REPLY TO RIBBENTROP
WAR-GUILT ASSERTION . REFUTED BY GERMAN MINISTER’S OWN STATEMENTS NAZI AGGRESSION FORCES BRITAIN TO TAKE UP ARMS [ British Official Wireless j RIGBY. Oct. 26. The positive conclusion to be drawn from the Danzig speech by the German Foreign Minister, Herr von Ribbentrop. stated the British Prime Minister. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in the House of Commons, was that the German Government, had apparently made the choice which, as he made clear on October 12, lay before it. Herr von Ribbentrop had announced the German intention of seeing the struggle through with all energy and strength. “If that is indeed its decision, there can be but one reply, and,” declared Mr. Chamberlain emphatically, “we are prepared to give it.” The House cheered when he added: “But it is not England that has challenged Germany. It is the German Government which, by persistent acts of aggression pursued in the face of repeated warnings, has forced us at last reluctantly to take up arms. It is the German Government which, by reckless disregard of its pledged word and the. rights and liberties of other peoples, must face the responsibility for this war and all its consequences.’’
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 255, 28 October 1939, Page 7
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