RUMBLINGS OF REVOLT
JUNIOR BRITISH CABINET MINISTERS SEVERAL THREATS OF RESIGNATION DISSATISFACTION WITH DEFENCE PROGRESS (Independent Cable Service.) Press Association—By Telegraph —Copyright LONDON, December 19. (Received December 20, at 11 a.m.) The ‘ Evening Standard ’ says three junior Ministers are threatening to resign as a protest against the gaps in defence, and demanding the resignations of Mr Hore-Belisha, Earl Winter ton, and Sir Thomas Inskip. The revolt is serious. Mr Hudson, the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, and Lord Strathcona demand dismissals, threatening their own resignation as the only alternative. It is understood that they contend that the Ministers failed to take advantage of the breathing space after Munich to push ahead vigorously with rearmament. Other junior Ministers, including Captain H. F. Crookshank and the Earl of Feversham, are understood to be in general sympathy with the rebellion. A movement has also started among the back-bench, members of the Government and is likely to develop into a revolt over certain aspects of the Government’s foreign policy.
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Evening Star, Issue 23145, 20 December 1938, Page 9
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165RUMBLINGS OF REVOLT Evening Star, Issue 23145, 20 December 1938, Page 9
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