the right of the German people to self-determination.
Mr. Chamberlain, after stating that the British Government had remained in the closest touch with the French Government throughout, said:
"Tt seemed to us that the methods adopted throughout called for the most severe condemnations and that they had administered a shock to all who were entrusted with the preservation of peace in Europe.
"It followed that what had passed could not have failed to have prejudiced the hope of the British Gov-vernment of removing misunderstanding between nations and promoting international ce-operation."
After the Prime Minister refuted rumours, sedulously put about in many quarters, that the Government had given consent, if not encouragement, to the idea of the absorption of Austria by Germany, he referred to the attitude of Czechoslvakia.
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