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LABOUR PARTY ENDORSES POLICY OF A FIRM FRONT: PRE-MUNICH AS PEACE BASIS
London, To-day.
EXPRESSING THE VIEWS of the Labour Party in ESCAPES
the House of Commons, Mr. E. Grenfell said that FROM HELA
PENINSULA
peace should be discussed only in terms of right- ing wrongs.
In the past year, thirty million non-Germans had
Stockholm, To-day.
been torn from their own lives and handed over A number of other boats to the mercies of the Nazi regime, and every day managed to get away from smaller nations were being coerced. Europe ought to be ready to discuss peace when we ing to 18 survivors of the
the Hela Peninsula, accord-
MIDDLESEX
N.C.O. SITS IN THE LORDS
Wearing tho uniform of a lance-corporal of the Middlesex Regiment, Lord Wolverton
was
in the House of Lords for the passage of the Emergency Powere (Defence) Bill. When the Houso rose he hurried out and rejoined his unit.
It was the first time that a lance corporal had sat on the Government banches In the House of Lords.
"Lord Wolverton joined the Territorials as a private and was promoted to his present rank," the press was told at his May- fair home.
Lord Wolverton is thirty-five
had gone back at least as far as pre-Munich, Polish garrison who have ar- FREEDOM
when the Czechs were masters of their own coun-rived in Sweden after run-
try and the Poles had regained their own na-ning the gauntlet of the STATION AT tional life, the Germans being back in Germany Nazi torpedo-boats and the Russians back in Russia.
Sir Henry Page-Croft (Conserva- tive) said that Mr. Grenfell had voic- ed the opinions of the people in every part of the British Isles.
The Liberal member, Mr. Morris-Jones defied Mr. Lloyd George to go to Wales and repeat his speech.
Mr. Vyvyan Adams (Conservative) asked how long it would be before there was another act of aggression, committed perhaps against Switzer- land, Belgium, France or even against a part of the British Commonwealth.
FRANCO'S SHOCK AT NAZI GAME
Madrid, To-day.
mines.
and
They added, however, that there were so many German warships about that possibly many of these boats
were sunk.
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WORK AGAIN
LONDON, TO-DAY. THE GERMAN FREEDOM BROAD. CASTING STATION, WHICH HAD BEEN SILENT SINCE FRIDAY, WENT TO WORK YESTERDAY WITH ANOTHER ANTI-NAZI
BROADCAST.
what
The party of 18 have been Intern- ed in the same camp as the crew of a Polish submarine.
The station asked Germans They revealed that the last surviv-they had gained from the conquest of ing units of the Polish navy, a de- | Poland. "You have lost everything, Spain's attitude towards stroyer and a mine-layer, were sunk though you have acquired new land,
in the German bombardment of the it stated. Russia's new part in Euro-Peninsula.----Reuter. pean affairs was made clear Sir H. R. Cayzer (Conservative) said that Mr. Lloyd George's speech by General Franco-in an in- had been misunderstood, and misre-terview published in a Madrid presented.
ANOTHER PACIFIST
Germany had not won this war. She had already lost it and nobody knew that better than Hitler.
He appealed, even at this last minute, that the Prime Minister to obtain for Ghould endeavour
peace which alone could save the common European
civilisation.
Europe that
GALLACHER CASTIGATED
newspaper yesterday.
General Franco said that Russia's incursion into European affairs was a matter of the deepest gravity.
AMERICA GIVES CUE
Paris, To-day.. An agreement must be quickly Mr. Anthony Biddle, United States reached, he said, to minimise and pre- | Ambassador to Poland, yesterday vent the infiltration of greater dangers made his first formal call on the new from the east.
Polish President.
"It is useless to shut our eyes to reality and forget it.” Referring to the war, General Mr. J. McGovern (Left Wing La-Franco said Spain would do all with- bour) said that Poland had been rap in her power to conciliate the belli- ed and Gallacher (Communist Pacifist) wanted Hitler to get away with it because Stalin had joined Hit- ler in the merry game of grab.
and
Gallacher had said earlier that ne- gotiations should be opened, on the ground that the issues were not worth
millions of Ilves.
in
The debate concluded with speeches by members of the Labour Party favour of a firm front.
OUR TERMS
Mr. Tinkler · wanted the Govern-
gerents.-Reuter.
DEEPEST GRAVITY Russia's Incursion into Europe is a matter of deepest gravity, declared General Franco yesterday, in an in- 'terview with two leading Spanish papers. He added that an agreement must quickly be found to greater damage. Reuter.
avold
ALIENS MAY
ment to prosecute the war until they, JOIN ARMY
were able to get better terms than
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they were 'likely to do now. IN BRITAIN
Mr. Silverman advocated that we should state on what terms we our- selves were prepared to make peace and publish them to the world; leave the initiative to others.-Reuter.
MORE U.S.
not
LONDON, TO-DAY,
HIS MAJESTY THE KING HAS ORDERED THAT AN ALIEN MAY HOLD A COMMISSION OR MAY BE ENTERED OR ENLISTED IN ANY OF THE FORCES AS IF HE WERE A BRITISH SUBJECT AND THERE
WARSHIPS IN IS TO BE NO LIMIT TO THE NUM-
LISBON
Lisbon, To-day. Two more United States destroyers have arrived in Lisbon. There are now five U.S. destroyers moored in the Tagus.
BER OF ALIENS WHO MAY SERVE TOGETHER AT ONE TIME IN ANY CORPS OR UNIT.
It is contemplated, that early ad- vantage may be taken of the regula- tion to enllst Polish and other pilots and mechanics who may wish to serve but there is no present intention of forming anything in the nature of a Foreign Legion.-Reuter.
...
MOSCICKI MAY GO The commander of the destroyers TO SWITZERLAND yesterday called on the British Am- bassador, with whom he had a long
Berne, To-day, Interview. The Ambassador is
Council The Swiss Federal re- turning the call to-day.
granted permission to ex-President Lisbon has now become the clear-Moscicki of Poland to enter Switzer- ing-house for trade between the Unit- | land.
•
The broadcast appealed to German women, and said they now knew the truth.
It also appealed to German workers to fight both Hitler and Stalin and to achieve the liberty of their own people. Reuter.
AIR LOSSES ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Parle, To-day.
It is offiolally announced that 24 The United States has thus em-German fighter.'planes were shot down phasised its refusal to recognise the in September for the loss of 8 French Nazi conquest. Reuter.
|fighter machines.-—-Reuter.
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