BRITAIN'S COMMON ENEMY
DETERMINATION OF ALL POLITICAL PARTIES. DOMESTIC DIFFERENCES LAID ASIDE. LONDON, 17th September. In an interview, Mr. F. E. Smith, Unionist member for Liverpool. Wai- j ton_ division, stated that although the Unionists" justly resented the Government's action in connection with Home Rule, all parties were showing a firm determination to make every endeavour to defeat Britain's common enemy. " Until that is accomplished," he said, " all domestic differences will be laid aside. German diplomacy will doubtless detect evidence of a divided nation in Tuesday's speeches; it has shown remarkable aptitude for mistaking our temper and purpose. But if the German authorities would rightly understand what happened in the House of Commons they should read Mr. ( Bonar Law's and Sir Edward Carson's declarations in the debate, showing that our country comes first." Mr. Smith added that such utterances as those represented the deep conviction of the Unionists that a united front should persist as long as there was peril to Britain on land or sea.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 69, 18 September 1914, Page 7
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