NON-INTERVENTION A FARCE
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Labour Charge in House of Commons ANXIETY IN BRITAIN
(Received 12, 1.0 p.m.) ' RUGBY, Feb. 11. The Leader of the Opposition, Major Atlee, by private notice, questxoned Viscount Cranborne in the House of Commons on the progresa of the Nonlntervention Committee regarding the prohibition of volunteers to Sparn. Viscount Cranborne declax'ed: "1 should like to maka it clear that His Majesty's Government fully share the anxiety which is felt in all parts of the House that a fully effective system of prohibition and supervision should be established with the least possible Melay. "I can assure Major Atlee they have done and will eontinue to do their utmost to this end." Major Atlee asked: "Is it not a fact that, while these long drawn-out discussions are taking place, Italians are pouring men into the south of Spain?" Viscount Cranfeorne replied: "What is clear is that while there is a delay which we all regret, there are numbers going in on both sides. That showa the need for expediting the proceedings of! the committee." Challenged to show that the NonIntervention Agreement was not a complete farce, the Under-Secretary rejoined: "It has prevented the war from spreading outside of Spain."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 24, 12 February 1937, Page 5
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