The necessity for a strong British attitude in international affairs was emphasized yesterday by Mr. Antony Eden, former Foreign Secs tary, in a speech delivered at St ford-on-Avon, birthplace of England's famous William Shakespeare.
"The international situation is now tar worse than it was six, months ago, and it is still steadily deteriorate w'Mr. Eden declared. where are some people who belove that its immediate issues can somehow be solved without resort to force and that the ambitions of all the powers of Europe will then largely be met and the exis be tided over.
con find no justification for such hopes, which seem to me ill-founded seamy -convietion is growing that ined retreat can only lead to ever-widening confusion.
"The British people know that a stand must be made. They pray that it may not be too late."
Mr. Eden concluded "in asserting that the most Important task at pres-clit. is the amelioration of Anglo-'Americar: understanding.
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