Mr. Arthur Henderson,. Labour member for Kingswinford, Staffordshire, then asked if the House could take it, that the United Kingdom Government did not share the pessimist! outlook of Mr. Pirow regarding the possibility of war in spring.
Mr. MacDonald: "The attitude of His Majestys Government has been very faithfully stated by the Prime Minister and other ministers."
On the cession of territories, Mr. MacDonald said that recent statements in the House had related to questions of the transfer of territory under the administration of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. Consultation with the Dominions Governments had not, therefore, been necessary.
The general views of the Dominions Governments on the question of the future of Mandated Territories under their administration were well known, Mr. Geoffrey Mander, Opposition Liberal for Wolverhampton then asked if he might take it that the views of the Dominion Governments were the same as those of the United Kingdom Government regarding the cession of Mandated Territories.
Mr. MacDonald: "I have no reason to: suppose that they differ in any way.
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