London, Nov. 8, It is officially announced that the German Foreign Office had suggested that the broadcast speech by Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, last night wes to be regarded as a reply to the telegram from Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold, published in London two hours earlier.
Lord Halifax had of course, it is added, prepared his speech without any knowledge of such an offer of mediation, which, as the Prime Minister stated in the House of Commons today, was receiving the careful consideration of the British Government.—Reuter.
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