Evening star., 1936-06-28
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
ME world powers at Geneva
believe that the end of the
unfortunate sanctions incident

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unfortunate sanctions incident
L opens the road to a reorgani-
cation of the League, in which Italy
and Germany, two principal powers
on the European mainland, will once
more become useful members who will
work for peace, since they no longer
are the pariahs of Europe.
With typical sporting spirit, Secre-
tary Anthony Eden has openly ad-
mitted defeat and shaken hands with
Mussolini. The British foreign secre-
tary did not try to hide behind alibis
and explanations of why the sanctions
failed. He did not bring forth the
fact that the majority of the sane
zionist countries did roaring bootleg
trade with Italy, thus defeating the
purpose of the sanctions imposed by
their own governments. He admitted
simply that the sanctions did not
work
This decision of the League of Ma
tions will be followed within a rea-
sonable time by the recognition of the
annexation of Ethiopia to Italy. In
the meantime, the British are prepar-
ing a scheme for the reorganization
of the Geneva institution along
realistic lines.
Peace Talk Next Few Months.
While the arms factories through
out the world are working on a "a
hour schedule rushing armaments at
top speed, the next few months will
, be devoted to peace talks. Great
Britain is taking stock of the world
. situation and considering the best
! means to lessen the dangers to the
empire. Her relations with Italy can
become again as cordial as they were.
. The British realize that henceforth
they must recognize Italy as par
amount power in the Mediterranean.
! Italy, in turn. is aware Of the fact
that Britain still is a great power
. from the economic point of view at
! least-and the city can provide II Duce
; with the financial assistance neces-
sary to exploit the newly conquered
j. province.
2 Mussolini has not wasted time in
acknowledging Britain's friendly ad-
vanceS. The radio station at Bari,
which had been issuing daily news
bulletins and comments on the Eu-
ropean situation in the Arabic Ian
guage, has ceased its activities. The
Arabs in Palestine and in Ibn Saud's
kingdom will no longer hear Italy's
Interpretation Of Great Britain's
tragic situation"
Defense Offices Worried.
But, while the British government
considers the European conditions as
amenable- to improvement through
regional League of Nations" the
foreign Office and the national de-
tense departments are increasingly
worried over the Far Eastern problems
They all feel that Japans gigantic
strides on the Asiatic mainland must
be checked and they realize that Great
Britain alone is no longer in a posi-
ton to do so.
Neither can the British govern
ment count absolutely on American
support.
In the days before the war Ger
XIldIly, oCoplIC 1ICI pOS-
sessions in the Far East, played an
important role in the Pacific. And
diplomats in London and in Wash
ington are wondering whether means
could not be found to again interest
Germany in a welt politik' extending
from Europe to the Southern Pacific.
The so-called war which the
Cantonese government has declared
against Japan has been the subject
of a careful investigation on the part
of the British. And the London gov
ernment seems to have reached the
conclusion that the idea of Cantonese
hostilities against Japan originated
in Toxic.
The assumption is that the Japanese
military departments are endeavoring
to gain foothold in Southern China
as close as possible to the British
naval base at Hongkong. A paper
war against Japan would eventually
lead to anti-Japanese troubles in
Canton, and this would afford an ex-
cellent opportunity to the Toxic gov
ernment to send warships and land
soldiers in Canton, just stones
throw from Hongkong.
japanese Ships at Annoy.
This suspicion of the British
authorities seems confirmed by the
fact that already the japanese Navy
has found it necessary to send war
ships and troops to Annoy. What the
next step will be, nobody can tell,