Dissatisfaction With Major Direction Of War

Northern Advocate, 9 May 1940, Page 5

Dissatisfaction With Major Direction Of War

And Here Are The Views OS Commons Critics:

LONDON, May 7. The Deputy-Leader of the Labour Opposition (Mr Arthur Greenwood!, said in the House of Commons that the British people would face all the sacrifices they w 7 ere called upon to bear, but they would not tolerate lack of bold and effective leadership. Should there be confused counsels, inefficiency and wavering, other men must be called to take the place of the leaders who had failed the country. Increasing numbers of people were becoming more and more disturbed at the direction of the war. “Is it not the case,” asked Mr Greenwood, “that this Norwegian episode, inadequately and unconvincingly explained by Mr Chamberlain, has profoundly shocked people in every constituency in Britain?” Hitler May Strike Again. Hitler might strike again. Were plans ready to deal with that, or were they to be as defective or disastrous and humiliating as in the Norv/egian episode? Wars were not won by masterly evacuations. 1 At the same time, Mr Greenwood I expressed his personal view that, from the military viewpoint, this adventure might be Hitler’s downfall, and might be regarded as a capital blunder. “If this House feels that the prosecution of the war is not effective and does not say so, it is playing into the hands of the enemy far more effectively than would any distui'bance in this House,” said Mr Greenwood. Not Seeking Party Advantage. “We are not seeking a narrow party advantage out of this. “The fact is that there is a deep, bitter and growing dissatisfaction with the major direction of the war. “The responsibility lies with Mr Chamberlain and his colleagues, and the responsibility for any change lies not with the minority, but with the majority who have even greater responsibility now.’” Could Have Been Taken. Sir Roger Keyes said that Trondheim could easily have been captured if a few ships had entered Trondheim Fiord immediately the Army was ready to co-operate.