1937-10-15 — Page 11

BRITAIN NEVER LESS AGGRESSIVE THAN TO-DAY Neville Chamberlain Expounds Foreign Policy

SHORT MEMORY FOR QUARRELS

London, To-day.

"I doubt whether British foreign policy has ever been less aggressive than to-day," declared the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in a speech at the meeting of Associated British Cham- bers of Commerce at Manchester yesterday.

"If we are attacked we know how to defend ourselves as always," he said, "but it is not in the temperament of our people to bear malice, and I think we have the shortest memory for quarrels of

any nation in the world.

“The mainspring of our foreign policy is to

live in peace with our neighbours and to influence them to resolve difficulties peacefully.

"It is our earnest desire to see the conflicts in Spain and the Far East, which are occasioning so much human misery, brought to an end at the earliest possible. ment.

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"Moreover, we shall continue to seek and take any opportunity of offering to remove the causes of i will and suspicion among nations.”

RECRUITING

The Premier turned to recruiting, saying “Recruiting, after a lean period, is much more satisfactory. but all the money spent on arms asd-equipment is valueless without!

men."

Mr-Chamberlain appealed to em- ployers to adopt a sympathetic at- titude to recruiting, even at incon- venience and loss to themselves.

Finally, he promised prompt and sympathetic attention to any pro-

YUGO-SLAVIAN

PREMIER IN LONDON

London, To-day.

The Yugo-Slavian Pre- mier, Dr. Stoyadinovitch, who arrived here yesterday from Paris as the guest of the British Government, paid a visit to the Foreign Se- cretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, who had met him at the sta tion.

It is stated in informed quarters pasals evolved by the joint commit- that the conversation, which lasted tee of the cotton trade considering over an hour, turned on the political reorganisation of the industry as a situation in Europe, with special re- whole Reuter.

ference to developments in the Bal Trans-Ocean adds that Mr. Cham-Kans. berlain, appealing to employers to The two statesmen subsequently aid recruiting, again pledged that lunched at the Yugo-Slav Legation. the Government had no-intention of introducing conscription.

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LEAVING TO-NIGHT Yesterday evening the Premier was entertained at an off- IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. British political and economic incial dinner, and held a conversation the British Premier, Mr. terests, he said, were so directly with affected by events in Spain, the Neville Chamberlain, after the lat Mediterranean and the Far East, ter had returned from Manchester, that it was impossible for Britain to where he addressed the Chambers of ignore developments in those areas. Commerce."

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Referring to the economic situa-fdon to-night (Friday) but it is not tion, the Premier expressed grati-known whether he will réturn fication at the fact that in most Belgrade direct-Trans-Ocean.

FOREIGN OFFICE DINNER branches of British industry a mark-

London, To-day. ed recovery had taken place.

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Milanes Stoyadinovitch, Prime Minister and Foreign Minis- ter of Yugo-Slavia was entertained to dinner at the Foreign Office last evening by the Foreign Secretary. Among those present în addition to other British Ministers and offi Peiping, To-day.cials were Mr. Winston Churchill. Bri-

KWEIHUA CAPTURE

CLAIMED

The Japanese field headquarters and Mr. Arthur

at Suiyuan announce that Japanese tish Wireless troops have captured Kweihuzfu

after capturing the neighbouring jare advancing westward from Shih- city of Saiyuanfu, and fighting is chiachwang towards Taiyuan and still progressing in the vicinity of report having occupied the former Chinese positions in Niangtsekaan weihua In the meanwhile, Japanese forces Pass-Renter

COMBATTING

EPIDEMICS IN CHINA

Genera

The League sub-ec hygiene, which is discussing the best means of employing the cre dit of 2,000,000 francs voted by the Assembly for combatting "epi- demic diseases in China, held its. first meeting yesterday...

Three British-specialists are among the members of the com- mittee --Berts

ITALIAN LOSSES IN ABYSSINIA

Rome, To-day.

Recent fights with rebel tribes- men in Abyssinia resulted in the deaths of 38 Italian officers and 36 other ranks.

AMERICAN

POLICY ON FAR EAST DISPUTE

Nanking,

Washington report

day that President Fran velt declared himself

in solution of the Sino- dispute within the fra the Nine Power Treaty and concerned with the European tion

· If enforcement of the Nine Power Treaty fails, the American Govern-” ment may take a further step such a severance of trade relations with Japan

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President Roosevelt has intimat ed that co-operation with the mem- bers of the League of Nations is limited to the Far Eastern situa tion, although Washington mu pay close attention to developonentes in the Mediterranean

The statement was made to ob

An official communique, admit-viate criticisms in certain section of the American press that Presi ting the casualties, states that at dent Roosevelt is following the po the close of the rainy seasor licy of the late "President Wilson strong bodies of bandits made. surprise assaults on small isolated Italian outposts in the central part of the Ethiopian plateau.

Italian troops promptly.

International News.

chieftains were captur Order, says the

ed, destroying several large has now been brigand forces, while many minor

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