After stressing that Labour will strive for universal recognition of the principle that disputes between nations should be settled by peaceful means, the message "Adds: "Unfortunately, your government has shown no real desire for a peaceful settlement of the present dispute. Reluctantly we are forced to the conclusion that the German Government, as distinct from the German people, desires to establish through Europe a rule of threats and violence instead of a rule of law and good neighbourliness, "Kept in Ignorance"
"It is clear to us that you are being kept in ignorance of the vital facts. The British Labour movement, with its Long tradition of peace and its deep desire of friendship between the people of Germany and the peoples of other countries, feels that it must support the united stand against the warlike aggression of the German Government lest the reasonable rights and liberties of all should perish.—Reuter.
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