was at one time the most be-praised man in Europe for his policy of "apeasement." When that fail owing to Hitler's treachery and bad faith, there was a considerable reaction against him.
But his firm conduct of the war showed that he could surmount the bitter disappointment of his hopes that the "Munich Settlement" with Hitler had saved the peace of Europe.
He could never rival the fire of Mr.
Winston Churchill, but his cola, studiously restrained manner of speaking gained warmth and effectiveness as the war continued, and his periodical surveys of events in Parliament were eagerly looked for by the House and the nation.
If his famous "appeasement" failed, the fault was not his, but that he had relied on the word of a man who knew neither faith, honour nor de-coney. There was never the slight: doubt of Mr. Chamberlain's sincerity, or that having learnt what Hitlerism meant, he became resolved that at all cost it must be destroyed.
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