CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEED.

Auckland Star, Issue LVII, 1 March 1926, Page 7

CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEED.

WHAT DID HE SAY?

AND WHAT WILL HE DO? LONDON, February 2S. The "Sunday Times" says there is authority for stating that' Sir Austen Chamberlain considers his speech at Birmingham to have been grossly misinterpeted. He says his purpose was merely to indicate that the British Government appreciated all aspects of the League question. That was his purpose, rather than to convey any personal opinion of the Government's policy. "Reynold's News'' says it understands Sir Austen is seriously considering resigning ofiice as Secretary- of State for Foreign Affairs. His especial grievances are that he announced a grant of £200.000 for a Civil Service sports ground, which was rejected by the Cabinet, and that he want;, a free hand at the meeting of the Council of the League at Geneva to consider the admittance of Germany. The '-Observer" says rumours of Sir Austen Chamberlain's resignation are premature. Again and again, however, he has sacrificed his interests to his own conception of honesty. He wants, above all. to conciliate Germany without estranging France. "Sir Austen, however, ought to make it clear," remarks the "Observer." "that if Paris, Rome and Warsaw persist in their recent tendency the Englishspeaking world will be wholly alienated from them."