Mr. Chamberlain Declares Government Cannot Be Hustled; Finland Given All Aid Possible London, Mar. 19.
GITATION for a more vigorous prosecution of the war amounted {0 a reflection upon the Government, declared Mi Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, in the House of Commons this afternoon.
The House was crowded, in anticipation of a statement on the German air raid on Scapa Flow and the possible result of the mission of Mr. Sumner Welles to the belligerent Powers.
The diplomatic gallery was: filled with representatives of all nations.
Tu a speech which was punctuated with applause-throughout, Mr, Chamberlain explained that the Government could not be hustled into position which might be dangerous, if not disastrous, to the nation. He dwelt briefly on the Scapa Flow raid and the Welles mission, denying that any capital ships had been damaged in the raid, and reve: 1g little more than had been published in official communiques on Mr, Welles' interviews the Allied authorities, So far ay the more vigorous prosection of the war was concerned, stated that the Allied Goveruments relied upon expert advice as the time and place when the Allies could best exert extreme pressure on the enemy. The major portion of hix speech was, however, devoted to the Allies policy: in regard to Finland,
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