“LADDER OF DISHONOUR"

Evening Star, Issue 23099, 27 October 1938, Page 11

“LADDER OF DISHONOUR"

BRITAIN'S DESCENT MR LLOYD GEORGE ON FOREIGN PODGY NO FRIENDS LEFT AMONG NATIONS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, October 26. (Received October 27, at 10.15 a.m.) Mr Lloyd George, speaking at the City Temple, said the relief experienced after the Munich conference was beginning to be suffused with shame due to the purchase of peace at the price of conscience and honour, while

Britain had not gained tranquillity, as the feverish demand for rearmament showed. Herr Hitler had not aimed to redress the grievances of Sudeten Germans. He only wanted to abolish democracy, which he regarded as a plague spot, whence the germs of freedom could cross the frontier into Germany.

“Wo abandoned our pledges and handed over Czechoslovakia wrapped in the Union Jack and the Tricolour to a ruthless dictator, who will deny freedom to both Czechs and Germans,” he said. “ Our only excuse was our muddled defence preparations.” Referring to China, Abyssinia, and Spain, Mr Lloyd George declared: “ We have descended the ladder of dishonour rung by rung. Can we go any lower? Instead of 58 nations we cannot get two to follow us to-day. In the end there will be no peace, but war without friends.”