BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1926, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] BRITISH POLITICS. n DENIAL OF SALE OF ARMS. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m,.) LONDON, August 2. In the Commons, Sir Austen Chamberlain replying to" a question, denied there had been any negotiations direct or indirect between the Government and Turkey. There had been an enquiry by private firms, but nothing materialised. There was nothing in international obligations to prevent. British firms from supplying Turkey with armaments and nothing at the present time to cause him to prohibit such an export to Turkey. Mr Wedgwood Benn, drawing attention to the Anglo-Italian agreement relating to Abyssinia recalled Moroccan situation brought Britain to the brink of war with Italy. , Mr Ponsoiiby said he'thought it was most dangeros to link up our justifiable demand for permission to build Tsana barrage in Sudan, with Italy’s, demand for a right to build a railway across Abyssinia, as well as an exclusive Italian sphere of economic influence in Abyssinia.

Sir Austen Chamberlain said AngloItalian aims had given rise to much misconception. Correspondence would ho published when completed. In the Anglo-Italian sphere there was a bilateral agreement in no way attacking Abyssinian indepedence nor 1 imiting her right to refuse the concessions sought.

LONDON, Aug. 2

In the Commons, Mr Orinsby-Gore replied in the negative to a question whether the Imperial Conference would consider the difficulties in extending Imperial Preference arising from the fact that, mandated territories were at present prohibited from reciprocating in any customs preferences tlrat may be granted by other parts of the Empire. He pointed out that the terms of the mandates were unalterable without the unanimous decision of the League Council.

PAN-ASIAN CONGRESS

(Received tins dnv at 12.25 p.m.) TOKIO, Aug. 2. Tlie Pan-Asian Congress continued the anti-western discussion, adopting a series of resolutions to establish a pan-Asian bank, University, and industrial corporatio nto build a transAsian railroad, design a pan-Asinn flag, invent:(i new language for common pan-Asians use. The Congiess defeated a motion to adopt Esperanto, on the grounds that this is a white man’s language. Chinese persistence iin ipressing a resolution demanding complete abolition of ,t-he twenty one demands angered Japanese parliamentarians, three of the four resigning as delegates. Philippine delegates did not present an independence resolution, saying the Congress was practically a Chino-Japanese and «m academic discussion was|not helpful to the Philippines cause