Geneve, July 2.
The attitude of the British Government. towards the halo-bihiopian dispute "and other questions now being considered by the League. Assembly, was clearly defined yesterday by' Mr. Anthony Eden, Brilish For eign Secretary, who, inter alia declared it was the view of Great Britain that the Arsembiy should notin over Abyssinia, 2 any case recogni 's) conquest
Maxim Litvinof, Soviet Foreign Commissar, who sise addressed the Assembly meeting yesterday. said that economic" sanctions alone could not. Testore the independence of Ethiopia, adding. that Buchan. Jecllve could only be attained by [more serious sanctions, including miihary measures.
one present, declared Mr. Eden, could contemplate with riy measure satisfaction the circumstances which the Assembly had met. The occasion was painful to all. it was more necessary in the interests of every member of the League and of the League as an organization, that these facts should be squarely faced. in the Italo-Abyssinian dispute is concerned," Mr. Eden added," members of the League have in common applied certain economic and finan-cell, measures which were imposed.
"It is not. that the measures in themselves have been without effect, but that conditions tu which they were expected _to operate have not been realized. The course of military events and the local situation in Abyssinia have brought us to a point at which reversing the order of events in that, "Had the British Government any reason to believe that the mainten-lance of existing sanctions or that even the addition of other economic measures would re-establish the position in Abyssinia, then they would be prepared to advocate such policy if other members of the League agreed to join in its applica-ton, The British Government, Sanctions Being Lifted on July 15
Geneva, July 6, The sanctions imposed against Italy as the adjudged aggressor {n the Itelo-Ethiopian conflict will be lifted on July 15, according to an_offcial announcement to-day.
This follows the adoption of a raft resolution by the final session of the Assembly of the League of Nations yesterday "closing" the Abyssinian affair, Sanctions were imposed under Article XVI of the Covenant, which, had it been applied to the full limit, would have involved the use of armed force against Moly.
Poland, anticipating the decision of the Assembly, officially raised sanctions on June 27, being the rst country to take this step—Reuter. however, finds it impossible to entertain any such beliefs, "In our view, it is only military Jaction that could now produce this result. I cannot believe that, in the present world conditions, such military action could be considered 'a possibility. Realities have to be Fecognized, The continuance of, sanctions at present in force can [serve no useful purpose, Marsh Realities the same time, it is the view of the British Government that this Assembly should not, in any case, recognize Italy's conquest. over Abyssinia. Moreover, if the harsh Fealities of the situation must Influence our attitude towards the measure we have adopted, they cannot, in our judgment, involve any modification of the view expressed of Italy's action by 50 members of the League last autumn."
"There remains the all-important subject of the League's future," Me. Eden continued, "Are we to say, because we have failed on this occasion to make a rule of law prevail over 1 rule of force, that we are, therefore, finally to'abandon this object? JCertainty not! With such an ob-Jective as this before us, our ondeavour must be centred upon the task of reconstruction. It 1s, how-fever, clear that the lessons of the: last few months must be embodied. in. practice.
"As regards the immediate future fof the Assembly's work, the British time in any work which this Assembly Jor any other organization of the 'League decides shall be undertaken, Tt may be that some preliminary' Jexchanges of view on the subject Jof the League's future con usefully take place during the present session, Dut it is essential that all countries, should have time and opportunity, Jsutticlent to consider in detail. the problem that confronts them. 'There must, however, be no avoidable delay, and I suggest, therefore, that) the' time to get to grips with this problem should be at the Assembly. [meeting in September."
Great Britain, he added, stilt retained her faith' in the principles for which the League stood.
At the beginning of his speech, the Foreign Secretary paid a tribute to the dignified appeal made on the previous day, by the Negus.
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