Show Disappointed NA n. n 1 N NS Nir T S ir 3 t y q r ANTHONY EDEN He lIe was optimistic too ANTHONY EDEN WARNS EUROPE LONDON Dec 18 CaptaIn UP-CaptaIn UP Captain Anthony Eden warned Germany Italy and Russia to keep hands off oft Spain during foreign affairs debate today in inthe the house of commons It Is the duty of all a l nations to keep out of the Spanish quarrel and allow the fhe Spanish people to settle their sufficiently tragic difficulties in th their ir own way vay Eden said Eden admitted nonintervention has las not realized our expectations neither r the the speed with which the agre agreement ment was Initiated nor the manner in which it has been ob ob- I served Despite shortcomings and blatant breaches the nonintervention policy policy pol poi icy has reduced the risks of a European European European Euro Euro- war Eden continued It is be better er to exaggerate the risks of war than to overlook themI them I stand in no white sheet for the support of ot nonintervention Our support of this policy is not due to weakness Eden then said optimistically I would not like the house to adjourn for Christmas in a mood of an almost obsolete word meaning thickened gloom over the international situation Our position in Europe certainly is better better better bet bet- ter than a year ago LONDON Dec 18 C Foreign JP-Foreign Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told tod the house of commons today We have sold a small consignment of gas masks to the Spanish government at their request His statement was interpreted by Reuters British news agency as meaning the gas masks were being sold by the British government He declared his majesty's government government government govern govern- ment was ready to do anything we can can to facilitate te the work of private private private vate organizations ons in meeting Madrid's Madrid's Madrid's Ma Ma- need for medical supplies for civilians |