London, June 9.
It-Comár. R.T.H. Fletcher, Labour Member for the Nuneaton Division of Warwickshire, drew the attention of the Government to recent official declarations in Germany that Britain was planning the destruction of German trade and all bases of German existence, with the view of achieving political and physical extinction of ihe German people.
In a written reply in the House of Commons today, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, said he Observed with great regret that such allegations continued to be made despite many positive declarations to the contrary made by himself and the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax.
He referred to his speeches of May 12 and May 19, and in this connection, said that he had then insisted that discussion of some adjustment of the existing state of things could only take place in an atmosphere of mutual confidence.
"I can only repeat the regret," Mr. Chamberlain stated, "that declara tions, official or otherwise, should be made by Germany which do nothing to assists the creating of such an atmosphere."—Reuter.
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