For the Prime Minister to sign the Anglo-German declaration without consulting his Cabinet colleagues, the Dominions or expert and diplomatic advisers, Mr. Duff Cooper stated, was mot the way in which the foreign affairs of the British Empire should be conducted.
"The Prime Minister." he said, "be-Moves that he can rely on the' good faith of Herr Hitler, who he thinks! is only interested in Germans. I hope Jand pray that he is right in believing that he can come to a reasonable settlement of all outstanding questions with Hitler, "But as cannot believe that, it better that 1 should go."
Prime Minister Replies Ministerialist cheers resounded in the House when the Prime Minister rose at 3.31 to speak.
He first asked to be excused answering Mr, Duff-Cooper today, although," he added, "I have nothing to withdraw or regret" (Ministerial cheers).
Mr. Chamberlain then began analysing the position when the Munich meeting began.
Time, he declared, was an essential factor, as all elements were present, for an outbreak, which might have precipitated a catastrophe.
Comparing the difference between the Gedesberg ultimatum and. the [Munich Agreement, the Prime Minister suid that every fair-minded man must agree that very considerable modifications were secured all in the same direction, namely, the direction of orderly procedure. It was no longer: jan ultimatum, he asserted, and could hot be regarded as a personal or national triumph for anybody.
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