PREMIER QUESTIONED.
CONTROL OF FOREIGN OFFICE. (British Official Wireless.) Received February 25, 10.55 a.m. RUGBY, Feb. 24. The Prime Minister (Mr Chamberlain) informed the House of Commons at question time that his pledge not to introduce conscription f in peace time applied to compulsory service, both military and civil. In reply to a question by Mr C. R. Attlee, Mr Chamberlain stated that Foreign Office questions should be addressed to him until a new Foreign Secretary was appointed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 75, 25 February 1938, Page 9
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