Sir John Simon Addresses Luncheon Audience London, Nov. 2
Great Britain had a reputation of always being unprepared, but this time plans were prepared in advance and far exceeded, in all sorts of directions, anything she had achieved in her previous history, declared Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at a luncheon today.
If the full blast of the hurricane had come immediately, he added, the people of this country would have had good reason to appreciate the value of these preparations, Sir John Simon declared that it was wonderful proof of the courage and determination of the British people that an institution like his Budget should have been accepted so calmly and readily by practically the entire nation—Reuter, "Whereas" the preamble recited" "it is manifest that the German Government have deliberately embarked on a policy of endeavouring to destroy all seaborne trade between Allied and other countries by ruthless use of the forces at their disposal, contrary to the laws and customs..of_war,.the rights of neutrals and the obligations of humanity, this action on the part of the German Government gives His Majesty's Government the unquestionable right of retaliation."
The Order comes into force after Monday, December 4.—Reuter.
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