NAZI SCOURGE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20060, 5 October 1939, Page 6

NAZI SCOURGE

CENSURE IN LORDS ATTITUDE OF ITALY NO MILITARY MOVE REACTION IN BERLIN ('Reed. Oct. 5. 1.50 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 4. I Opening the debate in the House of ■ Lords following a review of the war] situation by Earl 'Stanhope, who | closely followed., the lines of the! address given yesterday, by the Prime j Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Lord Snell to-day expressed the hope that- the Government .would never refuse to listen to real peace proposals, but there must not be merely a truce, enabling anyone to rearm and prepare for new aggression. “Germany still remains a scourge to the modern world,” declared Lord Snell. The Archbishop of York, Dr. William Temple, urged, the Government to give some assurance to the German people that, if Nazism were overthrown, the settlement after that would be free from vindictiveness and satisfactory to the nation’s pride. In view of the recent German broadcast suggesting that Italy may take action if Britain and France refuse the Nazi “peace” terms, prominence is given in the evening papers in London to Rome’s official broadcast to-day stating: “There is no reason to doubt II Duce’s words in his statement at Bologna on September 1 when he said that Italy would take no initiative in military operations. There is no reason for any change." The Berlin correspondent of the Press of Great Britain says that Herr Hitler does not regard the speech given in the House of Commons yesterday by Mr. Chamberlain as a clear answer to o peace offer, which requires a clear, political reply.