STRONG EXCEPTION TAKEN
MR A. DUFF-COOPER’S SPEECH P-IJACE MEETING IN LONDON (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 17th June,- 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, 16th June. “If I were Prime Minister I would have Mr A. Duff-Cooper arrested as a deliberate, dangerous and disgraceful scaremonger,” declared Lord Ponsonby amid applause and shouts of “that’s the stuff to give him” during an: address to a peace';iheeting. Lord Ponsonby was referring to 'Mr Duff-Cooper’s speech and added: “Mr Duff-Cooper is not the only person talking this way, but owing to his responsible position he ought to be ashamed to talk like a half-wit, whose only place is a criminal asylum.”
A cable message published yesterday stated: “Nobody with the slightest knowledge will deny that the situation in Europe is far worse than in 1914,” said the Hon. A. Duff-Cooper, 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, 17 June 1936, Page 7
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195STRONG EXCEPTION TAKEN Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 17 June 1936, Page 7
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