FRIENDLY LOYALTY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20084, 2 November 1939, Page 2

FRIENDLY LOYALTY

ARGENTINA AND BRITAIN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS The German wireless recently sought to give the Impression that the Argentine claims to the Falkland Islands were likely to cause serious friction between Great Britain and the Argentine. The President of the Argentine nation was asked in the course of a lecent interview whether any special significance attached to the reservation regarding the Falkland Islands formulated toy the President of the Argentine delegation at Panama.

After referring to the long-standing policy in regard to the "inalienable and unalienable right in respect of the Falkland Islands," and after expressing the hope that these rights would be fully recognised, the President stated that the traditional friendship between England and the Argentine had not diminished nor suffered as a result of the Panama declaration. "The cordial relations between the two countries and the benefit accruing from mutual understanding removes all doubt," he said. "Great Britain should have the most profound confidence in the Argentine's friendly loyalty and the question at issue will find a desired solution—so lons delayed—in order to secure for all time the durable friendship which began at the birth of- the Argentine as a sovereign and .independent nation."