A roar of sympathetic cheers greeted the Prime Minister as he en= fered a crowded House yesterday 10 make his statement on Austria, 'Many of the members occupied seats in the side galleries, while foreign ambassadors were among those present in the Strangers' Gallery.
For the most parl, Mr, Chamberlain's speech was heard in attentive lence, but cheers greeted the passage In which he rebutted the German Government's, contention that the British Government was not within its rights in interesting itself in the independence of Austria, In this question, the Prime Minister declared, the interest of the British Government could nol, on any tenable ground, be denied.
The cheers wore renewed when he sternly "condemned the methods adopted throughout Friday's events. He stated that such methods had administered a profound shock to all who were interested in the preservation of peace in Europe.
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