1938-02-23 — Page 11

THE PIRATES' LAIR

Mr. Greenwood's Condemnation In Censure Debate

WINSTON CHURCHILL TAKES SIDE OF MR. EDEN

Sharp Passage Between Premier And Lloyd George

London, To-day. -

The Duce stood in need of extern- al success.

RUSH TO RESCUE!

-Mr. Chamberlain stated that evidently Mr. Lloyd George was implying that he had done some- thing disgraceful

Mr. Lloyd George replied: "Yes." Mr. Chamberlain gave a detailed explanation, showing that he had. received on Sunday from a friend, Count Grandi's intimation that

It was not easy to see why, we Count Grandi feceived

should rush to his rescue. opposition cheers).

a

(Loudfavourable reply the request whether Italy would accept the British formula, and he told the Cabinet.

Here was a case where we ought to allow time and place to part, to allow natural processes to work and the crime fully paid in kind from their own mint.

Mr. Churchill hoped the negotia- tions started would be acceptable to the House and the country, but the outlook was not very promising.

L. G. IN SCENE

who said. that the Prime

Mr. Chamberlain added that he did not see the actual document until Monday, and therefore could communicate it to anyone on Sun-

day.

EDEN SACRIFICED Mr. Lloyd George said there was no doubt that the dictators were * determined to drive Mr. Eden out

-Reuter.

The House of Commons met in a much calmer mood yesterday, when Mr. Arthur Greenwood, on behalf of the Labour opposition, moved a vote of censure. Mr. Greenwood, paying a tribute to Mr. Anthony A dramatic scene occurred dur- because he was the only man who

Eden, said he had been nobly trying to be keep-ing the speech of Mr. Lloyd George, would stand up to them. er of the nation's conscience, and accused the Minister, at the end of his speech, MOTION DEFEATED

The Labour motion of censure Government of abandoning its 1935 election [left out the crowning piece of programme in which it was declared that the to crush Mr. Eden in production Agriculture, replying for the Gov-

evidence with which he had tried was defeated by 330 votes to 168.

Mr. W. S. Morrison, Minister of League of Nations was the keystone of British of a - télegram handed him by foreign policy. Instead of doing everything on a broad interna- tional basis the Prime Minister had sneaked round the pirates' lair to try and drive a bar- gain.

Mr. Greenwood declared the Prime Minister's po- licy was a great victory for the dictatorships, and asked the Government for an assurance that they were not going to support a loan for Italy.

Count Grandi, the Italian Ambas- bador.

ernment, urged that if anything could be done to dispel the miasma of suspicion it was the bounden duty of the British Government to do it when they saw a fitting op- portunity.

Mr. Chamberlain întervened and said that unofficially Count Grandi had communicated him the contents of the telegram early on Sunday morning and,tunity were missed, another oppor- They believed that if this oppor-

might not easily

he had communicated it to the Cabinet.

Mr. Eden · said nothing had reached the Foreign Office while he was still in office but in any case it would make no difference to his decision.

SOMETHING DISGRACEFUL Mr. Lloyd George rose and said

He said that Sir John Simon, into thinking that the League will

the Exchequer) protect them against aggression. (Chancellor of knew that Italian credit was bad "I would stay in the League be that in all his experience he had in the city, and that it was per-cause I believe it will be reconsti-never heard of such conduct. fectly hopeless for Italy to try tuted.

and raise money here without SHAMS AND PRETENCES Government goodwill and back- "I would not tear up a single ar- ing.

ticle, not even Article XVI, because A loan could only be used to I hope it may be reconstructed bolster the dictatorship in Italy that it may be really possible to use against all democratic nations. the powers originally intended.”

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Mr. Chamberlain said: "If the An important declaration on League would throw off shams and the necessity for reform of the pretences which everyone sees League was delivered by the through, and would come out with Prime Minister, Mr. Neville a declaration of what it is prepar Chamberlain, in the course of his ed to do, its moral force as the focus reply to Mr. Greenwood..

of public opinion throughout the At the beginning of his speech he world would be immediately multi- said: "The choice has come downplied."

to this: do we desire conversations Concluding, the Prime Minister with Italy or not?

"If we do, the sooner we them the better."

said he prayed that the awful re- have sponsibility of answering the ques- tion will you plunge your country Mr. Chamberlain said he was ab-into war? might not fall to him. solutely unmoved by gibes that he was, whinning to Signor Mussolini.

People who made these gibes did not realise the greatness of this country the head and centre of a great Empire.

AGGRESSION

CHURCHILL SUPPORTS MR. EDEN Mr. Winston Churchill expressed disagreement with the course

the Premier had taken, and concern for the consequences attendant upon this course..

Defining his view of collective se-

After paying a warm tribute to curity, Mr. Chamberlain said: “I Mr. Eden, whose resignation he mean security while collective ac said was an irreparable loss, es- tion by a number of States is aspecially the work Mr. Eden had sured to prevent aggression, or if done in improving Anglo-American aggression is undertaken, to stop it relations, Mr. Churchill sketched a and punish the aggressor.

picture of Italy's difficulties, “Does anybody here believe that Mr. Churchill declared that be- the League as constituted to-day hind the fine facade there was evey affords collective security for any-indication that Signor Mussolini body?

was

a difficult position, and in- "We must not try and delude our-ternal conditions in Italy were cer- selves, or the small weak nations, tainly causing the dictators anxiety.

tunity as good arise.

All talk about his colleagues trying to get rid of Mr. Eden was absolutely false and without foundation.

The most strenuous efforts were made by his colleagues and friends to assist him in his difficulty, and to retain his great services to the Government and nation.

Reuter,

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