London, June 25.
66 YY/HAT we are resolved to oppose is the use of force to hi ing about changes which should be determined by discussion ce-operation, and I trust that, in spite of all dangerous possibilities, which are only too appar rent, people who in all country ery for peace may yet find the patience and will to achieve it," declared Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, in a fighting speech before an open-air Conse! rvative demonstration at Cardiff yesterday.
In the course of his extremely long address the Prime Minister speaking of the Tientsin situation, emphasized that no British Government could submit to dictation from another Power as to its foreign policy, He also referred to the growing It was in this spirit. that she right "of Groat Brun: the: Royal framed and passed the Government four and Sts ettect in sicengthening of India Act and, again, it was the nes of the Empire st a time when this "spirit that she developed " the the need for Imperial unity "war nat conception of Dominion status rear, and Great Britain's colonial within the Empire, Perper r any These sister nations, still united by "Perhaps an example of the ji allegiance to the King, and this unity or fate decled rs Chamberils, of thought and sentiment, made the that during the Fast 12 months British "Empire today one of the who have so often proclaimed mysoit bulwarks of peace, "since all the man of besee, and ave tage sich world knew that it was to the sienuots efforts to preserve ft, have establishment and the "maintenance hardly ever been tree from ancy of peace that Britain's united efforts feaused by. the aggressive action of would always be devoted, sits ih/one of shee pari of he Tientsin Situation Bui though: no one. can_ seta Meanwhile, Mr. Chamberlain con-higher vote on peace than do, tinued, "we have been reminded that have: never failed to realize tha in Europe is not the only centre of dis-the. world a5 we find it today," turbance by recent events in the Far Unarmed nation has litle chance of East, making is voice heard, "A local dispute between ourselves and the Japanese over the alleged Confidence In Growing Strength complicity of certain Chinese ina When I compare the state of our murder has been followed by the armed forees and our ability to resi blockade of the British and French attack, og it is today, with what it Concessions in Tientsin and by the was only a year ago, I feel we can high-handed, insulting treatment of {face the future with calm confidence British subjects by Japanese soldiers. in our growing strength.
"The matter has been further com-"Our Navy today is the most plicated by public statements on the powerful in the world. Our Army art of local Japanese officials, makfs daily increasing in numbers, effing incidents a pretext for far-reach-Jeieney and equipment and, as fo the ing and quite inadmissible claims for 'Air Force, C will not give dgures, the alteration of a policy which we bhut I can' tell you it has expanded and other governments have hitherto uring these 12 months at a rate far followed in these regions, [beyond expectations. In the quality No Submitting Po Dictation Jor its personnel and the speed and power of its machines, it is unexcel-'Up to the present, no formal Jed by the air force' of any oth Nor do I forget the fourth arm—- that of civil defence—whieh wade great progress and is now raidly organizing itself to" function smoothly and effectively if any emersene should arise.
"These mighty armaments threaten no one, but they are available today. {to resist aggression or domination, The agreements we have made, and the guarantees given to ollier European Powers, have only the same purpose—to strengthen the peace front and to protect the independence of States whose faith in their own security thas been shaken by the fate of others.
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