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...Eden can certainly claim a heavy political reward later, was the general impression in Parliament, for stowing away all moral considerations last week and upholding The Deal before the Commons. "Let's face the facts!" barked Captain Eden. "If Italy, Ethiopia and the League accept discussion on the basis of the suggestions which have been made in Paris, there is nobody here that is going to say 'No,' even if some of those proposals may not be particularly appealing...
...nobody in the House of Commons who took any visible or audible exception to this. Nobody cried "Shame!" as M.P.'s commonly do when an instance of cruelty to animals or a jibe at the Royal Family fires their indignation. There were a few Conservative cheers for Eden, and the Prime Minister was listened to with respect when he replied to Opposition hints that Ethiopia was being sold down the river because Britain was afraid she or her ships might suddenly be attacked by Italian airmen on orders from their Dictator...
...Baldwin, an able politician, and Captain Eden, an able diplomat, cleverly left open avenues of retreat from The Deal. They professed that the League of Nations was to decide everything. Three days later at Geneva suave Eden, although the whole London Press was printing columns about the Government's "reversal of policy," had the British crust to say officially: "The policy of His Majesty's Government remains unchanged...
...main objective of Pierre ("Honest Broker") Laval last week was seen to be to halt the relentless march of League of Nations committees toward harsher & harsher Sanctions and to tie a knot in the banner of British idealism which has been unfurled at Geneva by handsome young Captain Anthony Eden. More specifically M. Laval was out to prevent the League from applying the crucial oil Sanction scheduled for last week. Released with the formal imprimatur of Britain and France, The Deal accomplished this initial purpose of abruptly halting for the first time the march toward stiffer Sanctions...
...front of Captain Anthony Eden's hotel at Geneva last week nose-holding Communists tied an oil can to a British flag tagged "Shall we fight for this?" After similarly demonstrating in front of the hotels of other delegations, they poured the oil on the flag, burned the Union Jack...