Mr. Chamberlain Announces Fresh Guarantees Against Aggression New Policy Told London, Apr. 13. REAR Britain has pledged herself to assist Greece and Rumania, such a pledge having been extended in agreement with France, Mr, Neville Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons this afternoon, Recent events which caused the re-assembly of Parli ment had provoked widespread disquiet in Europe, especially in the Eastern terranean, Mr. Chamberlain declared in opening his cagerly-awaited statement.
Mr. Chamberlain revealed that on April 8 the Albanian Minister in London appealed to the British Government to do their utmost to assist a small nation desperately trying to defend her own territory.
Public opinion throughout the world has once again been profoundly shocked by fresh exhibition of the use of force," he stressed and then announced that, in agreement with France, Great Britain had extended a pledge of assistance to both Greece and Rumania.
Reports of persecutions against Mahan subjects in Albania were greeted with double and suspicion, Mr. Chamberlain said but the Anglo-Mahan accords were justified and would not be denounced at present, "The British Government {eel they have a duty and service to perform in Teaving no doubt in the minds of anybody as" to. their" position," he declared, "1 therefore take" this opportunity of saying in their behalf that His Majesty's Government attach the greatest "importance to the avoidance of disturbance by force or threats of force of the status quo in the Mediterranean and Balkan peninsula, "Consequently, 1 come to the con clusion that in the event of any action being taken that would clearly threaten the independence of Greece or Rumania and which the Greek or Rumanian Governments considered it necessary to resist with their national forces, His Majesty's Government will {eel bound at once to lend the Greek oF Rumanian "Governments all the Support in their power," Mr, Cham berlain continued.
Turkey Informed "We ore communicating this declara-tien to the Governments directly concerned and. to others, especially. Turkey, "whose relations with th Greek Government are well-known, added," _understand the French Government will make a similar Aeclaration tris. afternoon.
On April 9, Mr. Chamberlain con tinued, Signor Mussolini renewed the assurance that the Tatian volun= teers would be withdrawn from Spain Immediately following the victory parade in Madrid on May 2. On the same day, Count Galeazzo Ciano, the "Wlallan. 'Foreign Minister, in= formed Lord Perth, the British Amsasrador in Rome, that the Witrdrawal of Mahan pilots and. planes would. Immediately' follow the with= Arawal of the volunteers. The British Government had taken rote of these
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