Evening star., 1935-10-17
Swiss Anxious
About Own
Labor.
POLISH SHIPS
ARE PROBLEM
Embargo Held Up
for Neutrals'
Attitude.
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, October 1.-THE spectre
Of possible parliamentary revolts
against sanctions cast a chill over
League of Nations discussions OF the
British "buy-nothing- from Italy pro-
posal today.
After two-and- half session,
the Committee for Economic Sane
tions adjourned without a decision.
Walther Stuck. the spokesman for
the Swiss delegation, pointed out to
will have to face the Swiss Parlia-
ment before the end of the year and
be prepared to justify any commit
ments made to the League.
He said that If Switzerland joins
the buy nothing campaign and Italy
retaliates by buying nothing from
Switzerland, the Swiss working classes
may suffer severely and unemployment
may increase.
What can we say to Parliament"
he asked.
Poland Anxious About Ships.
Poland also was anxious, but not
about Parliament. The Polish spokes-
man informed the committee that Po-
land Is having ships built in Italy and
Is paying for them with coal. Poland,
he said, needs ships.
Do sanctions against Italy mean
Poland would not get the ships? he
asked.
Maxim Litvinoff of Russia agreed
that there might be special cases
such as that of Poland which would
have to be taken care of by the CO.
operating nations.
France favored the creation of
special subcommittee to take care OF
such cases, that is, to study what pro-
vision should be made for the exemp-
ton Of certain transactions with Italy.
1t was agreed that this subcommittee
should be created
France also proposed the creation
OF a joint subcommittee to watch over
the enforcement Of economic and
financial sanctions.
Sweden gave strong support to the
British buy nothing" idea.
Key Product List Accepted.
The committee definitely accepted
a list of key products, possible of use
for war purposes and the expectation
Of which to Italy would be prohibited
in the proposed key products en-
barge.
The committee tentatively added
a second key products list naming
coal, gasoline, and copper, but this
list requires further study.
While the main list is on products
controlled mainly by League members.
the second list is of items only par
tally controlled by League states.
League officials explained that
definite embargo on expectations to
Italy of such things as coal, gasoline,
copper and cotton could not be de-
clared until the committee determined
whether Italy would be in position
to get these raw materials from such
countries as the United States and
Germany.
Neutrals' Assurances Needed
1t was explained that without the
assurance Of neutral countries that
they would cut off their expectation
of these commodities to Italy,
League declared embargo would be
futile.
This point was covered in an off,
cial communique which said: The
committee prepared its first list Of
products on which 1t might be pos
sible to place an immediate embargo
on exports to Italy and also second
list of commodities. an embargo on
which would be delayed so long as the
attitude of certain non-members Of
the League Is not known"
Besides pressing for quick approval
of their proposal to buy nothing from
Italy" British delegates sought adop-
ton by the So nations on the staff of
an embargo on products necessary to
continue Mussolini's war on Ethiopia.
These two punitive measures would
join the arms embargo and the flnan-
cial blockade already approved, end
ing the Leagues first big burst of
sanctions discussions for some time
and leaving subcommittee to super
wise enforcement.
Thus League statesmen hoped four
sanctions would be in effect before the
week ends