1937-11-19 — Page 11

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BRITISH OPINION MOVING TOWARDS COLONIAL CHANGES And Elimination Of Article XVI From Covenant

LORD SWINTON ON HALIFAX VISIT

London, To-day. ELIMINATION of Article XVI of the League Covenant was suggested from two sides, name- ly, Lord Sankey, the Government Labour Peer, and Lord Stonehaven, the Conservative Peer, when the debate on foreign affairs was resum ed in the House of Lords yesterday.

Lord Noel Buxton, the Labour Peer, pleaded for a concession to the principle of restoration of the German colonies.

When that was done, he thought, the idea of adjustment could be freely discussed.

The Germans, for example, well understand the difficulty about Tanganyika, and he thought they were looking more to West Africa -

Replying for the Government, Lord Swinton deprecated requests for comprehensive statements on

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BERLIN COLONIAL CLAIMS

Berlin, To-day.

British policy, as a disservice to the

all-round THE German press gives much prominence to a

object of securing an settlement, since what was needed was quiet discussion.

GLARE OF PUBLICITY Paying a tribute to Lord Halifax 28 the ideal interpreter of English life and thought, Lord Swinton hop- ed his visit to Germany would be treated circumspectly.

Too much should not be expected from it, and the worst service to

any negotiations was to surround A them with a tremendous glare of publicity-Beuter.

LORD CREWE

London, To-day.

The question of colonies and man- dates was referred to by Lord. Crewe the during yesterday's debate in House of Lords

“Germany can say," he declared, “Very well, you have not annexed our colonies.

"You pride yourself that you did not want to add these thousands of square miles to your Empire.

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pronouncement on the colonial question by Vis- recorded count Cecil of Chelwood, who is now in the Unit- George Sixth ed States, to the American press.

VISCOUNT Cecil said that with certain reserva- tions, he would advocate return to Germany of her former colonies.

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POLITICAL ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE AND THE "HAVE NOTS” MIGHT VERY WELL RESTORATION OF THE FORMER GERMAN GOL PROVIDED IT WAS NOT MADE THE STARTING POINT FOR FURTHER DEMANDS.

He suggested that the German cokimial question be brought up for discussion with a view to reaching a solution of the problem, if need be, the form of complete renunciation Fof the principle of individual pos- isession of these undeveloped areas.

"But what is the difference as far as we are concerned between posssa sion of these colonies as mand or annexed territories, apart from the fact that free trade may carried on in mandated territories

Lord Crewe declared: "I could not give a good answer to this tion."-Trans-Ocean.

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SIR EVELYN WRENCH The German press also publishes statement made by Sir Evelyn Wrench, Vice-President of the Over- seas League, who is now touring Canada

He is reported as having said that most people in England would wel- come Germany's return to the circle of colonial Powers provided that Germany on her part indicated her to return to the League Nations, in order to part

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