Mr. David Lloyd George, who nowadays participates in debates less than in former times, broke his silence to deliver an attack on Mr. Chamberlain.
He declared that the Premiers complacency was shared by nobody outside Parliament.
The level of the gilt-edged securities, he went on to say, showed the genuine opinion of the Premiers City friends regarding the Munich Agreement.
Notwithstanding Mr, Chamberlain's four visits to the Continent, the clouds had darkened, and were now more lowering.
There was anxiety felt about Mr. Chamberlain's visit to Rome.
People thought he was no match for the astute, crafty, ruthless and unscrupulous dictators—and he was not.
Accusing the Premier of being obstinate, and stubborn, Mr. Lloyd George declared that he (Mr. Chamberlain) said that nothing he had done during the last eighteen months did he wish undone.
Nobody could say that unless he were very complacent.
You cannot send a man with an obsession to Rome to meet Signor Mussolini.
"The Premier seems to have the ides that he will get through by shouting Pax Vobiscum'".
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