Mr. Chamberlain emphasized that the British Government had always made clear that it would strongly disapprove of the application of violent methods to a solution of this problem The hard fact, he said, was that nothing could have arrested these action unless Great Britain and others had been prepared to use cree to prevent them.
"I imagine that, according to the temperament of the individual, the events in our minds to-day will be the cause of regret and sorrow and, perhaps, indignation. (cheers)
"They cannot be regarded by the Government with indifference and equanimity. They are bound to have effects that cannot be measured."
Mr. Chamberlain pointed out that the immediate results must be to intensify the sense of uncertainty and insecurity in Europe.
"We must consider the new situation clearly," he declared, "but with cool judgment and confidence."
At the same time that Mr. Chamberlain was making his statement in the House of Commons, Viscount Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, was giving a similar account of the Austrian situation in the House of Lords. Lord Snell (Labour) and Lord Mersey (Liberal) intimated that they did not desire a debate on the subject immediately, but reserved the right to an early debate—Reuter The "Central China
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