London, Sept. 2.
RITAIN and France have informed Germany' that, unless Germany suspends all aggressive action against Poland and promptly withdraws her troops from Polish territory, Britain and France''will go to the assistance of Poland with' all their armed might, declared the Prime Minister, Mr, Neville Chamberlain, when he made his eagerly awaited speech in the House s of Commons last night, "If the reply to this last warning is unfavourable," Mr. Chamberlain declared, adding grimly, "and I do not suggest that it is likely to be otherwise," then the British Ambassador in 'General Berlin would ask for his passport and "it remains for us to set our teeth and enter upon thi struggle, which we earnestly sought to avoid, with the determination. to' see it through to the end." The Prime Minister then paid tribute to the efforts of Signor Mussolini to reach a peaceful settlement of the situation and blamed Herr Hitler entirely for the apparent catastrophe that had been reached, "The German Chancellor has not hesitated to plunge the world. into Sheers. He "added, however, that Britain had no. quarrel wih tne {German peopl Tele only fault was {het they alowed. themaeives tobe pverned by a 'Nant Government, "Phe House of commons Was stowd-ed to capacity, as were the Galleries, when he momentous see ion began 'The' Prime' Minster and Mi Arthur about Gppeatdn, "were cudly 4 ab, were heered when they entered, The Prime Minister then referred to the German broadcast shortly before the invasion of Poland took place and the sentence in this: "in these circumstances the Reich Government considers its proposals rejected." These proposals, Mr. Chamberlain declared, had never been communica ated by Germany to Poland. He added that on August 29 the German Government said they would draw up proposals for a solution of the dispute, acceptable: to themselves, and would, if possible, place these at the Aisposal of the British Government before the arrival of a Polish ne-
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