In winding up the debate for the Government, Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, categoricall [denied the suggestion made by corta! quarters that the Government intend-Jed to try and make a settlement wit Germany in the Colonial field on the basis of a deal at the expense of other colonial Powers.
Just as we are not secking a solution of the Colonial problem at the expense of other Powers," he added, "so we are not seeking a colvtion of European diffeulties at the expense of other Powers in Europe."
Turning to the Far East, Mr. Eden said, in referring to the advocacy of sanctions by Labour members, that effective sanctions meant the risk, if of the certainty, of war. Nobody should contemplate any action of that kind in the Far East unless they were convinced they had overwhelming forces at the back of their policy.
The Foreign Secretary pointed out that in the League there were only two great naval Powers, Britain and France, and that an overwhelming. force did not exist.
Any course of sction in the Far East, he asserted, must depend upon the ce-operation of other nations besides members of the League.
Three Principles He was convinced that there would be no assurance of lasting peace in the world until international order was generally accepted by nations, and some limitation of armaments formed part of that acceptance.
"We have got to live," he said, "through this peried of acute uncer: tainty. We have great interests the Far East not incompatible with those of other nations there, which we shall do our utmost to defend.
In our view, the present conflict will inevitably bring great ime poverishment to the Far East and to every nation there, whatever their immediate military gains may be."
"Three. principles," the" Foreign Secretary declared, "must guide ust We must do all we honourably can tolseaure'a restoration We" must do our full ah sce, with ethers to" furni" our" international "obs MGIURVE must protect our own interest and, of course, British territory."
Mr. Eden "emphasized that the [Government were constantly and daily closely consulting with the Government" of the United States. The fact that the British and Amer-tean Governments hind repeatedly taken parallel. or similar action. indicated the closeness of such col-
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