INDISCREET SPEECH
MINISTERS BLAMED
LORD HAL-DANE'S VIEW
(Received 9th February, noon.)
LONDON, Bth February,
Speaking in the House of Lords, Lord Haldane said that he thought that during a delicate crisis like that in China, nobody but the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister should speak. Other Ministers' utterances, published in China, were calculated to create distrust. He would not question the Government's obligation to protect our women and children in China, but all talk of an expeditionary force was most harmful.- It would have been better to preserve silence in regard to forces and their destination.-^ .-.• •....■ ■ ■■,
Earl Beauchamp agreed that all the talk of an expeditionary force had given an unfortunate appearance of aggression which was bound to have a harmful effect.
Lord Salisbury said that Lord Haldane's rebuke as to ir^.screet speeches ought to have been addressed to the Labour Party and not to Ministers.
The Address-in-Keply was carried.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 33, 9 February 1927, Page 9
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