WORLD TENSION EASING

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 444, 27 May 1937, Page 5

WORLD TENSION EASING

BELIEF OF MR EDEN OPPORTUNITY AT HAND. Question Of League Reform Press Association—Copyright. (Received 10*3 a.m.) Geneva, May 26. The British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Anthony Eden, in a speech to the International Journalists’ Associ'ation, said 'that inter-

national tension had appreciably eased, largely as a result of the conversations held in London at Coronation time.

Problems were still acute and* tragic conditions -still persisted in

Spain, he said, but there was a widespread impression that *the situation was now less tense, and that an era of international opportunity might at hand.

During the Imperial Conference international discussions, Britain informed* the Dominions that the vari-

ous countries’ viewpoints were so divergent 'that it appeared there was no hope at present of tackling reform of the League of Nations, states the political correspondent of the Associated Press. Reply to Mr Savage.

This constitutes a n ply chiefly te the- Rt. Hon. AT J. Savage, whose enthusiasm for the collective system, which igi generally regarded in Britain as- dead, was undoubtedly stimu-

lated by his contacts with the British Labour Party, which is endeavouring to bring pressure on the British Government through the Imperial Conference. The Dominions have been informed that League reform is hopeless* as long as 1 the deadlock remains in connection with the. iecognition of Italy’s conquest of Abyssinia.

Some of the major Powers, includ-

ing Britain and France, realising that Italy’s conquest is a fait accompli, while confessing that recognition is dista&teful, believe they .should cub

their losses and recognise the conquest, which is a 6 tep ultimately inescapable.