The Archive · 1938

Bitter Attacks on

MR. CHAMBERLAIN — League of Nations Union Motion Causes Surprise

London, Feb. 22.

A bitter attack against the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain over the resignation of Mr. Anthony Eden was made in a statement issued to-day by the "Labour Press Service," press bureau of the Labour Party The Executive Committee of the League of Nations Union passed a resolution to-day expressing dismay "at the loss of Mr. Eden, who more than any other commands the admiration and confidence of the supporters of the League of Nations and indeed the great mass of British people."

The motion regretted that the present circumstances had created the impression that "Mr. Eden and Lord Cranborne had been sacrificed to the hostility of certain governments largely due to the support by these Ministers of the League of Nations and all its ideals."

This resolution was widely commented upon here because Mr. Chamberlain is chairman of the Union.—Havas.

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