REQUEST REFUSED.
SUMMONING OF PARLIAMENT.
Received January 21. 9.55 a.m. LONDON. Jan. 20.
The Prime Minister (Mr Chamberlain) has refused Mr C. R. Attlee s second request to summon Parliament.
The Leader of the Labour Opposition wrote a second time to Mr Chamberlain expressing surprise at the contention that, abandonment of non-intervention m bpam would involve grave consequences tie pointed out that Mr Chamberlain told the Houso of Commons on November 2 that Spain was no longer a menace to _ the peace of Europe, and added that, the situation was most serious and needed urgent action on a larger scale hi order to prevent the wholesale starvation of women and children. Mr Attlee again urged the summoning of Parliament without delay.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 45, 21 January 1939, Page 9
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