London, Nov. 4.
N important statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, on the impending new British relations with Gen. Francisco Franco, Nationalist leader of Spain, was evoked by a question in the House of Commons to-day on the progress of the discussions relating to British trade interests it Nationalist territory.
A host of supplementary questions followed the Statement.
Mr. C. R. Attlee, Leader of the Opposition, asked if the Government had decided to give de facto recognition to the Spanish insurgents.
Mr. Chamberlain, replying, said there was no intention by the British Government to vary the attitude consistently adopted towards the contending parties in Spain, governed by the Non-Intervention Agreement to which they had subscribed.
They were, however, bound to take account of their responsibilities for the protection of British nationals and commercial interests throughout the whole of Spain, including those large areas in the north, west
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