SPEEDY ACTION IS NEEDED

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 10, 5 October 1937, Page 7

SPEEDY ACTION IS NEEDED

Tripartite Discussion on Spain THE NOTE TO ITALY llli'ilisb OfficiuJ Wireless.) (Reeeived 5> 12.30 p.m.) .. RUGBY, Oct. 4. The Anglo-French joint Note to ltaly welcornes Italian adhorence to the Nyon agreement as affording favourablc conditions for examination of the situation in Spain, which is obstvucting progress towards European appeasement. It s urged that, until non-intervention is made effective by the withdrawal of non-Spanish combatants from Spauish territory, improvement is impossible, aud it is suggested that an agreement betweeu the British, Frcnch and Italian Goyernments in regard to substantial measures to this end is neeessary to overcome the difficulties encountered by thc Non-intervention Committee. The Times states that the Note adds that such a tripartite agreement would ease the political situation and that, when substantial withdrawal of volunteers has in fact been accomplished, it should be possible without much diffieulty to solve other problems, such as the granting of conditional belligerent rights to the two parties to the Spanish conflict. The need for speedy action and an early beginning of tripartite conversations is emphasised. According to the Daily Telegraph's correspondent at Rome, th© Italian repiy to the Note is expected to insist on the prior grant of belligerent rights to . General Franco, and the extension of non-intervention to all activities of foreign Powers and citizens. Britain and France, it is believed, will also be asked how they propose to secure the withdrawal of foreign volunteers.