Speaking for the Opposition Liber= als, Sir Archibald Sinclair said that, throughout the whole crisis, the Government had been diverted by fear, 'The economic power of the League, he declared, lipd Ttaly in its grip, and the Government was throwing away this weapon just when it was becom-Ing effective. 'The Government's polley' put a premium on successful aggression, and made the world safe for dictator 'Siynor Mussolini, Sir Archibald added, should have' been told at the Steesa Conference that, if he per~ ted with his Abyssinian policy, the whole mind of Britain would' be against him.
Sir Archibald did not agree that the League or sanctions had failed they were not being given a chance.
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