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EVENTS MOVING QUICKLY Chamberlain’s Warning To Commons IMMEDIATE DECISION ON CONSCRIPTION NEEDED By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received April 28, 1.10 a.m.) LONDON, April 27. After the conscription announcement In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Aneurin Bevan' (Labour) urged, that tlie debate on the matter should not be limited to one day. Mr. Chamberlain replied there were other events which had to take place this week and it was desirable that the decision of the House should be made quickly Replying earlier to an inquiry by Sir Archibald Sinclair, Leader of the Opposition Liberals, as to why .he bad not been consulted, Mr. Chamberlain said that Sir Archibald probably did not realize how quickly events were moving. It was important that the Cabinet’s opinion and decision should have been announced immediately. The general opinion is that Mr. Chamberlain’s reference to other events referred to Herr Hitler’s speech in the Reichstag tomorow.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 180, 28 April 1939, Page 5
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