Recalling Mr, Eden's statement thas, Britain would be very glad to see all sanctions applied, the Home Secretary protested against the unfairness of treating the failure to impose all sanctions as a crime the British Government, "To the deep disappointment of all who had hoped that their employment would have good results. sanctions had failed, and the Tialo-Abyssinian war was' at an. end:
Continuance of sanctions would not alter the result, and they had to judge Whether elreumstances would justify: them in joining with others to use force to reverse the decision.
He did not believe there was a single member of the League prepared to use such force. The British Government was not prepared to do It tad been suggested, the Home: Secretary proceeded, that the British Navy in the Mediterranean would have been overwhelmed, Ite did not with the present situation in Europe and the grave dangers surrounding Britain, the Government was not prepared to see a single ship sunk, even Im a successful naval battle, in the cause of Abyssinia.
'The Government, Sir John added. was not reversing' its policy or its Gevotion to the League by its present Une of action, "It was serving the League much better by facing realities and considering how the League could be strengthened to meet such shocks and disputes in the future.
The Foreign Secretary, he concluded, had already taken up that matter. Mr, Eden was already in communication with other League states, and was obviously a matter in which they must consult the Dominions.
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