London, Mar. 19.
The International situation continues to be the main subject of political interest and of the speeches made both by ministers and their supporters as well as Opposition speakers.
The Air Minister, Lord Swinton speaking in the Midlands last night, said: "We are united the determination that our country should be strong, not merely to protect our own interests, but because the strength of Britain is perhaps the greatest factor in the preservation of the peace of the world." What happened in Austria, he said, has been a great shock to the confidence in a world that, more than anything else, needed confidence, and was a serious deterrent to the promotion of those good relations which have been the continuous object of the Government to seek and to achieve.
"It is well" Lord. Swinton continued, "that. not only we in this
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