The Archive · 1938

Mr. Chamberlain's Motto

London, Sept. 29.

Cabinet Ministers and High Commissioners for the British Dominions gathered at Heston airport today to bid God-speed to Mr. Neville Chamberlain, and success in his momenious mission at Munich.

Mr. Chamberlain, who took off at 8.39 am., was greatly pleased at their presence. He knew nothing of the send-off which was to be given to him when he kissed his wife goodbye in the lighted hall at No. 10 Downing Street, in sight of a small crowd which had gathered outside.

Smiling broadly in the direction of a large and cheerful crowd at Heston, Mr. Chamberlain declared, before boarding the plane, that he was following the motto:—

"If at first you don's succeed, try, try again."

"When I come back," he went on, "I hope that I may be able to say as Hotspur says in "King Henry IV. Out of this mettle, danger, we plucked this flower, safety.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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