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PRIME

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Policy And Action Ably Defended

ATTACK BY LABOUR

London, October 5.

The Prime Minister was ably defended in both Houses of Par- Hament during the debate on the international situation yesterday/ Referring to Mr. Chamberlain's success. In preventing an armed oc- cupation of Czechoslovakia, Ur. E Leslie Burgin. Minister of Trans- miracles which the port, said: "This is the first of the many Prime Minister has performed."

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All the evidence went to show that on September 14 the decision by Germany to invade Czechoslovakia had already been taken, sald Dr. Burgin, He did not believe that anything could have altered Herr Hitler's course if the Prime Minister had not acted as he did.

is became that The

people German

donc technically aware in increasing numbers that guarantee could not be said to be reason had triumphed over force. In "force, the Government feels It was a step forward that the under a moral obligation to the entire speech by the Prime Minis-Czechs to treat the guarantee as ter yesterday has already been being already in force read and digested by the entire population of Germany.

Mr. Herbert Morrison (Labour), criticised the Government's for- eign policy and urged "Britain to join other countries in a collective organisation for maintaining the peace of the world, "otherwise we must continue our submissions to blackmail.""

moral authority.

CZECHS BETRAYED

Therefore, in the event of an act of unprovoked aggres- sion against Crechoslovakia, the British Government would "certainly feel bound to take all steps in its power to see that the integrity of Czecho- slovakia is preserved.

CONFIDENCE VOTE

ال

CABLES

"FIRST MIRACLE”

MR. CHAMBERLAIN RETURNS HOME

The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, acknowledging the cheers of the crowd at Heston airport on his return from momentous Munich meeting last week.

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'Mind Like A Jelly'

Made Him A Genius

Until Mr. A. L'Rowse lectured at Stratford-on-Avon recently the only person who had had much to say about Shakespeare's poll. Lies was Mr. Bernard Shaw.

Str. Shaw makes him a sort of Fabian Socialist; Mr. Rowse now Mr. Chamberlain announced says that he was not only what we should call a Conservative, but a The Government, Mr. Morrison

that the debate on the Govern-nob to boot, writes a Home correspondent. said. had increasingly cold-

As Mr. Show has latterly turned Fascist, the opposition between shouldered the League of Nations ment motion of confidence in the and been a party to its weakening action taken at Munich will begin the two views is perhaps not so sharp as might appear.

to-day and will continue on Shakespeare, the man who hold the mirror up to nature;" Thursday. when the Government lived at New Place was the author but if a glass had a mind and will propose that the House ad-of the plays, must have been views of its own it would change Journ until November 1, with the something of a snob to prefer set- and distort, not truthfully reflect. provision that it will be summon-tling down at 日 comparatively "and, this €10,000,000 loan ised if necessary.

his politics Shakespeare carly age as the local bigwig in faithfully reflected his times, and the most convincing evidence Mr. Clement Attlee, leader of stead of producting a decent edi- allowed no political theory CX that the Government has felt.

the Opposition. Indicated that the|tion of his collected works.

view of his own to distort the some dishonour attached to

Opposition will oppose the ad- It really looks as though he was truthfulness of the reflection. the part I played.

Journment.

a bit ashamed of being a wring

England had just attained na- The Labour amendment is be- man.

"The Czechs have been be-- trayed." said Mr. Morrison,

"Czechoslovakia has lost £20.

In

foreign enemies and crushed 'the

000.000 worth of armaments, in-lieved to advocate a return to col- To call him a Conservative is, oftional unity; it had vanquished its cluding a great "Maginot" iine, lective security and the calling of course, misleading. The word while, In effect, we have Increased a world conference to settle put-these days implies a definite be- the German Army by 400,000 filly standing questions Reuter. -trained men."

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Uef in democratic Institutions, and Shakespeare took very little stock of any political Institutions ex- cept that of momareny.

