WORSE THAN IN . 1914
SITUATION IN EUROPE REFUSAL TO FACE FACTS BRITISH WAR MINISTER’S COMMENT (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 16th June, 10.0 a.m.) LONDON, 15th June, “Nobody with the slightest knowledge will deny that the situation in Europe is far worse than in 1914,” said the Hon. A. DuffCooper, Secretary of State for War, at a trade luncheon, “Yet
we are joking and laughing, refusing to face facts, and allowing people to preach that it is wicked to defend women and children from gas attacks. We are told we are frightening the people. I think it is the duty of those in authority to frighten the people,” he added.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 16 June 1936, Page 5
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