ABYSSINIA ISSUE LEFT IN ABYEANCE
GENEVA, TO-DAY. · itself authorized to lay down any THE LEAGUE COUNCIL DE- definite principles in this matter. BATE ON. THE ABYSSINIAN]It would also not proceed to adopt QUESTION WAS ADJOURNED a formal resolution dealing with UNTIL THE .AFTERNOON the Abyssinian question. It would AFTER THE SOVIET RUSSIAN suffice to register the fact that the ATTITUDE IN THIS MATTER | majority of the Council members HAD BEEN EXPLAINED BY M. had decided in favour of the stand- LITVINOFF, THE SOVIET COM-point that the recognition of the MISSAR FOR FOREIGN AF-occupation of Abyssinia should
FAIRS.
be left to the discretion of each
M. Litvinoff took the line that individual country.
the League Council should adhere One of the last speakers was Dr. to the principle of declining to give Wellington Koo, China's represen- its recognition to conditions creat-tative. He said that the Chinese ed by an act of aggression under-Government was endeavouring to taken against people living in understand the British point of peace.
view. Much had been said in the Furthermore he added, the course of the-debate about politi- League Council should bear in mind cal realities but little reference had earlier resolutions of the League been, made to principles and legiti- Council and the League Assembly mate rights. condemning acts of aggression.
how-
CHINESE ATTITUDE If the Council now proceeded to The Chinese Government, adopt the resolution desired by ever, desired to emphasise the im- Britain, giving Council members portance of principles of interna- liberty of choice in the matter of tional iaw and justice. If the recognising the Italian conquest of League of Nations, he declared, Abyssinia, it would just countenan-was striving to draw up a formula ce aggressors.
which aimed at sanctioning any NO RULING
solution by recourse to violence, After the representatives of then China would be found un- Rumania, Poland, Peru, Sweden, willing to ascribe to a formula of
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REICH VIEW OF RESUMED ROME TALKS
Berlin, To-day. Political circles here show no great interest in the resumed Franco-Italian talks in Rome. It is stated that the principles of the negotiations were discussed by Count Ciano and Joachim von Ribbentrop during thẻ Fuehrer's visit to Rome, and that Berlin is being kept posted of particulars of the negotiations between the Italian Foreign Minister and the French_Charge_d'Affairs._
Political circles do not expect any results of a sensational nature. In this connection, it is argued that the essential factor of France's anxiety, namely Italy's strong posi- tion on the flank of France's line of communication with its African colonies, could never form the sub- ject of discussions in Rome; because this could only be solved by a Franco-Italian alliance favourable to France which, however, it would be impossible to conclude.
On the other hand, the same cir- cles believe that the decreasing So- viet influence on France and the Paris press, particularly in connec- tion with the Abyssinian question will create a more favourable at- mosphere in Rome for French wishes.
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