WAR OUTLOOK

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 September 1939, Page 7

WAR OUTLOOK

MR CHAMBERLAIN’S SURVEY CLOSE ANGLO-FRENCH CO-OPERATION. INDOMITABLE COURAGE OF THE POLES. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 11.2 a.m.) RUGBY. September, 13. A statement on the international situation was made in the House of Commons this afternoon by the Prime Minister. (Mr N. Chamberlain). He started by referring to the meeting of the Supreme War Council which he attended in France yesterday. Further meetings would be arranged as and when necessary to ensure the closest possible co-operation between the two countries on all major aspects of the conduct of the war. “I am glad to be able to assure the House,'’ Mr Chamberlain said, "that the people of France and the people of Britain are alike determined not only to honour to the full their obligations to Poland, but also 'to put an end once and for all to the intolerable strain of living under the perpetual threat of Nazi aggression. Mr Chamberlain referred to the present situation in the Empire, in Europe and theatres of war and added: "I cannot give the House details of all the measures of defence which - have been adopted in overseas parts of the Empire, but on behalf of the Government 1 can say that both in the military and civil spheres, steps which in some cases are of a far-reaching nature, have been taken. For the moment, the Eastern theatre of war is still the main centre of operations, The Germans appear to be endeavouring to force a decision in this theatre before they are compelled to transfer their formations to the West to meet' the threat of Allied intervention. That these hopes have so far been frustrated is due to the indomitable spirit of the Poles.