"We cannot shut our eyes to what going on elsewhere, and we must make our country safe" declared Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the course of a speech to-night: in his constituency, h the Edgbaston division of Birmingham.
The Government, he said, was determined to bulld up an alr force "possessed of such terrific striking power, power to inflict such terrific Jdamage on the enemy, that anyone will think a very long time before they start hostilities."
"We are not expecting war," Mr. Chumberiain continued. "We hope it will never come, but we must be [prepared for eventuallties,"—Reuter,
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