London, Feb. 19.
The first aim of the British Go ernment's policy was to maintain peace and to make Great Britain so strong that anyone would be afraid to attack her, declared Mr. Neville Chamberlain. the Prime Minister, tu a speech at Birmingham last evening.
"We must sec," he said, "that the conflicts in Europe and the Far East do not spread, and that we do not be involved in them."
We should not be merely content,"
Chamberlain continued, "to still and hope for peace. We feel that it is our duty to seize every opportunity to take active steps to remove what may cause another war."
Referring to Labour talk of an immediate General Election, the Prime Minister declared that the Government had a great deal of work to do before its mandate was exhausted.
"We are making wonderful progress in rearmament daily," he stated, ting weapons and equipment are making us stronger and Already we can say that as a result of this n length, Britain is being listened to in the councils of Europe where sh was not a few ago."—Reuter.
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