London, May 11.
'The Prime Minisier, itr. Stanley JBaldwin, replying in the House of [Commons toa question to the For-feign Secretary, Mfr. Anthony Eden, regarding the' treatment in inter-notional law of the Emperor of Ethiopla, recalled that the Emperor had informed Sir Sidney Barton, H. M.
inister in Addis Ababa, before the capital that he had renounced the direction of affairs. The personal Jeesition of the Emperor thus raised Issues of considerable complexity Jwhiich must be the subject of careful See Sed eres To another question, Mr. Baldwin replied, "An arrangement to give the Emperor and his family passage from Djibouti "in, the cruiser Enterprise fvas"made in accordance with the, In the Italo-Ethiopian dispute, the Government had been prepared if ata ite tas /nai been ready to accompany them, but experience had made It plain that, to be effective in promoting the peace of Europe and of the world, they must proceed to remedy the de-{clencies in defence, was no good making up their minds to take effective action in support of the League unless they were jin a position to take it, Mr. Baldwin Jeontinued. Tt was no good deciding Jon economic and financial sanctions they were'not going to back them up. Military sanctions were an sential part of collective security. "We will try out collective security 1 far as we can all go together, but T, for one, will not despair if on this occasion It falls. We shall try again."
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