PEACE OVERTURES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 October 1939, Page 8

PEACE OVERTURES

MR CHAMBERLAIN’S SPEECH APPROVED COMMENTS IN THE BRITISH PRESS. INTERESTS OF ALL EUROPE AT STAKE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.40 a.m.) RUGBY, October 4. The British Press approves of tlie Prime Minister’s House of Commons speech. The “Daily Telegraph” says: Mr Chamberlain has proclaimed the determination of this country, in alliance with France, not to swerve from the purpose it set out to achieve, whatever effort or sacrifice may be demanded. That purpose is to make an end of the rule of violence and secure that henceforth the word of governments, once pledged, shall be kept. Whenever this war ends, whether soon, or late, Europe will emerge. The vital interests of every people in Europe are at stake at this moment. Reports of Mr Chamberlain’s statement held first place in all French newspapers. The ’‘Oeuvre” says Mr Chamberlain pronounced firm and precise words, which expressed the considered determination of the British people to hold out until threatened liberty shall be saved and peace no longer be at Hitler’s mercy. LORDS DEBATE GERMANY STILL SCOURGE OF MODERN WORLD. SUGGESTION BY ARCHBISHOP OF YORK. (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, October 4. In the House of Lords, Lord Snell, opening the debate on Earl Stanhope’s review of October 13, which was identical with Mr Chamberlain’s, expressed the hope that the Government would never refuse to listen to a real peace proposal, but there must not merely be a truce, enabling anyone to rearm and prepare for new agggression. Germany still remained the scourge of the modern world. The Archbishop of York urged the Government to give some assurance to the German people that is Nazism were overthrown, the settlement after that would be free from vindictiveness and satisfactory to the nation’s pride.