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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 152, 24 March 1938, Page 15

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BRITISH DECISIONS

Attitude To European Situation PRESS FORECAST No Fresh Commitments To Be Made By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received March 24, 12.50 a.in.) London, March 23. The final draft of Mr. Chamberlain’s declaration to be made in the House of Commons to-morrow at about 3.45 p.m., when he opens the debate, was submitted to a further Cabinet meeting this morning for approval after its re-ex-amination by Mr. Chamberlain and the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, last night. Confirming the earlier forecasts, the Parliamentary correspondent of “The Times” sums up the decisions thus: “It is now generally accepted throughout the House of Commons that Mr. Chamberlain will announce the definite intention of the United Kingdom Government, supported by the other Governments of the Empire, not to enter into fresh commitments in Europe at this stage.” The correspondent of “The Times” adds that undoubtedly the section of Government supporters which is pressing for a specific pledge of military support for Czechoslovakia will be disappointed. It is believed concerning this that Czechoslovakia intimated to Britain that she does not wish for a specific British pledge at this juncture, though she hopes Britain will declare that she cannot entirely dissociate herself from events in Central and South-Eastern Europe. Mr. Chamberlain hopes that Czechoslovakia’s decision to consider sympathetically any legitimate demands of the German minorities will do something to relieve the tension.