NO RETURN OF COLONIES

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 355, 9 February 1937, Page 5

NO RETURN OF COLONIES

PARLIAMENTARY VIEWS. MEMBERS OF COMMONS No Transference Of Territories Under British Flag. Press Association—Copyright. Received 1 p.m. London, February 8. Thirty members of the House of Commons spoke in favour of a resolution proposed at a crowded gathering of the Parliamentary Committee of the Empire Industries Association which declared that the meeting, having noted Herr Hitler’s speech of January 30, reaffirms its previous opinion that there can be no transference of territories held under the British flag.

The Committee recalls that responsible Ministers were emphatic in making pledges concerning the question, and it is further convinced that, while the German claim will gravely imperil the Empire’s strategic safety and impair its homogeneity, especially in Africa, such a claim would not substantially relieve Germany regarding raw materials and the settlement of her people. However, the meeting would welcome any proposals for .meeting the real difficulties encountered by Germans and others in securing adequate access to supplies of raw materials and foodstuffs. The resolution was passed with one dissentient.