MEMBERS' IMPRESSION
GRAVE WARNING
MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO
AVOID WAR
LONDON, March 24,
The Australian Associated Press says that what was regarded in the lobbies as Mr. Chamberlain's "outspoken commitment" concerning Britain's position in Europe was a feature of his declaration, in which members saw neither adherence to binding commitments in Europe nor to isolation, but a grave warning that the international situation is. such that if war comes it may be impossible for the Empire to keep out.
Whatever may be the effect abroad, the declaration at present has satisfied critics within the ranks of the Government who were pressing for a stronger attitude in Europe. Mr. Chamberlain met the few dissentients in Cabinet by agreeing to a firmer course in Central Europe. Simultaneously he consoled/ the Winston Churchill group, and when members of the Opposition had found that Mr. Churchill had deserted them they knew that the chances of a Parliamentary crisis had vanished, at least for the moment.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 71, 25 March 1938, Page 11
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161MEMBERS' IMPRESSION Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 71, 25 March 1938, Page 11
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