Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Navy. – in the House of Commons at on 6 March 1935.
Sir Geoffrey Mander
, Wolverhampton East
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will consider the advisability of proposing that a special meeting of the Council of the League of Nations should be summoned to deal with the dispute between Italy and Abyssina, in view of the failure of Italy to pursue negotiations as arranged at the last meeting of the Council in the spirit of the Italo-Abyssinian Arbitration Treaty of 1928, and her action in endeavouring to use military force as a means of national policy?
Mr John Simon
, Spen Valley
I have been informed by the Italian Ambassador that direct negotiations between the Italian and Ethiopian Governments have in the last few days resulted in an agreement for the establishment of a neutral zone in the disputed area.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
