Britain Striving For Peace

Northern Advocate, 30 August 1938, Page 7

Britain Striving For Peace

(Received 2 p.m.) 'RUGBY, August 29. Sir Neville Henderson, British Ambassador in Berlin, Viscount Halifax, Foreign Secretary, and Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, had consultations with the Prime Minister, Mr Neville Chamberlain. Tomorrow there will be a meeting of

Ministers, at which the international situation and developments in Central Europe will be considered. Newspapers give great prominence to these ministerial consultations, as well as to the news from Prague of negotiations with Herr Heinlein’s party. The concern aroused in official circles in London by the position in Central Europe is the subject of comment by political correspondents, who make it clear that the British policy is not directed in any sense, favourable to one side or the other in the dispute, which, in its internal aspect, is no concern of Britain’s, nor is the Government interested in promoting or influencing any particular settlement.

The essential purpose of the British policy in relation to the Sudeten problem is the preservation of European peace. It is believed in London that a peaceful agreed solution is attainable if all contribute to make the most of the opportunities, and writers stress the British hope that all concerned will strive towards the reduction of tension and towards the removal of bitterness.