DANGER AVERTED

Southland Times, Issue 21832, 8 October 1932, Page 5

DANGER AVERTED

THE OTTAWA DECISIONS,

A CONSERVATIVE VIEW.

(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, October 6.

“I believe a grave danger was averted by Ottawa,” declared Mr Neville Chamberlain, at the Conservative Conference at Blackpool. “Before Ottawa the Empire ties were frayed and there was a possibility of disruption.”

Mr Chamberlain vigorously attacked Sir Herbert Samuel’s broadcast, stating that it was "peculiarly discreditable electioneering, exploiting class feeling and stimulating fears among the ignorant. I regret that Empire relations and Ottawa have been misrepresented and made the sport of party passings,” he said. “Never was there a more harmonious team than the British which unanimously approved every conclusion. I claim that Ottawa was the crowning achievement of a year of wonderful endeavour, and I believe the majority of Britons consider Ottawa the beginning of a new era.”