London, Oct. 8.
A. scathing denunciation of "Italy was uttered' by the Archbishop of Canterbury, at the opening session to-day of the.68th Church Congress at Bournemouth, The speech, which created a very deep impression, is regarded as the sequel to the Primate's interview with Sir Samuel the Foreign Secretary, yes distress and indignation, the Arch bishop declared. How' can we fail fo be indignant when we see a great Buropean Power, which has signed the Covenant of the League and the Pact of Paris, treating these solemn obligations with cynical contempt, and launching a fierce attack upon 'a follow member of the League?'
The Primate said that, if ever there was an act of unprovoked aggression, surely it was this, "Abyssinia may Be a backward state," he proceeded, "but is it possible to think, without resentment and a quickening of the heart, of a proud and ancient peopl defending their own land with scanty military resources and with scarcely any hospitals, surgeons, or being mown down by' a vas pitiless machine of war equipped with all the powers which science fas invented for the destruction of Defending the Covenant, the Archbishop announced that he' and athars were about to issue an appeal {dr assistance for Red Cross work in Abyssinia, and he asked for the support of all Church people.
conclusion, he supported the suggestion of Mr. George Lansbury, the Labour leader, for an inter ational conference' to consider a more equitable distribution of econo-mie resources in undeveloped parts of the world—Reuter.
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