AMBASSADOR’S SPEECH.
QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE,
(British Official Wireless.) Received June 8, 11.55 a.m. RUGBY, June 7,
Asked in the House of Commons whether the speech delivered by His Majesty's Ambassador at Berlin on June 1 represented the view of the Government, the Foreign Secretary (Mr Anthony Eden) replied: “The speech of the Ambassador was made on a social and unofficial occasion when there was no question of an expression of the views of His Majesty’s Government, and 1 see no reason for action of any kind.” From the Labour benches a member asked if it was part of the functions of an Ambassador to criticise the opinion of those in Britain who were opposed to dictatorships, and Mr Eden replied: “I do not read in the Ambassador’s speech the sentiment which has been attributed to him, nor do I, understand that he criticised those in this country who preferred, as we all do in this House, a democratic form of government.”
Sir Neville Henderson advocated better mutual understanding and commented on some Englishmen’s erroneous conception of Nazism’s aims, saying that they might even learn useful lessons from them.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 160, 8 June 1937, Page 7
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189AMBASSADOR’S SPEECH. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 160, 8 June 1937, Page 7
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