He said he was not surprised at] the expressions of opinion that the peace proposals went too far, but he id not expect that deeper' fopling that emerged among many Conservatives in different parts of the coun try on grounds of what he might call Jconseience and honour.
He wag convinced that the pro: posals were not supported by the Inecessary volume of popular opinion. While the Government had always The Prime Minister emphasized that. the Government stood where It always stood—that British polley was based on the League. his adherence (o collective He said he dreaded the reaction in this country if Britain had to take part ina unilateral war, 'Men would say," he proceede that if, by adherence to the League, we find ourselves standing alone to do what ought to be done by everybody, then this should be the last time' they would allow the Government to commit Itself to collective security, because next time the war might be nearer home than the Mediterranean.'
On the subject of the eMeacy of sanctions, Mr. Baldwin said that probably, with the world and the League all acting at once, they would bbe completely effective, "but we have not got that to-day. Therefore, if the League at any time, in imposing sanetions, get to any point where an aggressor nation would feel he would rather fight the League than endure them, the Leugue has to be sure of all those who have power to render help and render it immediately."
The ultimate sanction of the League itself, the Prime Minister proceeded, was an immensely superior force, but It was little good unless it could be employed immediately. If it could not, there was an awful danger of slowly dragging one country after nother into war, with no one able to tell what the end would be.
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