"No_mere assurance from the present German Government. could. be accepted by. us," Mr. Chamberlain Stressed, "For that_ Government have too often proved in the past that their undertakings are worthless When it suits them that they should be broken. If, therefore, proposals are made, "we shall! certainly examine them and we will test them the light of what 1 have just said.
"Nobody desires the war to con tinue for one unnecessary day, but the overwhelming mass of opinion in
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