London, Oct. 6. ions during the recent crisis was yisonous defence of his acti made by the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in on the international situation in Hirope in the House of Commons up the four-day debate s today.
have been charged," he said, "with cowardice, weakness, prion and stupidity, I hat ye been accused of bringing the Fiuntry to the edge of war, anc d 1 have been denied the merit snatching it back to safety.
Some of those who have made fat accusation across the floor of the House have very quickly fugoiten the conditions last week. reve haa to go. through, day "toordy who hat Doon trou lof Commons yesterday, submitting motion "that the House approves the ete fo te withthe eheusht polley of his Majesty's Government, Shak sent He woul Be I Whereby war has been averted in the tat oad to ay tet "Fes recent crisis, and supports their efforts No' which would decide the fate to secure a lasting peace. of "Sint of my fellow-esuntemen The Liberal Opposition have decid san th led to support the Labour amendment eho Tas been Shoough at can really to the Government's motion when foreer it the division is taken in the Commons this afternoon.
Dia Avert Wa The utmost that the Premier has Looking back on those events, T been able to secure by his immense fect convinced that by my action I Jexertions has been that Herr Hitler, fi avert war (cheers). instead of snatching his victuals from the table, has been content to have ido not claim any credit for my was only what anyone in them served to him course by course, iron would feel it his duty [declared Mr. Winston Churchill in his ery attack yesterday on the Govern-postern equally sure T was Fight doing it"
Si" crisis, Sir John stated-—YFaltowing Mr. Chamberlain's speech, ne House expressed its confidence in the Government's foreign policy by She voles against 144 in the division Gri the Government motion white the "I wish to say quite plainly and! firmly that the French Government Jand Ourselves did no injury to Czechoslovakia because we brought them face to face with that alternative," Sir john stated.
Doubt over Wilson Doctrine He confessed that he found very [great dilcalty in believing that the famous {ormula of President Wilson could be applied satisfactorily in all Me, Greenwood demanded active support for collective security throu ieee cogue, "and. the immediate Initiation of proposals summoning World 'Conference, to consider the Femoval of economic and' paliieal Nar. Greenwood said that many] fiked to believe that Britain was now fealing with a new German Chancel for Gut' "1" cannot. honestly" andi Sincerely take this viewpoint"
"There was no provision in the formula for the fact that they might find in the same place people of extremely oppenite attachments, "races President Wilson did not seem to Ihave heard of the problem that "birds fof. feather do not necessarily flock together." There were enormous difficulties in applying the Wilsonian Goetrine.
Dream of "Mitteleuropa" their misgivings were realized a way was opened up for Germany to the south and to the south-east, and her dream of a "Mitteleuropa" would 'Far from the Government's' policy having secured peace, a new situation had arisen with the victims of Herr Hitler, the rehabilitation of Signor Mussolini, and the dread possibilities 'Sit John declared that he oped of the future. the 'Soviet would be willing to join 'Tnis situation, Mr. Greenwood de-Inthe guarantee of Czechoslovaki cared, had placed Great Britain and "the Government had no intention Such friends' as she had left in dive whatever of excluding the Soviet from ce any future strement in Europe Par. Gainsford, Liberal, said that! whether Munich was a prelude to ers Opposition dout civilization fed. been saved from an Sverwhelming disaster, too terrible to larger settlements in Europe, Sir John desired to express his personal "There is nothing in previous steps gratitude to Mr Chamberlain for taken by Nazi Germany, or in "Mein What be had done. He was sure that Kampf." to. justify any confident future generations would regard. the optimism. That is plain enough.
Premiers achievements as "one of the most magnificent personal deeds re= Wrong to Take Despatring View forded in history "Reuter.
"But it is equally wrong to persist Mr. Churehit!'s Denunclation doggedly and, without giving new facts, to take the despairing view that London, Oct. 4 as things have been, they will re-'An extremely violent speech against main," (Ministerial Cheers). the Government's policy was delivered Enumerating the new considerations and new features emerging out of the!
"For the frst time, Herr Hitler has made some concession. It must have been a very difficult thing for the head of a totalitarian state to retract ike a motor-car that has no reverse gear (laughter).
"The British Government, and most for all the head of the British Gov-
Guienment insated'on a vote for the tate on fo
Cijporment of. the" House uni Auventer i, "which motion, after iter sbecion' was ofteredby" the Cppostin, was passed by a vision ernment, is no longer an abstraction to Germany.
"Not all the machinery of Dr, Goebbels could prevent the presence of the British Prime Minister. from being known by the German people. fir, Chamberlain, pointed out that wariotay wag afferent Som what toed (0 be, "Nowndays, at the very fist nour it would strike the work:
ma, the clerk the mancinethe-street tnt: vite and children, Since went. to. Berchtesgaden,"
eontned, "20 000 letters and tele~ omg have reached No. 10 Dowsing Siret, Tehave seen enough of ther teonow that the writers did not feel rap aease for: war {0 prevent Sudeten "Germans foining, the' Reich, advised the Czechs repeatedly come to terms, with the Sudeten "Athen Germany. mobilized. we uttered no pledge, but we did warn ter soveral'times that' if France tame involved. in. consequence of for obligations to Czechoslovakia, we would be bound to support her"
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