SWIFT ACTION NEEDED

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 9

SWIFT ACTION NEEDED

AVOIDING WAR

PLEA FOR POLITICAL CO-OPERATION

(British Official Wireless.)

RUGBY, March 28.

A plea for closer working between political parties in the face of the menace of the aggressor States was made in a speech today by Mr. A. Duff Cooper, former First Lord of the Admiralty. Referring to Signor Mussolini's speech, he said that, had such language been heard ten years ago, it would have provoked horror.

The story that Herr Hitler wanted only to unite all Germans in Germany had now been exposed and exploded by the Fuhrer himself, with neither excuse nor apology. The time had come, therefore, for resistance. He thought war could still be avoided, but only by swift, resolute, and united action.

Referring to the need for political unity, Mr. Duff Cooper urged that other parties should be asked to share in the task of national government. The sight of all parties rallying under one leader would' have a heartening effect throughout the world. He thought it desirable also to form a smaller body within the whole Cabinet in order to secure rapidity of decision.