The Washington times., 1935-12-21
CHAMBERLAIN
SPEECH ASKS
MORE ARMS
Eden Looms As New
Foreign Minister
Under Baldwin
Bv Fl. X. REYNOLDS

DONL)ON, OeCs Il NA.N.O.(' .
Great Britain today launched q
preparedness race with Italy in
the eastern Mediterranean and
announced confidently she has re-
ceived satisfactory replies from
the Mediterranean powers she has
:, urged to be ready to fight Italy
If necessary.
Great Britain, it was disclosed
= in authoritative quarters, is ready
for any mad dog" act which may
be committed by Premier Mus
solini as a result Of her diplo-
: matte bugle call for mobilization
of Mediterranean powers against
a possible unprovoked attack from
Italy.
France Again in Line
At the same time it was learned
Britain, within two weeks, will send
another brigade Of troops and a
tank battalion to Egypt, while
naval and air activity at Alexan-
" dria continues unabated.
Tension increased with reports
from Rome that II Duce is about
to dispatch 10000 more soldiers to
Libya, bordering upon Egypt and
@in the heart of the danger zone
which has grown so ominouSly
cout of the Italo-Ethiopian conflict.
The British were particularly
elated to receive assurance from
France that she was ready to sup
port Britain in case of an attack.
This renewed assurance at the
present time was considered par
-ticularly significant.
Act Under Covenant
Negotiations with the "Mediter-
ranean minute men"-France,
Spain, Portugal, Greece, Yugo'
Slavia, Iraq and Egypt-were con.
Quoted under Article 16, Para,
graph of the League Of Ma
tions covenant, which provides:
'The members of the League
agree, further, that they will
mutually support one another
in the financial and economic
measures which are taken under
this article (the sanctions ar
ticle) and that they will
mutually support one another
in resisting any special meas
ureS aimed at one of their num-
ber by the cOvenant-breakin
State :"
Belief was growing here that
a special meeting of the League
of Nations Council would be
called for January to discuss con
crete steps toward application OF
the mutual assistance plan, and
to have the nations reaffirm
their faith in the league cove
nant, on the grounds that such
united action would have a
greater moral effect on Italy than
imposition Of further sanctions
Chamberlain Talk
Neville Chamberlain, now chan
cellor of the eXchequer and one
of the most outspoken members
Of the cabinet, gave the govern
ment's viewpoint in strong
speech at Birmingham. He said
"The Paris peace proposals
are dead and buried. They will
not be revived, and for the pres
ent 1 suppose that all attempts
at a peaceful settlement must
be considered at an end.
1--WE must, therefore, go back
to the policy Of sanctions.
"In due course, trust, the
nations of the League will show
that they are prepared to make
themselves ready to resist any
attack that may be made on
any one of their number"
EDEN'S STAR RISES
Emphasizing that pressure
against the aggressor ultimately
must rest on force" Chamberlain
said it will be the government
duty to restore the defense
forces"
This building up of the army
navy and air force already is
under way, and further appro
priations were foreshadowed in
King Georges recent address to
parliament.
Premier Baldwin was busy to
day arranging details of foreign
office changes before he leaves
for the country Monday. Choice
for the foreign secretaryship has
now narrowed down to Eden, a
strong pro-Leaguer, called in Italy
public Enemy No. l." and Si1
Austen Chamberlain, a former
foreign minister, according tc