THE SAFEST COURSE

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 9

THE SAFEST COURSE

POSSIBLE MENACE TO

EUROPE

LONDON PRESS OPINION

(British Official Wireless.)

(Received August 6, 11 a.m.) ;■■ RUGBY, August 5.

The announcement that the British Government's reply to the French Note strongly supports the general principle of the French Government that there should be an agreed arrangement among the various Powers for nonintervention in Spain is welcomed in all responsible British quarters. ■;

..: "The Times" says: "It is really imperative fox everyone that a general policy of non-intervention should'be adopted. Europe is full of tinder ,Avhich a single spark 6f impetuous or calculated partisanship may set ablaze. The civil war in Spain might very easily become a civil War in Europe. That must at all costs be prevented."

The "Daily Telegraph" says: "There wiil be jio rapid agreement on details of joint policy unless all the Powers are equally agreed on two points. One is to treat the Spanish peril as a menace to the.general peace of Europe and not as an .affair of Black and Red. The other is to. refrain, from fishing for their own selfish interests in troubled waters. Non-intervention will be best for Spain and safest for Europe."

The French Note was sent also to Rome, where it is'understood to be still under consideration.

Belgium agrees, . and reports state that Germany also is prepared to discuss the best means, of ensuring generar neutrality prbvided Russia also accepts the proposal.

Press'messages from Paris state that the French Government has instructed its Ambassador .in Moscow and its Minister in Lisbon to invite those Governments to associate themselves with the principle of non-intervention in the Spanish civil war. The French Government will keep the British Government informed as to the results of its inquiries in other capitals. •