The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
Britain Warns Hitler
 Europe To Be United
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 icy so momentous that I think it is safe to say it will have chapter to itself when history comes to be written"
 of course" Chamberlain said, "a declaration of that importance is not concerned with some minor lit- tie frontier incident but is concerned with big things that might lie be- hind every frontier incident.
 In event of any attempt on the state of Poland, if it should be threatened-and if it were threat ened I have no doubt the Polish people would resist-then the de- claration made is that France and ourselves immediately would come to her assistance"
 Chamberlain recalled his broad- cast speech of last September in which he said armed conflict be- tween nations was a nightmare to him, but that if he was convinced any nation has decided to domniate the world by force of arms, he felt that it must be resisted.
 Chamberlain added that at that time, he did not think the German claims against Czechoslovakia con- stituted such challenge and he also felt that war is so terrible he was unable to ask the country to risk it unless some vital principle is at stake.
 Must Resist Challenge
 However, he recalled that in the new year he supported President Roosevelt's suggestion that an at tempt at domination by one power would be a challenge that would have to be resisted, adding that many then thought such situation had arisen.
 Chamberlain explained that dur ing the Czech crisis, it was possible to cite German assurances that they did not wish to dominate other races, declaring gravely:
 Those assurances have now been thrown to the winds. That is new fact which induced the government to make such departure from policy.
 "This country has been united from end to end in the conviction that we must now make our position clear and unmistakable, whatever must be the result. No one can re- gret more than I do the necessity of having to speak such words as these.
 q am no more man of war than I was in September. have not the intention or desire to treat the German people otherwise than I would have our own people treated.
 Here what we are doing is to en- ter into specific engagement di- rected to a certain eventually, namely an attempt-if such were made-to dominate the world by force.
 ."These recent happenings rightly or wrongly made every state which lies adjacent to Germany unhappy, anxious and uncertain about Ger man intentions.
 "If the German government never had any such thoughts-well, so much the better. In that case, any agreements which may be made to safeguard the independence of those countries will never be called into operation and Europe may then gradually simmer down into a state of quietude when their existence even might be forgotten.
 No Threat, If Germany Is Good
 Whatever the outcome of dis cussions between the British and other governments, they contain no threat to Germany as long as Ger many is good neighbor. It is fam tastic to suggest that this policy, ,l which is a policy of self-defense, should be described as a policy of encirclement - if by that term 1t were meant encirclement for the purpose of some aggressive action"
 Chamberlain said the three-power agreement of Britain, France and Poland is insufficient to meet the present situation and therefore clearly defined the situation as one in which mutual aid must be built up, with Russia included.
 Chamberlain admitted there are still theological difference between Britain and Russia but "they do not count in question of this kind. What we are concerned with is the maintenance of our independence and that of all states which might be threatened by aggression"
 Therefore, the prime minister said, he welcomes the cooperation of any country, whatever its system og gov ernment, not in aggression but in resistance to aggression. He said he believed the whole British cms pire supported the new policy.
 The empire, Chamberlain declar- ed, realized that the world could not continue forever in an atmos- phereI of surprise and alarm, but concluded:
 q trust that our action begun [ turning point not towards war. but not concluded, will prove to be which wins nothing, cure nothing O nd nof,<c In 1anfHix,U hut tnxuo rde