Evening star., 1937-03-26
SPA|N'S SHIPPING
T0BE UNH|NDERED
Neutrality Patrol Will Per-
nit Trade Vessels to
&c Through.
~ the Associated Press.

Sh sources said today refusal OF the
Spanish government at Valencia to
permit interference with its shipping
would not affect the four-poWer naval
neutrality patrol because the patrol
does not have jurisdiction over gov
ernment or insurgent shipping.
Publication of the text of the Va
Iencia note declaring the Spanish
government will provide itself with
arms and ammunition wherever and
however it can" attracted little in
terest in official circles.
Informed sources said supervision
by the naval patrol would not be i'm
peded in the slightest.
The original plan was to include the
Valencia and Burgos dnsurgent) re-
gimes in the international control
scheme to prevent arms and men
reaching Spain, but they objected and
were eliminated.
Ships May Pass Patrol.
Accordingly, officials said, both
Spanish government and insurgent
vessels may sail past patroling war
ships.
But official sources said the exemp-
tion Of the Spanish government and
insurgent shipping was of little prac-
tical Importance, since 27 countries
are pledged to keep war materials out
Of Spain.
Vessels OF both sides engaged in the
civil war might try to obtain war ma
terlals from countries not parties to
the control plan, but official circles
said they did not expect either to OBJ
tain much help this way.
For the present. the Canary Islands,
now held by insurgents, are exempted
from the control scheme, but it was
expected Great Britain would press for
their inclusion If Gen. Francisco
Franco should obtain any important
help through transfer there Of
cargoes from countries not participant
ing in the agreement.
Seeking to Ease Tension.
Meanwhile, the British government
looked to the Easter holidays to ease
the tension between Great Britain
and Italy over the Spanish civil war.
determination to avoid hasty action
and prevent heated attacks in parlia-
ment against Italian Premier Musso-
lini from forcing the issue into an
open official incident.
AS officials left their offices to re-
main in the country over Easter, they
declared the blasts in the House of
70 hn vol
opinions OF the members" and hoped
Italy would come to consider them as
intended 'for home consumption
only"
Unless Rome takes new offense at
the language used in Commons
STAND up to Mussolini," shouted mill
tant David Lloyd George
believed British efforts to calm the
troubled international situation would
be successful.
Failure of Great Britain to resist
Italian imperialism is endangering
world peace, Lloyd George charged.
Earn some respect for Britain"
Lloyd George shouted "Mussolini is
no fool. He knows with whom he is
dealing.
If he had been dealing with men
who spoke in the name of Britain.
with the might Of Britain behind
them, he would not have talked like
that. I hope the time will come when
we shall talk in a straightforward,
fearless manner"
Denounce "Wavering' Policies.
Nr,yoocifiop in uo11sa
tensely silent, assailed II Duce for
brutal butchery' in Ethiopia and for
alleged italian intervention in Spain,
denouncing what they described as
wavering British policies.
The attack came after disclosure of
Anglo-French agreement on the ne
cessity of preventing the landing Of
further ENTHUSIASTICALLY italians
in warning Spain. British and
French representatives discussed the
possibility of using warsnips to halt
troop transports to Spain, but post
poned any definite decision.
I'D rather have Italy's anger than
1talys contempt" said the elder states
man. He taunted the government for
its efforts to avoid break with Mus
solini over the non-intervention crisis.
Linking Ethiopia and Spain in
principle, he condemned what he
called brutal, cowardly and horrible
massacres" at Adds Ababa
Have we completely abandoned
every attempt to restore the indepen-
dence Of Abyssinia?" he demanded "a
ho 1ofn r.
the lives of thousands brutally butch
cred. But it is not too late to save the
lives of perhaps hundreds of thousands
of men and women in the months to
come"
He charged Mussolini was being per-
mitted to dominate Britain's life line
OF empire through the Mediterranean;
in fact, that Mussol1ni openly has be-
come dominant in the Eastern Medi-
terranean and now is seeking to sup
port Fascist state in the Western
Mediterranean.
Italian newspapers published only
fragmentary versions of the debate
and informed opinion in Rome was
that the attacks would not bring any
reply from Italy other than the general
contempt expressed by Mussolini in
his speech March % for the hostile
British attitude
Parliament recessed at the height Of
the debate for the Easter holidays ant
will not reassemble until April 6.
renewal of the general attack against
Italy on charges of interference in
Spain and brutality in Ethiopia was
expected then.