STATESMEN'S TRIBUTES
European Appreciation Of Sir Au?ten Chamberlain GERMANY DISSENTS (Received 18, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, March 17. The House qf Commons Was crowded and hushed, with only one seat vacant, that which Sir Austen Chamberlain used to occupy, when the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin and others paid tribute to th© dead statesman. His halfbrother, Neville Chamberlain, instead of sitting on the Government bench, listened fTom the shadow of the Speaker's chair. The entrie British Press, including thq Labourite Daily Herald, paid ypa.rm tribnte to Sir Austen, The Herald says; "He was always open to cpnviction and had the courage to change his mind." The French Press and statesmen vied jn praising him, thiis contrasting with ,Germany, where the Foreign Office spokesman declared that he had failed to understand Germany's needs. Neftvspapers Are similarly cool, declaring that he- was a bitter opponent of the New Reich. The news of Sir Austen'g death was received with sincere regret throughout Italy.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 53, 18 March 1937, Page 5
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158STATESMEN'S TRIBUTES Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 53, 18 March 1937, Page 5
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