The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-26


the governments view that the red
army occupied part of Poland as a
protective measure against the
Nazis.
But his scorn knew no bounds
when he replied to the speech of
Ribbentrop at Danzig charging Brit
ain with deliberately plotting the
European war to destroy Germany.
He said that the guilt must rest
squafely on Adolf Hitler and the
Nazi leaders. He expressed hope that
the German people would come to
realize all of the circumstances in
volved.
He assailed "this man" Ribbentrop,
who once hurled bitter insults at
Soviet Russia but now seems to in
vite the Soviets to join a crusade
against the British Empire"
History, he said, will judge how
far Ribbentrop failed to compre-
bend either the British policy or the
British people.
Ribbentrop Attacked
After Chamberlain had discussed
at length the sufferings of survivors
of U-boat attacks, Clement Attlee,
labor leader, assailed Ribbentrop'S
speech as ian exposure Of Ribben-
trop himself"
Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberal,
urged the government to conclude
commercial agreement with Russia
as a step toward better POLITICAL re-
lations.
It was disclosed elsewhere that
conversations had been started last
night toward a repeatedly important
trade agreement with Russia.
Chamberlain Cheered
The prime minister's statement
was cheered.
Chamberlain's statement was in re-
ply to a question. He said that the
governments views conformed to the
statement made in O. recent broad
cast by First Lord Of the Admiralty
Winston Churchill who referred to
the Russian invasion of Poland:
Churchill said that It had been
necessary for the Russians to act to
protect themselves against the
NaziS.
The prime minister's statement, in
reply to a question by Godfrey
Mander, Liberal, was In line with
the governments repeated efforts to
avoid tension with Russia as a re-
suit Of developments in eastern Eu-
rope.
Although the Soviet government
has refused to recognize the British
blockade Of Germany, the British
and French have failed to declare
any plan for eventually restoring to
Poland the territory which the red
army occupied.
Weekly Statement
In his weekly statement on the
war, Chamberlain said minor adj
justments OF positions had been
made on the western front.
1.-THE general result is that the
French and German forces are now
on the line Of their common from
tier" he said, referring to the Ger
man counter-attack before which
the French withdrew from the ter
ritory they had occupied previous
ly.
"A steady stream Of reinforce
ments and reserves Of materials for
the British expeditionary force con-
tinues and the defenses Of the Brit
ish sector are being continually
strengthened"
Tells of Destruction
Chamberlain said that probably
two Of six German bombers were
destroyed in a morning attack on a
North sea convoy on, October 21st
and that four or five Of two forma-
tions of Nazi bombers were destroyed
in an afternoon attack on the con-
voy. The afternoon attack included
nine or IL bombers in each Of the
two formations.
The prime minister's announce
ment indicated that at least half a
dozen of "a to 80 planes attacking
the convoy were brought down by
Royal Air force counter attacks and
by the fire Of anti-aircraft guns on
the British warships protecting the
convoy.
Chamberlain scornfully replied to
the speech Of Nazi foreign minister
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, who
charged that Britain had deliberately
plotted the European war in an ef-
fort to destroy Germany.
II don't propose to waste time COM
menting on many details of this per-
formance," he said.
No One Deceived
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