Broadcasting to the nation last night, Mr. Chamberlain said:—"Early this morning without warning or excuse Hitler added another to the horrible crimes, which have already disgraced his name, by his sudden attack on Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. In all history no other man has been responsible for such a hideous total of human suffering and misery as he.
"He has chosen a moment when perhaps it seemed to him that this Country was entangled in the throes of political crisis and when he might find it divided against itself. If he has counted on our internal differences to help him he has miscalculated the mind of this people.
"I am not now going to make any comment on the debate in Commons Which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday last, but when it was over I had no doubt in my mind that some new and drastic action must be taken if confidence was to be restored fo the House of Commons and the war carried on with the vigour and energy which are essential to victory.
"What was that ection to be? It is clear that at this critical moment (Continued on page 10, col. 5)
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