DEPARTURE FOR MUNICH

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22520, 30 September 1938, Page 13

DEPARTURE FOR MUNICH

MR CHAMBERLAIN’S POPULARITY CHEERING CROWDS BID FAREWELL (UNITED PBKBS ASSOCIATION —CORVRXGHT.) (Received September 30, 12.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 29. Mr Chamberlain left the Heston airport for Munich at 8.35 a.m. Through morning mist redolent with the promise of fine weather and happier times, Mr Chamberlain took off after a farewell unparalleled in history, with cries of “Godspeed” and tumultuous cheering reechoing long after his aeroplane disappeared over the horizon. A surprise feature was the presence of all the members of the Cabinet, who had secretly arranged last night to assemble at the airport at 7.30 a.m. From Downing Street all the way to the airport, thousands of cheering men and women assembled shortly after dawn. Early' workers, clerks, typists, and office boys gathered at Whitehall. Only a -few police were present when Mr Chamberlain opened, the door of No. 10 and emerged arm in arm with his wife, who was smiling and talking m animated fashion. A spontaneous cheer rc*? up and echoed through Westminster. The Prime Minister smiled broadly, embraced his wife, and stepped into his car to the accompaniment of a renewal of wild cheers and cries of “good old Chamberlain,” “Keep it up, mate.” As he drove away, followed by three cars containing his advisers, he glanced to the Foreign Office where workmen were busy sandbagging the buildings. At Heston Mr Chamberlain said: “When I was a little boy I used to repeat, Tf at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.’ That is what lam doing. When I get back I hope to be able to say like Hotspur in ‘Henry the Fourth’; ‘Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.” M. Daladier arrived at Munich at 11.15 a.m. Signor Mussolini arrived at 10.50 a.m.

LABOUR'S DEMAND FOR NO SURRENDER (Received September 29, 9.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 29.

Mr.C. R. Attlee (Leader of the Opposition) and Mr Arthur Greenwood (deputy-leader) called on Lord Halifax and emphasised Labour's opinion that there should be no further surrenders.