UNEASE IN EUROPE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 April 1938, Page 9

UNEASE IN EUROPE

LORD HALIFAX ON BRITISH POLICY TOLERATION DISTINGUISHED FROM WEAKNESS VOICE TO BE POWERFULLY HEARD (Recd This Day, 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, March 31. Lord Halifax (Foreign Secretary), speaking at a Foreign Press Association luncheon said: “The English people never have remained aloof and never can from happenings in Europe. There is nothing weak in a spirit of toleration and a desire to avoid war by exhausting every means of diplomacy. There should be no misunderstanding on this point Britain intends to be strong and to go on building up the strength in order to make her voice powerfully heard in the counsels of Europe.” CZECH FEARS ANTICIPATION OF ACTION BY GERMANS (Recd This Day, 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, March 31. The Australian Association Press says there is a renewal of uneasiness over Czecheslovakia. It is feared that the minorities question may not long he delayed and that the time has passed when Mr. Chamberlain’s proposed concessions will suffice. Well-informed quarters consider that the SudetenGermans will either declare for union with the Reich or demand a plebiscite on the question of union, resulting in an overwhelmingly favourable vote. .