THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 22, 1989
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"BRAZEN EFFRONTERY" Mr. Attlee's Comment On Premier's Speech Alleges Premier's NO PLANS BY
Sacrifice Of Moral Principles
London, To-day.
JAPAN FOR NEW "CENTRAL GOVERNMENT"
Peiping, To-day. General Nemoto, high- Japaness
that no steps were being taken at present for formation of a “cen- tral government of China." Router.
Mr. C. R. Attlee, Leader of the Labour Opposition, political officer, stated yesterday
replying to Mr. Neville Chamberlain in the House of Commons yesterday, accused the Prime Minister of unwarrantable complacency and brazen effrontery.
EVIDENCE
Mr. Attlee said the Prime Minister should have DESCRIBED AS
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shown enthusiasm for appeasement and dis- armament seven years ago.
was rather disgusting to find country in the world. That was the Prime Minister triumphing at the end of the League.
These arms were measures of the Prime Mimistor's failuro and not his success. There was nood for a real Minister of Defence.
Events of the past year had up- set the balance of forces. on the Continent.
Mr. Attlee maintained that from collective security, Britain had been reduced almost to isolation
with one effectivo ally.
APPROACH TO RUSSIA?
from every point of view, not only from the financial and economic strength of the country but through association of the whole people,
GREAT COMFORT
TISSUE OF LIES
London, To-day.
PUBLICATION OF MACMAHON CORRESPONDENCE
London. To-day.
The official text of f the cones pondence between the British High Commissioner, Sir Henry Mac- Mahon, 1915 to 1916, and Sherif Hussein, publication of which has been promised by the British Government, will be laid before the Arab Committee for examina- tion before being made public.
This course was, decided upon so that, before, publication, both sides could acknowledge the text to be correct.
The English text is the transla- tion of a note in Arabic written by Sir Henry MacMahon to Sherif
Describing the evidence as a tissue of lies," Mr. Dummett, Husseini, Bow Street Magistrate, sentenced Sigfritt Gembicki, to six months' imprisonment, in a passport case,
Upon the alleged assurances contained in this note to the Arab authorities, the Arabs at present In London base their case.
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It was a great comfort and ad- Gembicki had asserted that he According to the Arab view, the the was a German financial adviser and original text of the MacMahon ditional security that both Opposition parties, despite the that he had been beaten in a Ger- Note leaves no doubt that at the many grievous differences which man-concentration camp. The time of negotiations with the existed, were in no way challeng papers wrote of "Financier tortur- Sherif, England had no thought of ing the principle of this exceptional ed" and "Whipped Refugee bears excluding Palestine from the ter measure which the Government felt marks of lashings."
ritory regarding which the Arabs it its duty to propose.
When Mr. Dummett heard the had raised a demand for indepen- Tho coming year would · see case, it was proved that Gembicki dence, Mr. Attlee asked whether con- very great acceleration of our de- was never smuggled out of Ger- The Arab Committee will as versations had taken place with fensive strength. For the first
many as he had alleged and that semble for its first session Russia with regard to trying to time, British aircraft factories his trip to England had been made Thursday. bring more stability into the world would be earning sums on a scale on a Danish passport.
'. From Whitherto only attained by Germany. evidence revealed that there were that Prince Husseini of Yemen had official circles, denials Medical
were issued last night of rumours There was widespread dismay NO LIMITED LIABILITY no marks of flogging. because people believed the Prime The Government's reply came].
refused to take any further part in Minister had sacrificed moral prin- from Mr. W. S. Morrison, Chancel- In passing sentence, Mr. Dum-the Conference. The Prince who ciples of the utmost importance. lor of the Duchy of Lancaster, as mett said "the man has never been is at present in Paris, is, as here-
That did not mean timt Mr. spokesman in the House of Com-logged and the whole evidence we tofore, fully informed Chamberlain should go to war mons for Lord Chatfield, Co-ordina-have been able to investigate has labours of the Conference, and but he should take the side of tion Defence Minister.
proved to be a tissue of. lies.”— there is no question, whatever of Mr. Morrison said: "The taking
Trans-Ocean. freedom and democracy and the
his abandoning it. - Trans-Ocean. rules of law.
of defence measures of a very con→ Feeling was that Mr. Chamber- siderable character does not denote lain was on the side of aggression, that we are subscribing to the in- wrong and dictatorship. (Minis-vitability of war" terial laughter).
situation.
BLOODLESS WAR
Mr. Winston Churchill, who fol- lowed Mr. Attlee, described the present period of history as a period of bloodless war.
They had hoped and prayed that this war would remain bloodless, and that subsequently real peace would emerge,
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Dealing with the part the Army would play in the event of a con- tinental war, Mr. Morrison said the Government fully agreed that once involved in war we could not proceed upon the principle of limit- ed liability. (Cheers).
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INITIAL STAGES
"All our resources would have to be thrown in. What we have to consider now is preparation which In the present midway position, would have to be made for the unparalleled in our history, it was initial stage of war if it happened. essential to realisation of our "The Government have no diffi- hopes that the full strength of culty in giving assurances that the Britain, actual and potential, conversations already begun be should be used to the highest ad- tween the British and French Staffs vantage by the Chancellor of the will naturally cover the respective Exchequer.
rolea to be played in the first It was right, therefore, that the stages of a conflict. Chancellor should use the powerful CONSISTENT AND COMPLETE
avy weapon of British credit.
"We do not contemplate an ac- FACTOR OF CONFIDENCE cumulation of reserves or of a war It seemed that the right balance potential in peace time on a scale had been struck by the Chancellor comparable with that prevailing between revenue and loan expendi- in the later stages of the Great ture in defence.
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War,
This massive Loan Bill had been “We intend our plan to be con- a factor of confidence at home and sistent and complete
men, munt- factor upon the side of stability tions and war potential all to take their appropriato place in relation abroad.
It was not the British way to to each other."
indulgo in:
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any tion was carried. Reuter,
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