CHANGES IN BRITAIN.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 97, 23 March 1940, Page 7

CHANGES IN BRITAIN.

PRESS SUGGESTIONS. LONDON, March 20. British newspapers comment to-day on the debate in the House of Commons yesterday. The Times refers to the remarkable demonstration of vigour on tlic part of Mr Chamberlain, who refuted any suggestion of staleness in himself, but the Times comes hack to its insistence that some of the men who now hold important posts may well he in need of a rest which may he only tempora rv. The Manchester Guardian concludes its leading article with a similar .suggestion for the reorganisation of the War Cabinet. The Daily Herald does not specially mention Cabinet changes, but criticises the Government for gaps in the blockade and for supposed confusion in. its home policy. These are the main criticisms, but the papers do not allow their criticism to conceal the more fundamental agreement. The Daily Herald says that Mr Chamberlain spoke for the whole nation when lie said that no melodramatic meeting of dictators or confusion of rumours would divert the Allies from the purpose for which they had entered the war.

The Press in general is agreed that Mr Chamberlain drew the right moral from Finland. In the words of one newspaper, this was that fear was no defence for the neutrals against tyranny. The Glasgow Herald, speaking for the neutrals, states that almost all dread a German victory, but that if they want to maintain their independence they must he prepared to co-op-erate with one another and with Britain and France against aggression. This menus that the Allies must he able to impress the neutrals with their own preparedness and their ability to heat Germany at every point within their reach.