The necessity for a strong British attitude in international affairs was emphasized yesterday by Mr. Antony Eden, former Foreign Secretary, in a speech delivered at Strat. ford-on-Avon, birthplace of England's famous William Shakespeare.
"The international situation is now far worse than it was six months ago, and it is still steadily deteriorate ing," Mr. Eden declared.
"There are some people who believe that its immediate issues can somehow be solved without resort to force and that the ambitions of all the powers of Europe will then largely be met and the erfis be lided over.
"I can find no justification for such hopes, which seem to me ill-founded...My conviction is growing that continued retreat can only lead to ever-widening confusion.
"The British people know thai stand must be made. They pray tha it may not be too late."
Mr. Eden concluded in asserting that the most important task at present is the amelioration of Anglo-American understanding. am conscious that a dictatorship would not help us. I cannot lead the people to suicide."
At this juncture, however, he was interrupted by eries of "We prefer suicide. We do not want to be dishonoured."
Gen, Sirovy concluded his speech on a calm note, and later the demonstrators dispersed.
"Czechoslovakia has sacrificed herself for the sake of Europe," the Minister of Propaganda, M. Anton Vavrecka, proclaimed yesterday to a wide circle of listeners in a radio broadcast, "The Czech nation will proudly enter a new historical era ready to make another, a military effort for the sake of the motherland." he added.
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