1937-10-22 — Page 19

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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