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NON-INTERVENTION AGREEMENT
Lord Plymouth Replies
To Criticisms
London, July 10 Great Britain is not prepared to accept strictures upon her conduct in connection
war,
No oficial cotomunique on yes- terday's session has yet been issu- ed but it is believed that when it does appear. It will be just as ex- haustive as the communication about the last meeting and "Will give full details.
M. CORBIN'S DECLARATION It appears that M. Corbin de- clared that if supervision "of the Portuguese frontier was not re- summed without delay, France would And herself obliged to notify the committee that it could not con- sent to French territory alone be- at-ing subjected to supervision and
which criticism, the German Am- {bassador, Herr von Ribbentrop, re- plied, recalling the assistance in-
given with the Spanish variably
the Spanish declared Lord. Plymouth. Bolshevists by Soviet Russia ever of the International since the outbreak of the Spanish chairman
Civil War. Non-Intervention Committee, ad- dressing a rull meeting of that body
to-day and
answering criticisms levelled at his country. Had other powers respected the letter and spirit of the Non-Inter- vention agreement in the same way as Britain, the position in Spain would be very different to- day; he said.
It was through no fault of the British Government, he went on, that the four major powers in Western Europe were no longer co-operating in the sea "control scheme; and the question was: how could they effectively replace this "second line" in the observa- tion scheme?
The withdrawal of foreign volunteers from Spain was of the greatest importance from Europe's and the world's point of view and unless the position was settled. the solution of the Spanish pro- blem was well-nigh impossible, of finding.
He had found, said Lord Ply- mouth, that the speeches of most of the other representatives to the international committee were non- constructive. But, in the mean- time, the British Government was prepared to consider any proposal of a practical nature, better than the one already put forward by France and Britain.
SPEED ESSENTIAL The Government, Lord Plymouth declared, thought no solution was possible unless the general spirit of the
powers became more BC- comodating. But if the British Government were to undertake the task of mediator speed was sential.
in pl
es-
The German, Italian and French representatives then announced their Governmenté” adhesion to the attitudes already capressed.
The Committee's afternoon ting commenced at 4 o'clock Tranacean News Service.
Rights Of Belligerency
London, July 10. "The Reich Government is of the opinion that the Italo-German plan proves its own 'qualifications and that it would be difficult to and 日 better acheme which is practical and could be carried out and which would apply to the fundamental principles of non- intervention in Spain."
..
So declared the German Am- bassador, Herr von Ribbentrop, at yesterday's committee meeting.
The German Ambassador dis- cussed the German plan in detail, pointing out the results that could be expected from its application.
that consequently France could no longer recognise the right to con- tinuation of supervision.-
Transocean News Service.
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FRENCH DELEGATE'S
ATTITUDE
Paris, July 10.
The sudden adamant attitude of
non-intervention meeting. Ia be- the French delegate at Friday's
lieved to be "due to instructions he
received from Paris on Thursday nighta
The Vice-Premier, M. Leon Blum, is reported to have stress- ed the fact at Thursday's meeting of the Cabinet that he could not hope to win the support of the Socialist Party for the Govern- ment and especially for the fan- He declared that according cial emergency measures unless rights of belligerency to both sides the Government took an attitude In Spain would constitute a decid- ¦ in foreign affairs which was ac- ed strengthening of the non-inter- ceptable to the party. vention ideal
The Premier, M. Camille Chau- COMMUNISTIC, SPAIN
temps, is said to have, agreed with Commenting on the objection M Blum and to have approved that the plan favoured General Instructions to the Ambassador in, whether the London in which he was ordered Franco, he asked mission of the non-intervention to threaten the committee with committee... was to regulate the opening of the Franco-Spanish Portuguese military chances on one side or frontier unless the
the other according to sympathies frontier was again placed under
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tion.
Concluding, he emphasised- that Germany and Italy did not wish & Communistic Spain."
"When I look about me here at this table," he declared. "I do not believe that there are many Powers who wish a Communistic Spain.
NEW ALLEGATIONS The Russian Ambassador, M.
"We mustirealise' Nowever, that Malsky, supported the Anglo the Comintern is constantly at French proposals for the continua-work and will stir up as much dis- tion of the control scheme off the order as possible because it lives Spanish coat. The Portuguese re-
from unrest. presentative agreed to respect any satisfactory solution.
The Committee then voted' Great Britain unanimous support in the task of mediation.
GRAVITY APPRECIATED
"The newest propaganda is that Germany and Italy have territorial claims in Spain.
FRANCO-SPANISH FRONTIER
Official Control Suspended
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theatre-quality black-and Omcial control of the Franco-white or colour movies. To Spanish. frontier is to be suspend- ed as from Tuesday- this week. "
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This development in the Spanish situation was announced by an oficial spokesman of the Qual d'Orsay this morning..
