The Archive · 1937

Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign

Secretary, announced in the House of Commons to-day that Great Britain had no intention of joining in any naval demonstration off Valencia in connection with the Leipzig incident, He bolievrd the chief cause of the unsatisfactory situation in Spain was the pretence of non-Spanish nationals among the combatants and the British Government had placed its services at the disposal of. the Non-Intervention Committee to expedite their with-Grawal, Four-power discussions over the Leipzig incident, he concluded, were continuing Reuter. to the alleged Leipzig incidents, says! "The Reich is not willing to pore its naval forees, entrusted with an international task, to further target practice by red Spain. The British and French Governmenis are not will-Ing to agree to he minimum request for a joint naval demonstration The deadlock in the four-Power negotiations is due to the fact that Britain and France desire an inquiry Into the inekdents, while Germany and Moly require an immediate naval demonstration off the coast of Valencia as proof of the solidarity of the four any more. Germany has been once attacked and hag seen how she has been treated, and she has been cured for ever.

"Every cat can burn ils paws once and every person can make a mistake ones, Neither 1 nor the German tion have any desire to run into such a danger a second time," Herr Hitler added, After concluding his remarks on foreign polities with this. pronounce: ment, the Flehecr dealt at length with' the future: tasks at home, denied that Germany wanted to withdraw from world trade, Exactly the opposite was the ease, This was shown by the figures on the balance of trade, The German import and export rose continuously and Germany desired that they. would con-Une to do s0,—Trans-Ocear

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