British Cabinet Prepares

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20026, 26 August 1939, Page 6

British Cabinet Prepares

DAY OF ACTIVITY IN LONDON Labour Message to People GRAVE PERIL OF WIDESPREAD WAR Appeal For Removal of Threat °f Force (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn ) (British Official Wireless.) :Recd. 1.15 p.m. RFGBY, Aui>'. 25. Outstanding' in a day of official activity in London directed to putting the country in a state of preparation for an emergency was a meeting of the Committee of Imperiad Detence which, was attended by all the Defence Ministers, and a session of the Privy Council held at Buckingham Palace in the evening. At the latter the first regulations were made under the Emergency Powers Defence Act. The King gave an audience to the Home Secretary, Sir Samuel Bjoarc. A meeting of Ministers was held at Downing Street at noon. The Foreign Secretary, Viscount Halifax, received visits from the French Ambassador, M. Corbin, and the United States Ambassador, Mr. J. P. Kennedy. “War is very near,” says the British Labour Party in a message to the German people issued this evening. “If Herr Hitler attacks Poland, it will. be war for Germany, not only with Poland but from: the first day with Britain and France also. “Your Government docs not telL you the truth. .British Labour, which is a friend of the German people, will, tell you the truth. Your Government made a pact ol: non-aggression with Moscow. A Government which, for six years, you have been told was your major enemy is now transformed overnight into your historic friend.

“The Russo-Gjcrman pact has made no difference to tin' British and French pledges which Labour completely approved. If the threat of force is renounced, there could be a just and peaceful solution of international disputes.”