1938-10-06 — Page 7

THE CHIN

OCTOBER

SIR JOHN SIMON SUBMITS MOTION OF CONFIDENCE

Denies Injury Brought To Czechoslovakia

"For First Time Hitler Has

Made Concession"

London, To-day.

When the debate on the international situation was resumed in the House of Commons yesterday, Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, moved amid cheers the motion asking the House to approve the policy of the Government. The motion says that this policy averted war in the recent crisis, and that the House supports the Government's efforts to secure lasting peace.

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AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS GUARD OF HONOUR AT WED- DING. A guard of honour, dressed in Air Raid Precaution cloth- ing, gas-masks and steel helmets, and holding an archway of incen- diary bomb-scoops, attended a wedding at Gillingham between Miss Dorothy Laura Treacher, secretary to Gillingham's A.R.P. officer and Photo Mr. W. G. Clements, personal assistant to the same officer. shows the bride and bridegroom leaving the church under their grue- some Guard of Honour. (Copyright: By Air Mail).

Sir John Simon at the outset said agreement was reached under pres- that one lesson from the crisis, per-sure of the alternative of instant haps the greatest lesson of all, was invasion, but that was not reason

could not unite, they that the masses of people in every enough for rejecting the agreement conditions

and preferring that Europe should have been disillusioned."-Reuter. country were equally horrified

be plunged into war.

"While I admit," said Sir John, the prospect of war. (Cheers).

Sir John strongly emphasised that "the solution obtained is open to not all sorts of challenges and critic- exclusive four-isms let us recognise the real char-

was

how

The Prime Minister's popularity in Germany was not due to anythe British Government feeling among Germans that Hit-contemplating an ler was gaining territory or achiev-Power pact in disregard of ing his purpose, but was due to the states and without communication seldom in history it has been re- gratitude of the ordinary people, with them to impose their will on who felt that Mr. Chainberlain was Europe.

"We are

from

NEW FRENCH

AMBASSADOR

other acter of the problem and IN ROME

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solved without 'war."

Referring to an enquiry by Mr.

PARIS, TO-DAY. THE NAME OF THE striving for a peaceful solution. He hoped Russia, would be will-Eden in Monday's debate, Sir John

AMBASSADOR IN all deeply conscious ing to join in the guarantee to Simon said that while it was the

dominant aim of the Prime Minis- FRENCH that war has been avoided and that Czecho-Slovakia.

ter and the Government to see if BERLIN, M. FRANCOIS PON- Hitler has again achieved the sub

instead of maintaining an un- CET, IS MENTIONED IN POLI- NO EXCLUSION OF SOVIET stance of his immediate declared

bridgeable gulf for all purposes TICAL CIRCLES HERE IN WITH THE aim without war.”

The Government had no inten-between the democracies and the CONNECTION DREADFUL CHOICE tion whatever to exclude Russia dictatorships it was possible to FORTHCOMING APPOINT- any future settlement in have friendly consultation in the MENT OF AN AMBASSADOR

interests of European peace, it was TO ROME. After referring to the fortitude Europe. and calmness with which the Czechs

Referring to Opposition doubts not and never had been the policy

Should M. Francois Poncet be ap- faced their....destiny, Sir John said as to Munich being the prelude to of the Government to enter into an it was a dreadful choice before a larger settlement in Europe, he exclusive-Four Power Pact to im- pointed to Rome, it is believed he pose their will on Europe in dis- would be succeeded in Berlin by the ceding a portion of territory, which "There is nothing in the pre-regard of other States, great or present Ambassador in Warsaw, M. we and France had advised.

vious steps taken by Nazi Ger-small He agreed with Mr. Eden Noel, who in his turn would be re-

in or many

"Mein Kampf" that the smaller Powers were valu-placed by the former Minister im exposing their state to an unlimit- erl invasion and possible destruction. (Hitler's book) to justify any able allies for peace which it was Vienna, M. Puaux.

the object of the Government to For the time being, however, confident optimism. "I wish to say quite plainly and

buttress and strengthen in every these are only speculations. It is firmly that the French Government

injury and ourselves did no

to

way they could. Czecho-Slovakia because we brought them to face that alternative.".

them, but it was a choice between said:

WILSONIAN DOCTRINE

and

extremely opposite attachments, races and views.

"That is plain enough, but it is equally wrong to persist. doggedly and without giving the new facts, to take a despairing view that as things have been, they will re- main."

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"The British Government, and most of all, the head of the British Government, is no longer an ab- straction to Germany..

PREMIER'S ACHIEVEMENT

considered certain that as soon as a French Ambassador has been ap pointed to Rome, the Italian Gov- ernment will appoint an Ambassa-

The names of the Under-Secre tary of State in the Italian Foreign

connection t

GERMAN SERVICE

The Prime Minister has impress-dor to Paris. Enumerating the new considera-led the German people with doing Sir John confessed that he found tions and new features emerging what no other spokesman of B it very difficult to believe that the out of the week's crisis, Sir John tish democracy in recent years has Office, Signor Bastianini, of the Am- famous formula of President Wil-said: "For the first time Hitler has ever done. He has brought to the bassador in Buenos Aires, Bignor German people for the first time Guariglia, and of the Ambassador son could in all cases be satisfac-made some concession. ·

"It must be a very difficult thing the realisation that there is at the in Washington, Signor Russo, are torily applied.

There was no provision in the for the head of a totalitarian state head of the British Government a mentioned in this

Trang Ocean. like a motor-car that man who is pursuing a positive formula for the fact that you might to retract

Anybody who knows anything of find in the same place, people of has no reverse gear. (Laughter). policy of peace.

the difficulty of penetrating that thick mist of misunderstanding ought to acknowledge that this is a most significant chance,thwest John Simon put the national

Berlin, "Not all the machinery of Goeb- awakening in Britain to the needs

On behalf of 3 million German doc-bels could prevent the presence of of the hour of danger. He com- the British Prime Minister being mented favourably on the results

of the trial of defence preparations ex-Servicemen organised in the He added that Lord Runciman known to the German people, (head of the British mission to "I think it is not without signi- which, the precautionary measures Nazi Reich War Veterans Union, the Czechs) had said that the ficance to Germany that no section had necessitated and said that General Reinhardt - has sent tele- Chamberlain and also to Sudeten Germans had lived un- of the population through cowar-while shortcomings had been re-grams to Mussolini, M. Daladier, til about three or four years ago dice indicated that they were pre-vealed there had also been demon- Mr. in a situation of hopelessness, and pared for peace at any price and strated the rapidity with which leaders of the Britian Legion, Gen- the population could adapt itself eral Sir Ian Hamilton and Major that the rise of Nazi Germany gave in every circumstance.

IZ ⠀ the totalitarian

states and the calmness with which it Fetherstone Godley, thanking them them new hope.

imagined, as they may have done, I would meet danger, British, Wire- for their efforts for the

of world It was true that the Munich that the democracién under auch less.

President Wilson did not seem to have heard of the problem that birds of a feather do not necessari- ly flock together.

There were enormous difficulties

in applying the

trine.

Wilsonian

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UNDER PRESSURE

MACHINERY OF GOEBBELS

Lastly among the new facts, Sir MEN'S THANKS

enance