Leader of the Labour Opposition, deplored the display of naked force by which the great and historic state of Austria had passed. He pointed out that this action had been taken at the very time when the British Government was pursuing friendly conversations with the German Government, In his opinion, he said, this event had knocked down the house of cards which the Prime Minister had been building. Mr. Anthony Eden, the former Foreign Secretary, was shown to have been right, he clared. n necessary to stand firm lest all Europe be thrown into the melting pot, Mr, Attlee said. The Government should ask that the Assembly of the League of Nations be summoned and should take the lead for evolving means to prevent further lawlessness.
It was only by an appeal for rule by law, he continued, that you could rally the Dominions and the United Stales. To allow further degeneration in the situation was to make war inevitable.
Sir Archibald Sinclair, Opposition Liberal Leader, declared that mational rearmament alone could give no security against war, which could only be averted and the freedom and independence of all nations secured by strengthening the League and the system of collective security against active aggression. well to put British policy beyond the risk of misunderstanding or doubt in the mind of the ordinary citizen.
"In the meantime," continued "The Times," "the most urgent and immediate aspect of rearmament is to equip the home population with the knowledge and organization for self-defence against the risk of demoralization and chaos under a sudden invasion by air.'—Reuter.
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