1959-09-19 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1959.

The final two hours... France hangs back... then, 11.15, Chamberlain speaks

A call goes out to Churchill as the Nazis march

[UGH TODD NAYLOR GAITSKELL, aged 33, a lecturer

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on economics at University College, London, looked up from his newspaper on the morning of September 2, 1939, and said to his wife:-

"They haven't done it yet. But not even this Government can avoid making the declaration ovor the weekend. I think I'd better call Whitohall."

He picked up the telephone and put through a call to a friend at the Home Office. They talked for a few moments. That evening the friend telephoned Gaitskell back and told him to report to the Board of Trade in Whitehall on Monday morning.

Thud was how the future leader of the Labour Party joined up, civil servant, on the eve of the outbreak of war.

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A Back-bench Tory named Harold Macmillan de ckled that the time had come for him to end bis quarrel with the leaders of his party.

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months Macinian had attneking The Prime Minister, Neville" Chomber lain, for being too weak in his reaction in Bitter's threals, fur rearming Britain too slowly.

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THAT ASTOUNDING AUGUST Part 4

Poaco can now bo moasurad in minutos, 120 minutes to bo prociso. For in the and Chamberlain gave Hitlor exactly two hours to call off his Polish invasion. In those two hours several things happened which have nover, until now, boon rocarded.

by LEONARD MOSLEY

ranks. He let the Tury Central Office know that, from now on, he would once more be willing to vote with the Government— always providing, of

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that the Goverment was serious in its determination to stand up to the Nazl threats.

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*That Saturday afternoon,

1939, September 2 milestone and a methory for m- lions of Britons. The

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i had seen Ted Drake score four goals for Arsenal against Sunderland-and looked at the Hollywood

contract which his sent hin 48 hours agent had before.

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Then he walted down to travelling to their depots. All Chelsea Barracks and joined up over Britain wives, mothers, as a private in the Army. parents and sweethearts

In Lontan and in Kent, waving goodbye.

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Winston Churchill. The other was Anthony Eden. A message from Chamberlain reached them that week-

end asking them to give their strength andi Influence to the nution by joining the Guvern- ment. They had both sent the armounted same reply, which 10 there words:-

"We agree to join-but only if Britain we are convinced that

on Germany. will declare war Ask us after the declaration."

For he amazing thing was this. Britain was still at peace,

right to be.

and had no

Blitzkrieg

hours had passed Thirty-six since German troups arch planes, In an ael of brutal hod crossed the Aggression. Poti frontler and storted thes blitzkrieg that was to smas Polon lato defeat.

CONTRAST IN TWO CAPITALS

This whe

bow the Daily Express con- trasted the Berlin. London attitude to the last days of peace on August 28, 1939. The top picture shows Reichstag deputies fervently The acclaimiur iller. bottom plcture shows the Duke of Gloucester shaking hands with the Dean of Westminster offer a servies of prayers for peace. King George Is entering bis car while his other brother, the Duke of Kent, waits to shake hands too.

But neither. Britain, which The time had come to show her guarantee, him, once and for all, that Bri- had given

to stop determined nor France, Poland's ally, had tan was yet made their intentions clear, hin,

What had gone tarang? Were they ready to do an-

ffitier other deal with

and hack out of their obligations?

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So why didn't Nevlile Cham- Government declare berloin's war? What was holding it back? The Government Whips, sensing the rising anger in the House, rushed over to Downing Street to warn the Premier.

office.

M.P.s angry That was what many MPS,

"If you don't do something gathered For

emergency

"you'll be Session at Westminster suspected, roon," they said,

Members voted out of mood of the people are The

in a belligerent mood,

declare war. wax reflected in the mood of Elther yout

Government the House of Commons. They they'll bring the enough of Willer. down," had hau One more he had gone back an be solemn pledge and at. And tacked a small nation. now the British people were Engry.

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to do like- Even so, it was Britain alone wriggle out of Britain's solemn his Government

wise. The Chamber of Deputies who took the decisive step that pledges.

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French called lo vote the started the war. must be What, in fact, was holding up declaration, and it would be hung back to the last

ол the nine o'clock was not the difficult to Interrupt their week- the declaratieri

morning of September 3, 1930, Nevilo Bellish Ambassador end

Besides, the French General Henderson went to the Foreign Stuff insisted that they needed file in Berlin and asked to see 48 hours to make their disposi Jouchin von Ribbentrop, the tlons, and could not possibly be Nazi Foreign Minister, rendy for action before Monday ofternoon.

prospect of doing a deat with Hitler but the delay in making Sure that France came into the war at the same time. And in France there was chaos,

'Impossible'

Briain wanted to hand an ultimatum to Germany on the evening of September 2, 1930. to expire at down on Sundby. They asked the French to make a simultaneous declaration, and at once there was Neville Chamberlain knew alarm from Paris.

on Mis The French Premier, that he had a crisis.

his dier, pointed out that it was impossible for hands, But he was not, as

to constitutionally opponents hinted, trying

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Telephone calls, tele grams and couriers sped be- tween London and Paris, but Daladier was adamant,

He was fobbed off with m subordinate, and it was to him that he hooded the British ultimatum.

Govern-

on

gave the German ment two hours to call off the It was only when Chamber- war with Poland and witlīdraw lain harshly informed him that its forces from Polish territory.

Eleven o'clock

Sunday Government was the British determined to proceed with its morning was the deadline. The plaus independently, no matter French ultimatum imped in what the French decided to do, hours later, and did not expire that Daladier agreed to

until p.m. on Sunday. pedite his Government's action. (Continued on Pare 7)

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