FAVOURABLE OMEN Mr. D. R. Grenfell (Labour)

London, Oct. 5. brought the attention of the The forthcoming vote in the House to the reported continuance House of. Commons is the chief . In the political sense he was de- of radio propaganda in Germany topic discussed by the press here finitely anti-democratie. He was designed to create a division be-this morning.

tween the Slovaks and the Czechs The fact that Lord Baldwin un

and entirely destroy the prospects reservedly approved of Mr. Cham-

House f

of establishing the Czecho-berlain's policy in the slovakian state when the final Lords is regarded as a particularly been favourable omen for the Prime

territorial transfers have effected.

REPRESENTATIONS IN

BERLIN

Minister. The "Dally Telegraph" regards Lord Baldwin's attitude as proof of unanimity of the leading

Mr. Grenfell asked it, in view of Conservative circles as regards the

the Munich Agreement, represen-methods to be adopted for solving

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could "not tations

to problems of foreign policy. / be made Germany

this pro- cease

For this reason, the paper reckonis paganda.

with, the resignation of certain The Prime Minister stated in other Ministers who hold, different reply that Lord Halifax had al-views. The paper considers the ready caused oficia), Inquiries to dissolution of Parliament at the be made by Sir Nevile Henderson. present time as highly improbable British Ambassador at Berlin, and Transocean. representations to be made to the

German Government of the de-

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sirability of restraint in Gran DARING ATTACK

press and radio broadcasts.

MAIDEN SPEECH

Lord Baldwin, making his maiden speech in the House of Lords, said. he knew little of what passed between the Chancelleries of Europe, but he knew enough to know that when the Prime Minister took the decision to ro to Berchtes- gaden no other man could have 'done what he did doring the discussions in Germany,

ON JAPANESE

TROOPS

Tungkwan, Oct. 3.

SASSOON DENIAL

Tokyo, Oct. 5. A letter appeared in to-day's "Japan Advertiser "

from Messrs. E. D. Sassoon & Co., Shanghai, flatly denying the Japanese report that the Sassoon Banking Company, Shanghai, are making efforts to establish a pseudo pro- Japanese regime in Canton with the object of protecting their interests in China."

The report was quoted by the **Japan - Advertiser " OD Sep- tember 20-Renter.

rever anything but contemptuous of the crowd; its credulity, and its stupidity.

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But neither was he a Fascist, for ittle as he believed in democratic institutions, no one had such un- derstanding of the individual and' and there is

faction spirit at home. The real hero of the historical plays, as Mr. Rowse observes, is England herself. It was not an age of theory, but of life.

Democracy in something like the modern sense had lifted its head in the Wat Tyler and other risings, but it now lay prostrate under Tudor absolutism.

The politics of Shakespeare were a mere reflection of his times and surroundings, like those of the comfortable middle-class bour geoisie in any London suburb.

COMMONPLACE POLITICIAN,

BUT

What made him commonplace as à politician also made him the greatest dramatist of all time.

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To the first class belong the philosophers, the preachers, the statesmen; the second is the ca- seace of dramatic genius.

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been a man of independent or original ideas he would not have

igroup of 30 Chinese guerillas on

more than 100 Japanese troops at without sympathy and love.. Talaolutsun in Shansi, whilst they rallied around and were l'stening the crowd, but he certainly sym-

He may have hated and despised been the dramatist that he is.

to a talk from their commander.

Because his mind was, as I sus- pathised with the individuals in it, pect, a jelly that would fall into Breaking into the village, the or he could never have given us any mould he was the miracle that "The Premier's performance is small number of guerillas opened the Fool in "King Lear" or the we know as Shakespeare, one for which his country owes are on the Japanese. They killed

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him much," said Lord Baldwin. more than 80 of them and capi "One of our greatest difficulties (tured Japanese flag and a during the past five

has machine-gun-Central News. years been how to get into contact with the dictators of Europe. It troubled me. long before I Was Prime Minister, since the time they scrapped the machinery of normal diplomacy,

NEW BATTLESHIP FOR BRITAIN

London, Oct. 5:

• "If you want to get anything by

The "Daily Express" reports this to them It has to be told them morning that the teel of the new directly by a man with a policy." 40,000-ton battleship will, shortly Lord Baldwin added that it was be laid in the well-known ship hard for a democratic Prime building works of John Brown in the Minister to commit himself in the Clyde Bank, Order for necessary same manner as a man with ab materials have, according to the solute power. That was the risk paper, already been placed. "Con- which must be taken unless they struction of the new battleship will

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were willing to ostracise the dic-afford work to upwards of 3,00 men tators completely, with results for about three years. which must be disastrous to the ocean, whole world.

