London, June 12.
Being hostile to the maintenance of the League's anti-Italian sanctions and in favour of an "effective system fof mutual resistance against aggression in Europe," the Duchess of Atholl, Under-Secretary for the 'Ministry of Education in 1024-29 and MP. for the Kinross and western division of Perth and Kinross, resigned to-day from the British' League of Nations Union—Havas, Keague, 'The plan. it reported to be bared "on" the creation of regional fo"remove. from me entral"athorily "at Geneva the Burden of dealing' with localized conflicts, It is thought Hikely that a British "proposal in. this sense" wil presented at "the" forthcoming reeling of the League Assembly.
The newspapers in England are, in tne"meantime, giving. considerable prominence tothe discussion aroused Byte speech (of the Chancellor of the Bxehequer, Mr, Neville Chamber Lain, ata poles dinner on. Wed nesday. evening in which, as. the Prime Miatster, or. Stanley Balawin, subsequently explained inthe Ho of Commons, he. put forward ftestions with regard. to. the ending League sanctions "which were "provisional reflations of the Tal Eihfopion dispute which had occured {orhimn (atr. Chamberlain) personals
comment that the Government had Despite Mr, Baldwif's additional yet reached no, conclusions on the matters discussed by Mr. Chamberlain in what Is practically an impromptu. lscourse to'an "exclusively political-"there is vigorous speculation in the press as to the elation of the Chancellor's observations to the policy of the British delegation at Geneva when the Council meets on June 20,
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