Neutral observers will be in a
parallel position" to the observers on the Portuguese-Spanish fron- ADEQUATE GUARANTEES
tler. They are remaining at their "The Italian Ambassador point-posts in order that they may be ed out clearly that adequate guar-ready to resume their duties if the,
deadlock is favourable.
Lord Plymouth thereupon ex-antees in this respect had been outcome of the non-intervention pressed the British Governments given both by Germany and Italy. realisation of the gravity of the and it is a pity that such state- situation..
ments, the propagandistic charac- ter of which cannot be dented. find even the slightest credence in the press.
If success were to be achieved, he said, the maximum of co-opera- tion would be required from all concerned:
They would call a fresh meeting of the Committee for July 12, he sald, when the results of the Bri- tish efforts would be communicated to the representatives.
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With regard to the meeting, to- day, it is remarked in London that there has been no break-down in non-intervention-and-the-gather ing · dispersed in
a
far better atmosphere than when, at the beginning, complete deadlock was envisaged.- Reuter.
RANCE TO CONTROL
THE PYRENEES FRONTIER
London, July 10. The French threat to suppress control along the Pyrenees frontier should Portugai not reestablish control along her Spanish border by the beginning of next week was
"I, in any case, cannot agree, that such extravagant combina-. tions have the slightest influence
on
our-serious non-intervention deliberations in this committee. since we all know that the Spain of General Franco has no desire to be ather, than a national Spain." Transocean News Service.
The "French Government, bow- ever, is not allowing war mater- fals to pass through the frontiers to Spain- Reuter.
PRESERVATION OF PEACE ÎN EUBORE
London, July 10. Although tension has been re- laxed as a result or yesterday's decision by the Non-Intervention Committee to invite the British Government to attempt to break the deadlock which is holding up the Spanish control scheme, it London, July 10, would be rash to assume that mat Well-informed circles emphasise ters, will easily resolve themselves that a setback, at Friday's non-merely because concord has been intervention meeting was only found on the next mode of proce- averted and but temporarily by dure.
FRENCH "ULTIMATUM” WITHDRAWN
plan of conferring on the British On the contrary, it is recognised Government a mandate to seek that a week-end of intensive labour some means of escape from the lies before the Foreign: Becretary, present impasse.
Mr. Anthony Eden, and his ad- At the close of the afternoon ¡visers; pe session, which lasted several hours. They are left with full discretion. the chairman, Lord Plymouth, ex- to make the necessary soundings pressed a wish to have a free hand in whatever way they think best, and enough time to exercise the and they are already addressing mandate.
themselves with the utmost urgency to their task in the hope of being able to report the results to the full Committee at a meeting early next week.
the principal event in Friday All the Powers agreed to confer morning's sitting of the full non-this mandate on Britain and, des intervention committee.
clared themselves prepared to The discusalon opened with a grant the request for time, so that short speech by the Chairman. Lord Plymouth, whereupon the Italian Ambassador, Count Grandt, made a new long expose of the German-Italian proposals for rendering non-intervention more effective.
EFFECTIVE CONTROL. The French Ambassador, M. Corbin, after announcing the French Government's decision re- garding the control св the Pyrenees frontier. went on to say that, without effective sea control
a further session of the committee is not now to be expected before Wednesday.
Some ambiguity arose in con nection with the attitude of the Franco-Spanish and Portuguese Spanish frontiers, as announced by the Ambassador, M. Corbin,
SEA OBSERVATION SCHEME The difficulties that lie before them, however, are serious.
In the British. view, either the EP in the sea observation scheme
must be found to fill it. Britain's must remain open or some-one
offer to fill it arose solely from an earnest desire to save the non- M. Corbin later agreed, how Intervention scheme as a whole but ever, that Britain should have the proposals made were rejected whatever time she required for by Germany and Italy who made execution of the mandate
counter proposals which in their ULTIMATUM ¿WITHDRAWN: turn were not acceptable to the the continued existence of the French "ultimatum on the fron-would eliminate from sea observa- This would mean that the British Government because they Non-Intervention Committee would
be jeopardised, M. Corbin also deter question would be withdrawn. tion a vital part of the coast of clared his readiness to consider but it is not known whether M. Spain, der other, suggestions.
Corbin has received instructions It is generally recognised that After the Portuguese representa from Paris to retract his state- if the British Government, can tive had expressed support of the
ri difekt stays over the International breach Italo German proposals, the Bo- The question is now being ask over Spain they will have made viet Russian Ambassador, Med: What will the French Gov-a major contribution, to the pre- Malsky, strongly criticised, the ernment do at the beginning of servation of peace in Europe." policy of Germany and Italy, to next week?”
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