Toky June 4. The British Government's views on the Japanese alf raids on Canton London, June Taintenanee of peace ydinated to, a just and paci ganization of world economics. was the main point in a long speech delivered in the House of Commons today by the veteran Labour leader Mi. George Lansbury Peace will be firmly established orly when all nations agree really to ce-operate in the economic field. to proceed to a just distribution of raw materials and colonial territories, ie grant each other full facilities on all world markets," Mr. Lansbury declared.
"Sooner or later the Commons will have to face this problem, a good illustration of which is being brought about by the present Sudeten problem," which, he said. is essentially ar economic one.
Sudeten districts have suffered terribly from the economic depression. When I toured Central Europe some months ago. I ws able to meet the man in the street, as well dictators and democratic statesmen. k with the conviction no way out unless na-tons like our own take the lead in giving to certain nations assistor to enable them to bring about economic rehabilitation and develop their tura] resources."
Van Zeeland Report Basis "It seems to me that an adequate solution for these grave problems is to be found in the report drawn by the former Premier of Belgium. M Paul Van Zeeland, as the result of an investigation conducted on the suggestion of the British and French Governments H-B.M. Government should tell us that this valuable document is not going to lie and rot the archives of the Foreign Office."
After Mr. Lansbury, another Labour leader, Mr. Arthur Henderson, took the floor and proposed that negotiations for an economic agreement with the U.S. be speeded as it "would be the first step in the right direction and a prerequisite to a broader peaceful policy, which would call for a joint conference of Great Britain, France and Italy. Great Britain should take the initiative of summoning such a meeting, which eventually would bring about a rea sonable so economic and political difficulties in Central and Eastern Europe as well as in the nubian countries.
Although supporting tne points of view expressed by Mr. Lansbury and Mr. Henderson. Mr. Wedgwood Bern. also Labour, strongly protested against the a rightful ifement of problems may be brought a by territorial ud economic concessions "to totali torian regimes the ambitions of dictators can never be statisticd an: never will Government View Stated g for the Government, Mr. er. Under-Secretary for Affairs, mere! declared a minimum political appeasement was necessary to allow economic negotiations to be undertaken The British Government are methodically pursuing their efforts to promote a solution of economic problems and are continually advocating the renunciation of nefarious "auld archie" doctrines.
Mr. Van Zeeland's report is stii! being studied. the Under Secretary concluded.—Havas, Nairobi, he draws the attention to the advantages that would result irom-a union and administrative unifcation of this sort. It would enable them all to work together im solving all their problems.
The United States of Africa should be composed, he urges. of the Union, the mandated territory of South-West Africa, the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland, North end South Rhodesia, Tanganyika and Japanese Warships on
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