THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 3, 19401
TO
WIN
THE
PEACE
Labour Leader On Attitude Of Neutrals
Allies Decision
Given Warm Support
LONDON, TO-DAY. “WE WISH TO SEE NO EXTENSION OF THE WAR, BUT WE WISH TO BRING IT TO AN END AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE,” DECLARED MR. C. R. ATTLEE, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION, IN A BRIEF SPEECH FOLLOWING MR. CHAMBER- LAIN'S STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF COM- MONS YESTERDAY.
"We can do that," he went on, "by getting all neu- tral nations to understand that the war con- cerns them, because we are fighting for their lives as well as our own.
glad Mr. Attlee said he was note that Anglo-French collaboration the was not to stop at the end of
war.
to view of international law which en- abled the enemy to use it for own de- signs, and he thought the neutrals-un- derstood this situation and would con- sider how far some" "States' were "free agents. 17
Many of the troubles from which they were suffering to-day arose from misunderstandings between Britain and France after the victory gained
in the last war.
Their task was not merely to win the war. It was equally vital that they should win the peace. Referring to the neutrals, Mr. Attlee said he was quite convinced that the overwhelming opinion in all the De- the mocracies was on the side of Allies.
FIGHTING THEIR BATTLE "They know perfectly well
that
we are fighting their battle, and they. know quite well that there will be no more international law if we do not win.
"We have got to preserva
in- ternational law above all by de- feating the aggressor." The Allies
could not stand for
PRESS APPROVAL
LONDON, TO-DAY.
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THE PRESS 18 ALMOST UN- ANIMOUS IN THE COURSE OF EDITORIALS ON MR. CHAMBER- LAIN'S SPEECH IN EMPHASISING THAT THE NEUTRALS KNOW THAT THEIR ONLY" HOPE OF SURVIVAL AS NATIONS. LIES THE OVERTHROW OF THESINAZI REICH AND IN POINTING OUT
IN
Leakages In the blockade, wherever they were occurring must be closed and economic warfare made effective. Mr. Attlee said he wanted to see a rigorous policy carried out by the Allies both in the economic and diplomatic fields-Reuter.
NAZIS AND CHAMBERLAIN SPEECH
Berlin, To-day....... Nazi political circles regard Mr. Chamber- lain's speech as show- ing that the Western Powers will "regard the rights of neutrals as non- existent if this suits their aims."-Reuter.
ENERGETIC ACTION
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SWEDEN TO DEFEND HERSELF
Stockholm, To-day.
"If our territory is attack- ed we must repel the aggres- sors with all the forces at our command,”. declared M. Skoeld, the Swedish Minister of Defence, speaking at Up- sala yesterday..
He added that should anyone threaten their independence they would take up arms and "defend themselves to the best of their abil-- ity.
As long as the great Powers were engaged in a struggle to the death, Sweden's fate remained' uncertain. At any moment now Stockholm, To-day.
and serious dangers might ariso The "Tidningen," referring to M.
and 'they must always be ready. speech, considers the |Molotov's
Sweden was a small country and rumours of a possible rapprochement between the Soviet and the Western the means at their disposal did not permit them to indulge in threats. Powers are certainly premature.
increases the Consequently they must seek their "Molotov's speech mistrust against the Soviet Union from independence in a policy of neutral- every side. Mr. Churchill's streng-ity which was based on respect of and which thens the impression that the Western Sweden's legal rights Powers are now completely determin- treats the belligerents in an Impar- led to take energetic action."-Reuter. | tial manner.-Reuter.
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"The Times" "says that regard for the decencler of international-conduct cannot deter the Allies from
prò-
secution of the economic war to the very utmost of their power, "
The "Daily Telegraph" states, that economic warfare is not only añ offensive against the Nazi Reich but a defence of neutrals from Nazi de- mands.
The "Manchester Guardian', writes that our new stringency-of blockade may force Germany to try and break the cordon-Reuter,”
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