BRITAIN CANCELS TRADE VISIT TO BERLIN

Southland Times, Issue 23769, 17 March 1939, Page 7

BRITAIN CANCELS TRADE VISIT TO BERLIN

Pledge To Czechs Ended By “Disintegration” MR EDEN URGES ALL-PARTY GOVERNMENT (United Press Association —Telegraph Copyright) (Received March 16, 8.10 p.m.) LONDON, March 16. Britain’s attitude to Herr Hitler’s latest thrust was made clear in the House of Commons yesterday by the Prime Minister (Mr Neville Chamberlain), who said that the moral guarantee of the Czechoslovak frontiers given by the British Government had lapsed through the disintegration of the republic, that the Bank of England had been instructed to suspend payments under the credit of £10,000,000 advanced to Czechoslovakia, and that the visit to Berlin of the President of the Board of Trade (the Hon. Oliver Stanley) and the Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade (Mr R. S. Hudson) to discuss trade relations would not take place. “There comes a time when a great nation must take a great decision; I believe that such a time has come now,” said Mr R. A. Eden, the former Foreign Secretary, in a speech during the debate. He appealed for the formation of an allparty Government. Dr Hugh Dalton (Labour), who declared that the Munich policy was visibly in ruins, said the coalition suggested by Mr Eden was impossible under the present Prime Minister and his foreign policy.