MEETING WITH THE KING

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22516, 26 September 1938, Page 11

MEETING WITH THE KING

Mr Chamberlain To Report OPPOSITION LEADERS KEPT INFORMED fUIUIBP PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTBIOHT.) (Received September 25, 10 p.m.) LONDON, September 24. In view of the fatiguing time the Prime Minister has had he will, at the King's request, see His Majesty to-morrow, instead of to-night. In the meantime the King has been fully informed as to the situation. The Leader of the Opposition (Mr C. R. Attlee) and Mr Greenwood visited Mr Chamberlain and Lord Halifax at No. 10 Downing Street tonight, and had a long consultation The meeting was a continuation oi a series at which the Opposition has been kept fully informed of the trend of events. The senior members of Cabinet, comprising the Prime Minister (Mr Chamberlain), the Foreign Secretary (Lord Halifax), the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Simon), and the Home Secretary (Sir Samuel Hoare), attended by prominent officials, including Sir Robert Vansittart and Lord Cadogan, went intc conference on the international situation and for more than two hours examined it in the light of the Prime Minister's report on his Godesberg mission. When the meeting ended at 5.30 p.m., the full Cabinet was assembled. WEAKNESS OF BERLIN BOURSE BERLIN, September 24. The Bourse during the week-end weakened, because of the Czech mobilisation and the general situation. Mining, electric, and shippmg shares showed the principal falls which were up to five points.