Evening star., 1935-10-16
Member States
Rallying to
Support.
TWO "FIRST AID"
PLANS STUDIED
Help Is Proposed
for Nations Hit
i'm Sanctions.

(copyrieht. 1885, by the Associated Press)
GENEVA, october l6.-Anthony
Eden of England backed energetically
at a meeting of the Economic Sane
tions Committee of the League OF
Nations today a proposal that League
states buy nothing from Italy, but no
decision was taken by the committee.
Two first aid proposals for those
states likely to suffer from repercus-
sion of the economic sanctions were
laid before tie League Subcommittee
for Mutual Assistance.
Nicolas Titulescu, Rumanian foreign
minister, expressed agreement that
Eden's buy nothing boycott should
be put into effect, but pointed out
something concrete should be done to
Offset the trade losses to small states,
which are likely to lose their Italian
market if the plan goes through.
He suggested clearing house" ar
rangement by which the trade which
Italy would lose through the operation
of the buy nothing plan" could be
allocated among various League states
according to the size of their losses.
Greek Backs Eden Plan.
Demitrioff Maximos of Greece also
advocated Eden's plan, but he held
that sacrifices should be leveled. He
suggested tax of 2 per cent on all
imports of League states TO create an
equalization fund to be administered
by a League agency for the benefit Of
the victims of the sanctions roper
cussions.
Yugoslavia's delegate said his coun-
try stood to lose heavily through sane
tions since 90 per cent of its exports
normally go there.
The proposal, originally advanced
by the British, for boycott by League
nations of purchases from Italy, was
also supported warmly by the Neither
lands and Belgium.
Rumania, Sweden, Russia and
Turkey also favored it. Switzerland,
however, advanced some questions.
The British Minister for League
affairs emerged from the session in
high good hunIor nevertheless. and
sources close to him said no real op-
position had developed to this addi-
tional form Of pressure against Italy.
Peace Moves Considered.
While pursuing relentlessly their
erection of sanctions barriers against
Italy, League delegates found time to
consider an offensive for peace which
Premier Pierre Laval was reported to
be conducting at Paris.
Reliable sources said Laval contem-
plated suggestion of an East African
peace plan under which the Ethiopian
Province of Tigre. now occupied by
italian troops. would go to Italy, which
also would gain mandate over out
lying Ethiopian regions.
League sources generally, however,
believe that any such program would
be opposed by Great Britain and many
other powers, especially Russia.
League officials also anticipated in
flexible opposition from Ethiopia TO
any cession of territory to Italy,
whether in the form of a protectorate
or otherwise.
Statistical Data Sought.
In the session of the Economic |
Sanctions Committee some delegates
asked for statistical information con-
eerning Italy's exports so that they
could visualize better the exact effect |
OF buy nothing from Italy, pro-
gram.
Some said privately afterWard that |
they feared if this form of boycott We're
carried out, Italy would tend to buy
nothing from the boycotters and make
its purchases entirely from neutral |
countries.
Eden, however, urged adoption OF |
the plan because of the ease and |
swiftness with which it could be put !
into operation.
He pointed out that the governments
OF the world-under the whip of world |
depression-already had developed to
high efficiency their control of i'm
ports, and that it would be only neces- |
eary, therefore. to issue instruction to |
customs officials.
Eden also emphasized that League
states purchase 10 per cent of all
Italy's exports.
The Economic Sanctions Committee |
will resume its discussion of the buy
nothing from italy" plan tomorrow.
Meanwhile, it went before a mutual
aid committee for discussion of pos
sible repercussions from such a CAM
paign and methods of minimizing the !
effects on League states joining. in the
boycott.
An Official communique issued after
the session of the Economic Committee
observed that no decision was reached |
on the proposal because certain dele
gates "were not yet in a position to
decide"
The committee agreed, however, that
the discussion would continue tomor-
row, 1T being understood that the CO.
Committee shall be able to
reach a conclusion by Friday at the
latest"