The course the Government, had chosen indicated the sincerity of their desire to reach an agreement, but was not necessarily an indication of wise judgment in international airs, declared Mr. Anthony Eden, in explaining his resignation as For eign Secretary to his constituents at Leamington last evening.
could not help feeling, he said, that it was perfectly possible'to stand firm and obtain the same results, they had to be obtained, without the risks attending the present course. He was deeply anxious whether it was to be an agreement on a soli basis or an agreement, if they could wet It, regardless of basi The Government's decision, Mr. Eden proceeded, had been made and Parliament had endorsed it, The Government must go ahead, and he sincerely wished them every success.
"Now or Never" was due, to some extent, to ill-health was emphatically denied by Mr. Eden.
His decision was taken, he said, because of his conviction that no other course was open to him. He was more than ever convinced that his decision was the right one—Reuter.
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