The Archive · 1936

Governments refusal to edge itself

Sauces cian are sir Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the Admiralty, made a last unsuccessful attempt to rally the delegates to the official view before the voting.

He recalled the statements of the Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, and the Foreign' Secretary. Mr. Anthony Eden, on the subject, and went on to say that the Government was as fully aware as anyone of the difficulties and objections to 2 trans-for of mandates, The Government, he declared. stood by Mr. Eden's statement that the transfer of any mandated territory would inevitably: raise grave TI hoped that with so many fnternational problems stil! unsolved, there would in no quarter be any Progress of j desire to introduce 2 further cause into effect again. At.2 of serious difficulties between nations.

Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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