Mr. C. R. Attlee, the Leader of the Opposition, initiating a discussion fon Spain, stated that when the Prime Minister spoke of Signor! Mussolini's desire for peace, the people of Great Britain were more impressed by the fact that Signor Mussolini had been intervening for at least 2% years in the war.
Mr. Attlee said that the Premier would find that there was a growing feeling of disgust in Britain at the attitude taken by the British Govern-_ ment throughout the whole struggle. He added that all attempts" to minimize the contributions which Italy was making to the offensive in Catalonia_were absurd, in view of the declarations made in Italy itself. More than half of the detachments in the advance on Barcelona, Mr. Attlee alleged, were Italian, and the fall of Barcelona was hailed as a "great Italian victory."
'The action of the British Government throughout the whole of the Spanish question, with the solitary exception of the' Nyon Agreement, had been definite encouragement
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