States. because they sup the South Pole, four years ago. |ported the one or the other.

The expedition which will cop- centrate on geographical surveys, will last about two years.-Trans- The obser Ocean Service.

The British text for co-operation in foreign affairs was not the country's form of Government but it's willingness to keep Įpeace, with its neighbours and to observe treaties.

vance and readiness to resort to free negotiation in the case of disagreement constituted together the only true basis of inter- national confidence.

GARDNER ACQUITTED AT SESSIONS

(Continued from Page 1)

The special plea which

Mr.

so D'Almada entered was as follows: |

-Joseph Charles Gardner says that the King ought not further prosecute the indictment

There must be a limit to unil-¡the foreign policy of our country, ateral denunciations, said Mr.with its many and comprehensive Eden, who welcomed M. Delbos's interests, must work for a com- declaration that all the forces of prehensive settlement. Nothing France would be spontaneously short of that will give us the and immediately used for the de-peace and confidence we fence of Britain and Belgium in jardently desire." the event of unprovoked aggres- sion. He vigorously denied that this declaration or his own analo- If the world is to enjoy the against him, because he has been gous statement at Leamington on assirance of a lasting peace there awfully convicted of the offences Nov. 20 either represented a new must be several of those certain charged therein. jdeparture or concealed any hidden tendencies which have nowi Mr. E. H. Williams, assistant

politics. intention to form any exclusive dominated world

Too Attorney-General. appeared for alliance or to promote a policy of large a part of the world's wealth the Crown, and the following jury)

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simply repetitions of undertak- continued Mr. Eden. If the world Wallace (foreman), E. Christen- ings given and received earlier meant to persist in rearmament it son, P. K. Pavri, W. G. Griffen. this year in order to deal with the was persisting in its

im-Chow Chan-wing. Chung Yeung situation created by German's re-poverishment. It was not wholly and A. D. Coppin. pudiation of Locarno and her re convincing to hear complaints of Mr. D'Almada, for the defence, occupation of the demilitarised poverty from countries which were entered a formal plea on each of spending vast sums on rearmaments the two counts. In doing so. Far from seeking any exclusive and straining and twisting their counsel told the jury that as his arrangement, the British and national economies to that end. plea was based on legal argument. French Governments desired the The world, Mr. Eden declared, he would address his words to His co-operation of Germany, not only would act wisely were it to turn Lordship, who was in

a better

годе.

CO-OPERATION SOUGHT

British arms

are

of his arguments.

was auf- present pro-

in a western agreement but in from armaments competition to position translate to them the gist |European affairs generally.

economic co-operation.

He continued," "That is the change which we wish to see and

PROCEEDINGS BARRED “So far from wishing to encircle to which we

prepared Counsel submitted that this was ¡Germany, we seek her co-opera- | to contribute OLTT share. Wela case in which the defendant had tion in other stations in the showed by the part we played already been convicted summarily, economic and financial as well as in the recent three-Power mone-land that, according to British law. the political sphere. We want tary agreement basis, upon which a defendant already convicted by neither blocs nor barriers in we thought progress was possible. a Magistrate cannot be indicted Europe," declared Mr. Eden. We are anxious to see those lines on the same charges again in a The very fact that The Foreign Secretary then re-followed up and to see internation- higher court called Bow

'al conditions created in which, there was a conviction in his Leamington speech he had defended those oc-economically, all nations can have fcient to bar these casions on which

greater opportunities and can hope¦ceedings. to raise their standard of life. If Counsel submitted that when would be employed. There were in the world certain vital British lasting settlement of world dif-the defendant entered a plea of interests, and it was a contribution ficulties could be reached, includ-guilty to the charges in the Low- to peace that they should be clearing and this is indispensable-aner Court, it was sufficient that he 2DAYS TO-DAY • TO-MORROW• y known. He had nothing to arms agreement, our help would had already been convicted. The

add to or subtract from his Leam be willingly and

whole-Magistrate had in fact, assumed þington definition.

heartedly given. Bat-and this is the jurisdiction to deal with the fundamental-this country cannot ease summarily. Had Gardner "Yet if I were to say Britain's be expected to render help to others, pleaded not guilty, Counsel would intetests in peace were geogra- either in an economic or in not have said another word, but phically limited, it would be giv-nancial sphere, if the only result the fact remained that he did ex- ing false impression. If our of such an action is to be-the furter a plea when asked by the vital interests are situated in cer-ther piling up of armaments and learned Magistrate, in reply to tain clearly definable areas our the consequent further stress and the charges made against him, and interest in peace is world-wide strain upon the fabric of world this was the real bar to the case. and there is simple reason for peace."-British Wireless Service.

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RUMANIAN MINISTER'S VISIT TO PARIS

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to meet expenditure during the also the armament problem with tween Britain and Turkey with current year. A supplementary the French authorities during his the object of securing Turkey's vote for this amount is, therefore, stay in Paris.-Trans Ocean Ser- adhesion to the Naval Agree"}

requested.

vice? ment of 1936. Pursuant to the Turkish request, the British Government undertook to keep! Turkey informed regarding the state of the negotiations with Soviet Russia, Reuter

League Reform Committee's First Session At Geneva

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