The Opposition leader, Lord Snell, intervened to express anxiety lest the observations of Lord Darnley and Lord Arnold should create misapprehension abroad regarding British public opinion, "No peace is of the slightest value" he asserted, "unless it is negotiated with a government which will keep peace; The British people, he believed, had no desire to destroy the German motion, Their sole desire was that Germany should resume her ancient and revered place in world history, Lord Snells anxieties were shown to be exaggerated when the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, replied, for he was able to describe to "their
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