HALDANE

cravedigger in "Hamlet."

SHAKESPEARE'S POLITICS

And in saying that I do not for- get that he was one of the world's greatest poets, arid in

sheer

But all these attempts to attach copiousness and fertility of speech a political label to Shakespeare are excelled any one before or since. misleading and are not worth:

making.

I do not suppose that he ever did any political thinking worth speaking of. His glory was "to

MANDATORY RIGHTS

IN SOUTHERN: PACIFIC

SPECULATION ON "APPOINTMENTS

Paris, Oct. 5. of the French Am-

MANY JAPANESE CAPTURED

Macheng. Hupeh, Oct. 5. Chinese troops have effectively counter-attacked Japanese rein- forcements arriving at Tapaochal and Yuchiatal, ten miles south of Shangcheng from west Anhwel, to assist in the southward drive into Hupeh during the last two days.

Unable to withstand the Chi- nese assaults, the Japanese retired northward, allegedly Aring a large number of poison gas shells to cover their retreat.

The harme

In addition to heavy caualties bassador in Berlin, M. Francois inflicted, the Chinese claim to have Poncet, is mentioned in political captured about 200 Japanese.—- circled here in connection with the Central News. forthcoming appointment of an, Ainbassador to Rome. Should M. Francois Poncet be appointed to Rome it is believed he would be i succeeded in Berlin by the present Ambassador in Warsaw, M, Noe!, Tokyo, Oct. 5.

(who in his turn, would be replaced Japan will maintain mandatory by the former Minister in Vienna, rights in the southern Pacific des- M. Paaux,

Will Be Maintained

By Japan

GERMANO TURKISH RELATIONS

Berlin, Oct. 5.

After remarking that, war was

Dr. Walter Funk, Minister of different to-day from what it was MRS.

Economics, accompanied by two up to the last three or four years,

Eastern experts is en route to ENTERTAINED Lord Baldwin said "no Prime

pite probable severance of all For the time being, however. Ankara' at the invitation of the Minister ought to commit: this

Hankow, Oct. 5. relations with the League of Na- these are only speculations. It is Turkish Government. The object country to war unless he is con Mrs. Charlotte Haldane," who're- tiona, a Japanese Foreign Once considered certain that as soon as of the vialt is to improve and ex- vinced that the country is ready." presents the Comite Mondial des spokesman stated to-day

the French Ambassador has been | tend Germano-Turkish trade re- GUARANTEE IN FORCE Femmes contre la Guerre et le He added, that Japan had been appointed to Rome, the Italian lations,

Dr. Funk's recent visit to Bel- Lord Inskip, answering a ques Fasciame in France and England, awarded the islands by the five-Clovernment will appoint an Am- tion whether the British guarun was entertained at tea by the Power conference convened after bossador to Paris, The names of grade resulted in the establishment tee to Czechoslovakia is already International Publicity Bureau the Armistice and not by the the Under-Secretary of State in the of a German-Yugoslav Govern-

League of Nations.

Hallan Foreign Office. Signor ment Committee which is now operating, announced that, though yesterday. the formal guarantee by treaty s In the course of a speech. Mrs. Comprising, islands formerly in Dastianini, and the Ambassador in discussing a new trade treaty be- yet to be drawn up and completed Haldane promised that she will do the hands of Germany, the man- Buenos Aires. Bignor Guariglia, tween the two countries.

Following the visit to Ankara, and some matters still await set her utmost in anti-aggression work [dated area was taken over by the and of the Ambassador in Wash- tlement between the Governments when she returns to England-Japanese navy during the world ington, Signor Russo, are mention-Dr. Funk will proceed to other concerned, and although until Central News.

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