BRITISH POLICY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 April 1939, Page 7

BRITISH POLICY

DECLARATION IN BOTH HOUSES STATEMENT CAREFULLY REVIEWED. MEANING OF STATUS QUO IN MEDITERRANEAN. (British Official Wireless.! (Received This Day, 10.7 a.m.) RUGBY, April 12. The terms of the declaration of British policy, in light of the invasion of Albania, by Italy, which will be made tomorrow in both Houses of Parliament, specially summoned for the purpose, will be finally reviewed by a sub-committee of the Cabinet this evening, and the completed draft will come before a full meeting of Cabinet tomorrow morning. The form of the declaration was the subject of daylong consultations in London yesterday, culminating in Mr Neville Chamberlain’s visit to Buckingham Palace, where he gave the King a full report of the latest developments and of the Government’s plans to prevent further aggression. It is assumed that the declaration will include an exact and unequivocal statement of what Britain means by the status quo in the Mediterranean, the observance of which was promised by Britain and Italy, under the terms of the Anglo-Italian Agreement. COMINGS & GOINGS STIR OF PREPARATION IN LONDON. I MINISTERS AND COMMISSIONERS CONFER. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) RUGBY, April 12. There has been considerable activity at Whitehall today, which has been principally of a preparatory character to tomorrow’s Cabinet meeting, and the meetings of both Houses of Parliament. Conversations took place with Opposition and other leading politicians, and the High Commissioners of Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand were in conference with Sir Thomas Inskip. Individual Ministers who called on Mr Neville Chamberlain, included Major L. Hore-Belisha, Sir Samuel Hoare, and Viscount Halifax, who was accompanied by Earl Cadogan, while Mr C. R. Attlee and Mr Winston Churchill also had interviews. Large crowds in Downing Street watched these comings and goings. A large number of foreign representatives visited the Foreign Office, including the French. Soviet. Chinese and Polish ambassadors, the Greek and Hungarian ministers and the United States Charge D’Affaires.