CLASH POSSIBLE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 May 1938, Page 7

CLASH POSSIBLE

BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN & DOMINIONS ON QUESTIONS OF FOREIGN POLICY. VIEWS OF PROFESSOR SEWELL. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, May 30. That Britain no longer thought so much in terms of Dominions and that there was a possibility that the units of the Empire might clash in their policies in the future, mainly for the reason that Britain was unable to provide defence for the whole, were impressions gathered by Professor Sewell. Professor of English at Auckland University College, who returned by the Monterey after a visit to England. He said that the Prime Minister, Mr Neville Chamberlain, and his supporters were definitely pro-Fascist. They would rather do anything, he believed, than ally themselves with Russia, and would save peace by concessions to Fascist Powers. The public of Britain appeared completely bewildered. He thought they were not behind Mr Chamberlain, nor yet behind the Opposition. The people seemed to be plumping blindly and almost thoughtlessly for rearmament as if it was the only thing they could support. They believed that the statements nt Geneva of Mr W. J. Jordan. High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, were right but not expedient.