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Plea by
Churchill
LONDON. Jan. 23 (A.AJP.)
Resuming the Foreign .Af
fairs debate In the House of
Commons to-day, Mr, Chur
chill said the Opposition wel
comed the Foreign Secretary's
plan for more intimate rela
tions with France, the Bene
lux countries and Italy, and
with Switzerland, if she
wished it.
"Let us place this question
above party and bring the per
sonalities of the anxious. States
and nations as a whole into
the larger harmony on which
their prosperity and life may
depend," said. Mr. Churchill. :
He added that what he said
at Fulton, Missouri, had be
come the accepted policy- of
the English-speaking world.
There was a real danger; he
said, in allowing things to
drift too long. The best chance
of preventing war was to bring
matters to a head and reach a
settlement with the Soviet be
fore it was too late. This im
plied the Western democracies
uniting and taking the initia
tive in asking the Soviet for a
settlement.
There were very grave
dangers in letting everything
pile up. until.jt-pgsisedvatit of
control;;' :2%.-rS(>9)iamfe?mC.;-lt-.
self woulij' not- "guarantee
against war, but If war came
"it would give us the" best
chance of coming out of , It
alive."
Mr, Churchill described
the' decision tn scrap a. large
part of the reserve of war
ships as ah- unwise and; im- '
provident step, which would
affect British influence and :
: authority in international '
discussions.
"I hope Greece will not be
reduced to another Com
munist-ridden police State;
such as has been established
against the. will; of peoples be--
hind the Iron curtain," he
said. .
Princess Elizabeth attended
the House of Commons and
Hstened to the debate. It was
her first informal visit to the
House. Mrs. Churchill joined
her In the Speaker's gallery.
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