BRITAIN’S FOREIGN POLICY

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20498, 14 May 1938, Page 7

BRITAIN’S FOREIGN POLICY

VALUE OF AGREEMENT WITH ITALY ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE CAUSES OF WAR (Official Wireless.) •'■Received May 14, 11 a m. RUGBY, May 13 The establishment and maintenance of peace was described by the Prime Minister as the main object of the Government s policy when he addressed a mass meeting of women Conservatives. “Rearmament, to put the country in a position in which it would not be worth anyone’s while to attack us, was one half of the peace policy. The other was to discover the likely causes of war and remove them —to enter into friendly conversations and negotiations with other Powers. That policy was already bearing fruit,” he said. In this connection he referred to the agreements with Eire and Italy. “I have not changed in any respect the opinions which I expressed about the Italian conquest of Abyssinia,” he proceeded, “but, after all, the League of Nations was not able to stop that conquest or restore the situation to what it was before. The mere fact that we have made this agreement with Italy has resulted in a perceptible easing of the tension, and the approval with which it has been received shows that it is generally recognised as a strong step forward in the direction of general appeasement and peace.”