THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 5, 1938.
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LABOUR MOTION OF CENSURE REJECTED BY PARLIAMENT Premiér Refuses To Consider Election Demand
Condemns Implications Of
Labour Manifesto
London, To-day.
LI CHUNG-JEN-BRITAIN'S
IN FIGHTING LINE
Hankow, To-day- Gencial Li Chung-jen, comman- der-in-chief of the Chinese forces in Shantung, arrived in the battle area from his headquarters in the rear on Sunday night, and is now directing operations in the fight- ing lines-Trans-Ocean.
without knowledge.”
NO POLICY CHANGE /
DECISIVE WAR STRENGTH
London, To-day.
Mr. Malcolm Mac- donald, Dominions Secre tary, winding up the de- bate in the House of
The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, was loudly cheered by Government supporters in the House of Commons yesterday when he rose to reply to the Labour motion of censure. Mr. Chamberlain recalled that less than a fortnight who obviously does not speak Commons on the Labour vote of censure, emphas- ago he made a lengthy and carefully consider- ed statement regarding the policy of the Gov- In his reply, the Prime Minister ised that British policy is ernment, and expressed the opinion that it said that if it is true that the
League cannot properly be describ-certainly not dictated by would not serve any useful purpose if he re-ed as the keystone of British po- any weakness.
have 'If our policy of appeasement is drawn into peated it, even though in somewhat different licy it is not because we
changed our policy, but we say it is fails, and Britain terms.
in no state to fulfil the condition war," he declared, we can make which is essential for collective sea contribution to that war which
The Prime Minister alleged that the Labour Party was endeavouring to exploit for party pur poses, the difficulties in the international situation.
the
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He was convinced they were pro,ernment had no intention of chang- foundly mistaken, for, from aling its policy regarding non-inter- sources of information on which hevention in Spain. had been able to draw, the policy of the Government had won general approval not only of the whole country but practically of the whole world, with the possibl. exception of Russia.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
of
curity.
The Prime Minister said that the
Government had no intention changing its policy regarding intervention in Spain.
oi
will be decisive.
"Britain is powerful not only on her account of her great wealth, non-military and naval strength, and the superb qualities of her people when tested, but because we draw unique strength from the fact that Empire we are the centre of an whose territories stretch right round the earth”
Mr. Macdonald was convinced that the great majority of his fellow Dominions agree citizens in the
the British Government's
with policy.
LIBERAL DEMAND The Liberal Party Opposition He asserted that no Government Leader, Sir Archibald Sinclair, rosc with an ample majority ever went after the Prime Minister and said he to the country on such feeble op-thought it a mistake to have had Prim position, and added it was no time the debate. He said the to disturb the country which was Minister's policy had not won the in the throes of the armament pro-country's approval nor that of th
Dominions and the whole of the
Mr. Chamberlain, he said, could The fighting qualities Mr.rest of the world as the Prime Min-
give many proofs of the Dominions Chamberlain's speech, and the argu-ister had claimed.
to "Call the League of Nations to support, but contented himself with statement of ments with which he sought answer the opposition points, gether before it is too late to rally quoting the recent
to the forces of freedom and justice General Hertzog, the South African aroused Government supporters
said Sir Archibald Sinclair. "We Premier, saying that Mr. Chamber- a high pitch of enthusiasm. VOTE REJECTED
want to put peace, law and justice lain had his full support. The House of Commons defeated in the world on the moral basis of Mr. Macdonald concluded by ask- the Labour vote of censure on the the Covenant of the League of Na- ing the House to show the measure of support-Reuter. Government by 359 votes to 152-tions."--British Wireless. Reuter.
Mr. Chamberlain, referring tgramme. the League of Nations, said it was still a fact that they looked forwar. to the time when the League would be so strengthened and revitalise: that it would be an effective instru- ment for prevention of war and establishment of a settled peace in the world.
They would do their best to in crease the efficiency of the Leagu until it was capable of performin: those functions.
TRANSPARENT HYPOCRISY MR. GREENWOOD'S
They still intended to make the fullest use of the League within the limits that must be recognised, but to-day the League was in no stat to fulfil the conditions which Earl Baldwin laid down as essential to collective security.
To deny that was merely a piece of wilful transparent hypocrisy.
CHARGES
The Prime Minister said it was the fifteenth debate on foreign affairs in nine weeks. Such concentrated attention on one subject must be unprecedented in British parliä- mentary history,
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The debate was raised by Mr. Greenwood, who directed chief at- tention to the Spanish situation reduce your expenses considerably by and to the question of foreign assistance το the Nationalist
Examining the principal point in the recent Labour Manifesto, Mr. Chamberlain said one of the proposals therein constituted noth- ing less than a proposal for au of fensive and defensive alliance be tween France, Russia and ourselve forces. against some other power or group of powers.
Mr. Greenwood said he could give particulars of a number of Could that be called collective se-new aeroplanes which had gone to curity? It only showed that the Spain since Mr. Eden's resigna- party opposite never bothered totion. He could prove a large ac- look at the mixture inside the cession of military strength to the bottle, as long as the label outside Nationalist forces. was right. (Laughter).
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and
and types
of
"I have the figures the numbers
The proposal would divide Europe the aeroplanes that have gone into two camps, and so far from there. I have photostat copies of making a contribution to peace, German documents showing the
German into structure of the
air would inevitably plunge us"
squadrons, one of which destroyed
war.
It might be a good plan to call the last British ship that was a world conference to discuss poli- destroyed I have the names of tical and
economic appeasement, the Germans who were in the aero- but he was of the opinion that dis-plane that destroyed that ship. It cussion between individual powers was brought down when bombing was much more likely to be suc- the Spanish railway line. I have cessful in removing the existing here a photostat copy and the iden- tification card of an officer who causes of friction.
Mr. Chamberlain said the Gov- makes very serious admissions and
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