A noteworthy sign of the hardening of British opinion, states Reuter's Diplomatic Correspondent, is the stu ing change in tone of the editorial in "The Times" and the "Daily Mail Until recently, he points out, these two journals were the two chief advocates among the British Press of a "reasonable settlement" with Ger-Many. Today, however, "The Times" describes the activities of the Gestapo, er German Secret Police, in Prague "revolting and unworthy of a civilized sta!
The "Daily Mail" states that "Herr Hitlers attitude to the world is con-our safety depends upon our armed might."
Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in answering a question in the House of Commons yesterday the large gold reserves held in London by the Czechoslovakian National Bank, said that he had asked the Bank of England not to make an exceptional transfer of this gold or Czech balances without consultation with His Majesty's Government
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