Britain to Solve The Problem

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 148, 10 July 1937, Page 5

Britain to Solve The Problem

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NON-INTERVENTION TALKS Controversial Speechfcs at Meeting

CHAIRMAN'S REBUKE

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(Beceived 10, 1.0 fj.ffi.) EUGBY, july 9. A eritical la(*gd today's plenary meeting Of tlie N(mIfltei'vention Committee. Tiie speechris by the Ambassadots of Italy, Ffande, Fortugal, Ittissia aiid Germany showed that theii* attitudes towhfd the rival Bchemes were unehanged. A mhfe addtimmhdatirig spifit was displayed aftei? the luuciieon adjoiitnment flnd ultimately a pfoposal was advanced by the Netlierlands' Minister that the Bi-itish GrOvfernirient hfe' ehtfiisted with the • task- of solving the impasSe. This Stiggfestion was shpported by Signor Grandi, M.- G/Or"bin, and Herr von Ribbentrop and was unanimously aceepted. The chairman, Lord Plymouth, iminediately said that he wenld eoiivSy the Jnvifatioh to the British Government riiid; at a still later* semloh for deeiding on the terms of the cbinmtinfoue, he annduiieed that the British Govefnment Was prepared to tmdertake the tSSk. At the' sairie time he pointed out that maximttm eo-6p-eration fr'Om all partieS cbnfeerfted was essential. His Government fully reeognised ihe orgeney of the matter' aiid wduM deal With it with the leasfr possible delay.- He Hiiticip&ted.tkat they wbtiid he ifi a position to summoii the repreBefitatives for fnrther eonsnltatioh probably early nexi'week. The cohtfovWSiai eharaetSf 6f the speeehes was a feature oi the whole Mbfiimg SesSion and the outlook was most tmlavourable at lnnch; On resnifiptiOn, Lord Plymotrth ufged that disfcussiohs ctmld not continne in this vein and tdok stfhhg exee|Jtion to eertain Ofitieisms Which had been mad§ in r€gkrd to the ebhdiict of the British Government. "II the oth§r PoWers had showii anythiiig like the same desire to strieily observe ihe Nomlntettention Paet the present positiori wotild not have arisen," he stated. An oarlier messagfe stritecl that the deadlock on the future of the NonIntefventien Agrfeeiriferit still existed #heh th« Nbn-Ihtervfehtidri Goin'aiittee ro'se aftef an hhexpectedly pr'otracted Itiorfiing sitting of heafly thfe© houfs. It is unSeTstdofl that the German Am: feassadoT; S.ifT lohfetihi vbii fiitfhfcintr"6p3 and fEd IfaliSn Ambassador, Sigiior Grandi, stated emphaticaiiy that thdfe was ha change in the attitude of ihfeif rgspefetivd Govdfnftifents, both tdlding that beiligfefSfit fighta should be granted to both parties in Spainj and thftt they Would not pcrmit Brit ftin and Fr'ance to fill thd vacaficieS efeatfed in the SfShisb riavhl patfo! brongtt about by tte defection 6f Germany and italyt Britairi ahd Frafidd W§re' eqtially fcm in their bpposition to thfe Ita)lafl= Gefman proposals.