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the sky and ratified again His coven-
ant with the children of men," Lord
Baldwin said.
In moving phrases Baldwin recalled
last Wednesdays scenes in the House
OF Commons in that black hour before
Hltler's message arrived.
My mind went back to that day in
August 1914" he said, referring to the
day Britain decided to 60 to war
against Germany. "and I have never
forgotten Foreign Secretary SIR Ed
ward Grey's face. the face of man
who looked as if he had been through
hell and I thought the skies were
completely black"
The opposition attack was resumed
! as triumphant Nazi legions occu-
pied further Sudeten areas of Czecho-
| slovakia-by Clement r. Attlee, leader
OF the Labor opposition, with a private
notice of an urgent" question to the
Prime Minister
Mr.. Attlee demanded that debate not
be shut off before the back benchers"
the rank and file OF the House
had an opportunity to speak. He also
urged that questions concerning Brit
aims guarantee of Czechoslovakia's S
new frontiers and a British loan to
Prague should be threshed out thor
oughly.
The debate was expected to continue
through third day. It opened yes
terday with bitter attack on the four
power Munich accord for Czechoslo-
vakia's dismemberment by Alfred Duff
Cooper. who resigned as first lord of
the admiralty because, the Munich
terms stuck in my throat" and
Chamberlain's spirited defense.
May End Debate Tomorrow.
The government expects to end the
debate tomorrow, when it will present
motion approving the Prime Min
ister's actions in Europes recent war
scare.
The Labor opposition at meeting
today decided to introduce "a reasoned
amendment" to the governments mo-
ton
1t will advocate a return to collec-
tive security through the League of
Nations and an immediate summon
ing of a world conference to consider
removal of the economic and political
grievances which imperil peace"
In response to Mr. Attlee's question,
Mr.. Chamberlain told the House: II
hope that the debate might close to-
morrow"
The Prime Minister came to the
House after conference with Eamon
de Valera. Prime Minister of Ireland
and newly elected president of the
League Assembly.
Replying to question of German
radio propaganda designed to create
differences between Czechs and Slo-
vaks, Mr.. Chamberlain said
His majesty's Ambassador in Ger
lin has already represented to the Ger
man government the desirability of re-
straint in the German press and Ger
man wireless. We are awaiting his
report before we consider whether fur
ther representations are required"
Herbert Morrison, Laborite, reopened
the debate proper with an assertion
that the government had consistently
cold-shouldered the League of Nations
and steadily turned its back on COL
lective security and collective organiza-
ton of peace"
Il honestly believe" he said, that
in these negotiations with Herr Hitler
the Prime Minister has been frightened
out of his life.
The government has encouraged
rather than discourage aggression. It
either sympathized with the dictators
or feared the dictators, whose psychol-
ogy it could not understand"
Referring to Soviet Russia, Morrison
said Great Britain had adopted an
attitude in her foreign policy of dis
elimination against an exceedingly i'm