Following Mr. Chamberlain's statement, the debate was opened by Mr. D. R. Grenfell, Labour member for the Gower division of Glamorgan, who declared that it was a day of humiliation and shame for "Great Britain.
"We have allowed the truth to be set aside," he said, "and allowed violence to take the place of reason and justice, and violence has triumphed.
He thought the problems of Middle Europe. with its mixed nationalities, would have to be far more carefully studied and fully understood than
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