London, Feb. 17.
The pledge given by his predecesser, the present Lord Baldwin, that conscription would not be introduced in peace time by his Government applied equally to the present administration, declared Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, in reply to a question in the House of Commons to-day.
Asked if the pledge applied to all forms of compulsory service, both military and civil, the Prime Minister replied in the afürmative.—Reuter, CE
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