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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 22, 1938

EDEN-CHAMBERLAIN BREACH

Late Foreign Secretary Demands Firm Spirit

PREMIER'S DEFENCE OF POLICY: PERIL OF REBUFF TO ITALY

Sir John Simon said His Ma-

jesty's Government had no in-

WATCHFULNESS

Mr. Eden began his statement formation on the attitude of the by remarking maintenance of peace Italian Government to the recent was recognised by all as the objec- developments in Austria beyond five of the country's foreign policy, what had appeared in the Italian But peace, to be enduring, must Press.

rest on foundations of frank re- ciprocity. On that basis negotia- Question-time was punctuated by The House of Commons this afternoon was crowd-sharp bursts

tions with all countries whatever of cheering on the their forms of government were was warmly received by the Min-

London, Yesterday.

..

who

such negotiations and their method

ed in every part for the explanatory statements entry of the Prime Minister possible and desirable. But in on the resignation of Mr. Anthony Eden. The isterialists and of Mr. Eden, who they must be watchful to see that diplomatic and Distinguished Strangers' Gal-was greeted from all parts of the they were, in fact, strengthening and

leries were full.

House as he walked to the seat below the gangway usually taken by

Ministers who have resigned. The

In tense and expectant atmosphere, the Chancellor

of the Exchequer rose to answer Foreign Office "Father" of the House, Mr. Lloyd questions.

Tomorrow will

be a big day, Mr. Dilton-testing your new wetractable undercamage design- we are all looking for results. This companys Just got to produce the fastest planes

"NEXT DAY - THE TEST

AT THE DOCTORS

George was also welcomed on his return from a holiday abroad.

Chief Engineer Dilton, head of the research..

FASTER

PLANES

Exactly. Mr. Dillon, it's this waking tired that's holding you back

at your job. You see, you bum, up -energy even while you sleep - it takes 20,000 muscular efforts alone to breathe. If

f you're not replacing

used-up energy, of course you wake tired – that's Night Starvation.

1. suggest Hörlieks...

AMAZING.

FILTON!

20 MILES AN HOUR INCREASE

dear, tao hopeful results. Iva Hot DEER MORKING well-recently, I've

so tired

and so every night:

department of a large aero- plane factory, was the most valued man in. the firm. But one day things began to go wrong

The humiliation of it; can't think what went wrong. I've gone all to pieces lately. On, this tiredness, I even wake up feeling tired!

8 WEEKS LATER.

I hope to

Piltow has

a good job with this new

design

DOES YOUR HUSBAND WAKE TIRED?

HORLICKS

Don't

Tom.

Worry, I'm sure it will be all right

Promise

me, Tom, you'll go and see a doctor about it

I'm pretty confident. He seems to have got:

into his..... stride again

lately

not undermining the foundations upon which international confidence ultimately rested.

Coming to the conversations with Italy to the principle of which he reminded the House the Govern- ment had been committed since the exchange of letters last summer between Mr. Chamberlain and Mussolini-he said the immediate issue was whether now was the time for their opening.

ITALIAN ATTITUDE

In his conviction, it was not, in view of the attitude of the Italian Government to international pro- blems in general and towards Great Britain in particular Italian pro- paganda against Britain was rife throughout the world. Moreover little progress, in fact, though [much in promise, had been with the problems arising from the Spanish civil war.

BROKEN PROMISES

While he had been Foreign Secre- tary he had made several attempts to better Anglo-Italian relations. In January, 1935, after difficult negotiations, they signed the Me- diterranean Agreement and within a few days more Italians were sent to Spain while the propaganda con- tinued.

After the Prime Minister's ex- change of letters there was a tem- porary improvement but soon it was followed by events in the Me- diterranean with which the House was familiar and by the glorifica- tion by the head of the Italian Government of the victories of Italian forces in Spain. He sub- mitted that they ought not to risk a repetition of these disillusioning experiences and he wished, there- fore, before opening conversations. to have an agreement not only on the principles of the withdrawal of volunteers from Spain but on the detailed conditions of

with- drawal.

FORCIBLE POLITICS They were in the presence of a progressive deterioration of respect for international obligations and attempts, to secure political designs by forcible.

e means, and such a time was not one, in his judgment, to plunge into negotiations unprepared. Mr. Eden went on to say within the last few weeks, upon one

one most im portant decision of foreign policy which did not concern. Italy at all, there has been difference which was fundamental and the Prime Minister he knew was conscious of it. If government was to speak with an un- divided voice in international affairs it was essential that the Prime Minister and his Foreign Secretary should have a similar outlook and believe in the same methods.

FIRM SPIRIT

Concluding Mr. Eden said:

"Of

late the conviction has steadily grown upon me that there has been too keen a desire on

make

terms with oth

our

to

others rather than

that others should make terms with

us. This never was the attitude of this

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