War; Dominions Stand London, Dec. 6 "I am sure I am/ rightly inter-proting the wishes of the people of this country if I say that if any other part of the British Commonwealth is attacked, we should without hesitation go to its- aid," declared Mr, Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, in the House of Commons yesterday, in answer to a question by Mr. Arthur Henderson, Labour leader, and member for ihe Kingswinford Division of Staffordshire.
Mr. Henderson asked whether Mr Chamberlain was aware of the recent declaration by General J. B. M. Hertzog, the Prime Minister of the Union of Soüth Africa, to the effect that each Dominion could do as it liked in the event that Great Britain were involved in a war.
The Premier added that he had seen a brief press report of General Hertzog's statement, and the general position was that it was a matter for each member of the Commonwealth to decide the extent to which it would participate in any war in which another member of the Commonwealth was engaged.—Reuter.
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