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SATISFACTION IN GERMANY MR CHAMBERLAIN’S SPEECH approved; NEW CHAPTER OPENED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. BERLIN, November 2. , General satisfaction is expressed in the newspapers concerning Mr Chamberlain’s speech. The “Voelkischer Boebachter” says: “Mr Chamberlain has closed the Versailles epoch from English history and opened a new chapter. “The real importance of the speech is not the justification of the policy which led to the signing of the Munich Agreement, but the attempt to create an hypothesis for an European co-operation based on Munich.” PROPOSED CONFERENCE FOLLOWING UP MUNICH AGREEMENT. COLONIES ISSUE RESERVED. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, November 2. The “Star” understands that the British Ambassador, Sir Nevile Henderson, will return to Berlin witluinstructions to follow up the Munich agreement and prepare a way for Mr Chamberlain to again visit Herr Hitler, probably before Christmas, as a preliminary to a. Four-Power conference directed towards peace by way of disarmament, but reserving the colonial problem for a later general settlement. GRATIFICATION IN ROME. (Received This Day, 9.15 a.m. ) ROME, November 2. Mr Chamberlain’s announcement of the ' implementation of the AngloItalian agreement has given the greatest satisfaction. ASIATIC COLONIES EXCLUSION OF WESTERN ■ NATIONS. SUGGESTION BY JAPANESE SPOKESMAN. (Independent Cable Service.) TOKIO, November 3. The Foreign Office Spokesman stated iat a Press conference today that it was his personal opinion that the Asiatics believed that the holding of colonies and privileges by the Western nations in the Asiatic Zone was wrongful and should be eliminated. He smilingly declined to discuss the point further when barraged with questions, but the statement is considered to be a prelude to the abrogation of the Nine-Power Treaty. SEVERANCE FROM LEAGUE. (Received This Day, 9.15 a.mj. TOKIO, November 1 2. The Privy Council has approved of complete severance from the League of Nations.