Evening star., 1939-10-03
Mere Assurances
From Hitler Held
Unacceptable
(Tert Of Chdmberldin'S Address,
Page A-6)
BY the Associated Press.

6y LUe ASSOClhlcu EICSS.
LONDON, Oct. 3.-Prime Min
lister Chamberlain declared today
that Britain would examine and
test" any German peace proposals,
but added that mo mere assurances
from the present German govern
ment can be accepted by u.s."
Britain and France, the Prime
Minister told wildly cheering
House of Commons, will not yield to
what he termed a scarcely yelled
threat" of Soviet-German collabo-
ration.
mo threat would ever induce this
country to abandon the purpose for
which we have entered upon this
struggle" he said.
The Prime Minister'S speech re-
torted to the Russian German
agreement which partitioned Poland
and made peace gesture with the
alternative of Nazi-Soviet consul
tation."
He declared mo mere assurances
from the German government could
be accepted, because that govern
ment too often in the past have
proved that their undertakings are
worthless when it .uits them that
they should be broken"
He then added that "if, therefore
proposals are. made we shall GER
tainly examine and test them in the
light of what I have just said"
End to Violence Pledged.
Nobody wants the war to continue
"for one unnecessary day" he as
serted. adding that the British and
French people. however, were de
termined to secure that the rule OF
violence shall cease and that the
word of governments-once pledged
must henceforth be kept
Mr.. Chamberlain told the House
that the Soviet-German agreement
by no means meant Germany would
receive any lasting benefits and
contained nothing to swerve Britain
from what we are doing now
mobilizing all the resources of the
British Empire for the effective
prosecution of the war"
Bitterly Mr.. Chamberlain assailed
the Russian-Germa statement that
If the Western powers refused peace
offers they would bear the war guilt
"The responsibility for the wal
rests upon those who have con-
ceived and carried out this policy OF
successive aggression and it can
neither be evaded nor excused" he
said.
Turkish Mission Arrives.
As he spoke, Premier Mussolini
and his cabinet in Rome were re-
ceiving from Foreign Minister Count
Galeazzo Ciano what was presumed
here to be an outline of Germany's
plan for quick peace.
Coincidentally the arrival in Lon
don Of Turkish military mission
and British attentiveness to Spain
showed the intensity of the diplo-
matte struggle over Europe's neu-
trails.
The House roared its approval OF
Mr.. Chamberlain's avowals that
Britain could not be threatened
into peace and that she would ex-
anime peace proposals in the light
OF Germany's past record.
Labor and Liberal leaders con-
CURED. Laborite Clement Attlee
said I'VE must carefully examine
every kind of proposal for peace
but we must deal with realities, anc
it is no good saying there is peace
when there is no peace.
"A mere reversion to the situa-
ton of the last year or so woulc
not bring the world beack to peace.
Liberal Leader Sir Archibald Sin.
clair said: 80 long as Germany i!
governed by Hitler and the people
who surround him, we will con.
stantly be confronted with a choic'
between submission to his will ane
the dread alternative of war.
This country wants peace, but
1t not prepared to buy it at tn,