President's Speech

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 12, 7 October 1937, Page 5

President's Speech

WARM APPROVAL

Possibility of Sanctions Discussed THE RISK OF WAR (By Teletrraph-PresS Assn.— Copyright.) ' (Received 7, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 0. The Times, in an editorial it publish.es to-day, emphasises that President Eoosevelt and the Archbishop of Canterbury have unmistakably proved the indignation of the greater part of the world at Japan's aggression. "The significance of President Roose▼elfc's appeal to peace-loving peoples tp eo-operate in the defence of peace can he xnissed nowhere, and no where will it meet with deeper satisfaction than in Britain and the Dominions," statea The Times. The diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Mai! discusses President Roose▼elt 'a speech, the outspokenness of which has surprised members of the British Cabinet. Although President Roosevelt has been informcd of the British attitude, there have hitherto been no formal dis* icussions xegarding joint action. It ii stated in well-informed quarters that Britain will never participate in ■anctions against Japan, or in any action addiDg to her preoecupations in the Mediterraneaiv Diseussing the proposals to boycott Japan, The Times points out that any Government which embarks on sanctions .against Japan must be preparcd for the interpretation of snch a step as a hosfcile act. The Times adds that sanctions, to be •ffective, would re^uire complete cooperation between the Government who eontemplate imposing them, and that they might well at this juncture have the effect, not of humanising the warfare in China, far lesg of stopping it, but rather oi driving Japan to yet more desperate lengths. The paper urges that the feelings aroused should seek an outlet in efforts to relieve the dreadful suff eringa of the Chinese people. The Manchester Guardian says that if sanctions are to be effective there must be a risk of war, and in this case the risk of war in the Far East means a greater risk in Europe. The News-Chronicle supports the demand for the nse of economie weapons, as does the Daily Herald, which critieises the Government for rejecting reeort to measures which, it says, coulfl efEectively avert war,