PEACE OBJECTIVE
BRITAIN'S POLICY EASING OF TENSION FRUIT BORNE ALREADY , (Brlti>h Official Wireless.) (Received May 13, 10.55 a.m.) / RUGBY, May 13. The establishment-and maintenance of peace, were described by the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, as the main object of the Government's policy when he addressed a mass meeting of women Conservatives. Re-armament to put the country in a position in which it would not be worth anyone's while to attack Britain was one half of the peace policy, he said. The other half was to discover likely causes of war and remove them—to enter into friendly conversations and negotiations with other Powers. That policy was already bearing fruit, he said. ■ In this connection he referred to the agreements with Eire and Italy. "I have not changed in any respect the opinions which I expressed about the Italian conquest of Abyssinia," he proceeded, "but, after all, the League was not able to stop that conquest or restore the situation to what it was before. The mere fact that we have made this agreement with Italy has resulted in a perceptible easing of tension,- and the approval with which it has been received shows it is generally recognised as a strong step forward in the direction of general appeasement and peace."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 112, 14 May 1938, Page 9
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210PEACE OBJECTIVE Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 112, 14 May 1938, Page 9
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