The Archive · 1937

Government Urged to Lead

The Archbishop said he did not personally join in any call to the British Government to act alone without regard to the support of other nations, but they were entitled to ask the Government, if à protest and appeal were unavailing, to take the lead in letting it be known that they The audience of 10,000, particularly the many Chinese scattered throughout the hall, were stirred by Mr Chang's vivid description of the hor-tors of the war in China, A feature of his speech was the complete absence of any attack against the Japanese, and it was left Lady Violet Bonham-Carter to give it to the audience by demanding a world-wide economic boycott against Japan.

Mr. Herbert Morrison, Secretary to the London Labour Party, in voicing the same demand, wished the Chinese. people every success in their resistance to aggression, but said it would be far better that it should be made impossible for Japanese aggression to be continued.

Other messages were received from Mr. Winston Churchill Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Liberal leader; Mr. Gilbert Murray, Chairman of ihe League. of Nations Union, and Mr. Ben-Tillot, Secretary of the Dock, Wharf and General Workers' Union.

Mr. Tillot trusted that dockers throughout the world would stop

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