‘WITHOUT FRIENDS’
THE DESTINY OF BRITAIN. ABANDONMENT OF PLEDGES. MR, LLOYD GEORGE’S FORECAST. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, October 26.
Mr David Lloyd George, speaking at the City Temple, said that the relief experienced after the conference at Munich was beginning to be suffused with shame due to the purchase of peace at the price of conscience and honour while Britain had not gained tranquility as the feverish demand for re-arma-ment showed. Herr Hitler had not aimed to redress the grievances of the Sudeten Germans. He only wanted to abolish democracy, which he regarded as a plague spot whence germs of freedom could cross the frontier into Germany. “Wie abandoned our pledges and handed over Czechoslovakia wrapped in the Union Jack and Tricolour to a ruthless dictator who will deny freedom to both Czechs and Germans. Our only excuse was our muddled defence preparations,” said Mr Lloyd George. Referring to China, Abyssinia, and Spain, Mr Lloyd George declared: “We have descended the ladder of dishonour rung by rung. Can we go any lower? Instead of 58 nations we could not get two to follow us to-day. In the end there will be no peace but Avar without friends.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 14, 27 October 1938, Page 5
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