Mr. Arthur Greenwood, speaking at West Bromwich, declared that Japan, doubtless inspired by her friends in Europe, had deliberately and impudently flouted both Great Britain and her own international obligations.
It must be made clear to dictatorship and militarist Powers, whether in the east or west, he asserted, that Britain and other Democracies would not tolerate this organized attempt to undermine the foundations of international law and impose the rule of force on the world.
Peace, he added, was imperilled, not because of the desires of the people of Germany, Italy and Japan, but owing to the ambitions of their rulers.
Such ambitions, Mr.
Greenwood said, must be curbed.
The speaker criticized the policy of the National Government, to which he ascribed the present threatening situation.—Reuter.
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