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And since we have been compelled to take up arms, we shall not lay them down until we are assured that Europe is freed from the threats that have so long paralysed the life of her people." This is among the striking extracts of the speech prepared by Mr, Neville Chamberlain and read today at the Mansion House luncheon by Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, deputising for the Prime Minister, who is indisposed.
Referring to the appeal of Netherlands and Belgian sovereigns, Mr, Chamberlain appreciated the lofty motives actuating the two sovereigns, but confessed that he was not hopeful for a satisfactory response from Herr Hitler, in view of past experience.
Before replying to the Royal offer, he went on, the British Government would consult with the Dominions and Allies, who stood shoulder shoulder with them in the struggle.
This War, Mr, Chamberlain continued, was the strangest of wars, which' in the form it had hitherto been waged, must seem to be no war at all, but rather a sort of siege, They did not know, he said, how long this phase would last, or when ther at any moment it might be changed into a violent conflict. But they could see, at any rate, he declared, that the position of the Allies had, as, the weeks gone by rather strengthened than deteriorated, The treaty between Great Britain, France and Turkey, Mr, Chamberlain went on would be a powerful instrument of peace in south-eastern Europe, On the other hand, he declared, the Soviet pact had gained advantage for the Soviet, but had brought only humiliation and loss to Germany,
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