NEWS OF THE WEEK .
TUESDAY'S debate on foreign affairs ranged over a very wide field. It gave Mr. Chamberlain an opportunity to explain the nature of Lord Runciman's mission to Prague, which is discussed on a• later page. Otherwise its main importance lay in the fact that it was the last opportunity before Parliament breaks up for the holidays to consider vital matters of foreign policy which may come to a head at any time. For example, at what moment will the Govern- ment feel that the conditions to which the Anglo-Italian Agreement is subject have been satisfied ? Does the con- dition of a " settlement in Spain " mean only withdrawal of volunteers, or something more ? Mr. Chamberlain's reply should be noted : " If His Majesty's Government think that Spain has ceased to be a menace to the peace of Europe, I think we shall regard that as a settlement of the Spanish question." The Prime Minister was hardly expected to go further than, or even perhaps quite as far as, that. He again defined the Government's foreign policy to " maintain peace and to remove causes of possible conflict between nations." Exactly what are the implications of " peace " is, of course, the main difference between him and the Liberal and Labour Oppositions.
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