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DEBATE IN HOUSE OF LORDS
Resuming the debate in the House v
of Lords, Lord Strathbolgi referred to {
evidences of German weakness and he
the fact that the Nazis were losing U
ground. He
said that he had talked to men of
repute who saw rioting and heard <
shooting in some German towns. of
When Troops marched they passed through
a silent, gloomy, cheerless c
country. The Nazis were in diffi- c
culty at the time of Herr Hitler's A
Nuremberg speech. The extravagance
of his demands and the tone of
his speeches had alienated world opinion
and isolated Germany. If 1
Britain had stood firm, mobilised the ]
fleet andrjCqnveyed to the German public
and leaders that they were i
endangering peace, an honourable
settlement could have been reached.
Lord Strathbolgi said that he and his
party would resist the proposed ?
Franco-British guarantee of Czseho- i
Slovakia because it would lead to
more anguish.
The alternative to the Four Power
Pact was a world pact.
Labour thought that there should
be a colonial settlement as. part of
a general settlement, not as a sop or
surrender to armed force.,
Earl Baldwin, in his maiden speech
the House of Lords, said that
e when Mr. Chamberlain decided to go
to Berchtesgaden, there was nothing
11 else that could be done. He rejoiced
that those meetings had occurred and
in what Mr. Chamberlain had a
i complished. He believed the phrase
1 "You've got to fight some day, so
fight now," was a fallacy. However,
I he agreed with those who urged that
defences must be strengthened without
delay. "I would mobilise industry
to-morrow," he added
viscount Samuel said that Mr.
-. Chamberlain's efforts should com-
1 Land the support of the whole na
f tion. He denied that British prestige
had fallen. The Dominions were
heartily relieved that war had been
averted.
Viscount Swinton, former Air Min-
i ister, said that Parliament should
a I empower the Government to put the
country on a war footing immediately
the occasion arose.
Lord Lloyd argued that Mr. Chamberlain
had surrendered to force.
, Lord Halifax knows that I informed
d him early in August that the whole
if German plan had been worked out
r to the actual day. He knows whence
the information came," said Lord
h Lloyd.
it The debate was adjourned, '
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