Premier Reveals: Determination, But Stresses Efforts to Prevent Another Outbreak; Europe Half of Gold Reserves
Kept Out of War by British Policy Already Expended Berlin, July 3.
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"How long can Japan continue London, July 3. fighting," is the subject of an en-
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there were no other way of preserving our liberties except lightening article from the Tokyo by war, we would fight," declared the Prime Minister, Mr. correspondent to the "Berliner Boer-Neville Chamberlain, in a speech last night at Kettering. Neversenzeitung" which appeared yesterday evening. theless, he added, "we must strain every nerve to avoid a repetition The writer declares that the of the Great War."
Mr. Chamberlain was hopeful that Spain Japanese High Command decided as would soon be left to the Spaniards.
He declared that British early as Autumn, 1937, not to con-fne the war to North China but to ships trading in Spain were getting four or five times the ordinary settle the entire Sino-Japanese prorates, Hence, he asserted, it was not reasonable that the Governblem with the sword, and the whole ment should be asked to take action which might involve war, Japanese economic system was though this did not condone the bombing of ships or meant that immediately reorganised so as to enable the country to carry on a Britain recognised the aerial blockade of ports. military campaign of a long dura-The idea that Great Britain could tion. be starved in wartime, the Prime The principal difficulties at the
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