Mr, Eden, the Prime Minister said, represented that the Italian Government had called upon Great Britain to enter conversations now or neve:
He also declared that Britain as being asked to submit to these threats.
There was nothing in any communications from Italy to justify this description of the situation, Mr. Chamberlain stated.
"We are not being asked to submit to demands to which it would be de rogatory to our dignity to submit, he added, The Prime Minister revealed that the differences between Mr, Eden and himself had only become acute on Paris, Feb. 21. The international situation resulting from the declarations of Herr Hitler and the resignation of Mr. Anthony Eden were discussed to-day in separate conversations with M. Yvon Delbos, the French Foreign Minister, by M. Jacob Suritz, Soviet Ambassador to Paris, and by Mr. William C. Bullitt, American Ambas-
February 18.
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