Evening star., 1940-06-29
Demands
Chamberlain, Hoare
And Halifax Quit
2o Lose Lives in German
Raids Against Channel
Islands Last Night
BY the Associated Press

bolgi, Labor leader in the House of
Lords, released an open letter to
British editors today in which he
said if former Prime Minister
Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary
Lord Halifax and Sir Samuel Hoare,
Ambassador to Spain, would retire
it would be the greatest service they
could do their country and its cause.
The Labor spokesman in the
House of Lords based his letter upon
the report that Mr.. Chamberlain,
lord president of the council, had
found 1t necessary to give an inter-
view to the American press denying
that he is in favor of asking Ger
many for peace negotiations"
On June 10, Lord Strabolgi wrote
in the London Times that Parlia-
ment reflected the "uneasiness in
the country = . at the continuance
in high Office of men primarily re-
sponsible -" for the present state
of affairs. Those of us who are try
ing to sustain public morale in these
difficult times would be greatly as
sisted if this cause of criticism and
complaint were removed"
That articles mentioned no names.
Text of Letter.
The text of Lord Strabolgi's letter
today:
Mr. Neville Chamberlain has
found it necessary to give an inter-
view to the American press denying
that he is in favor of asking Ger
many for peace negotiations.
I'VE can accept Mr.. Chamber
lain's word, especially as we know
of his anger at Hitler's double
crossing over the Munich agreement
when he invaded Czecho- -Slovakia in
March of last year. We also appre-
ciate Lord Halifax's moral indigna-
ton at the Nazi enormities. Unfor-
tunately, the past of these two
statesmen is so identified with the
appeasement policy that, so long as
they are in the inner war cabinet,
the German propagandists will find
credence for their fairy tales about
Britain suing for an armistice.
"The presence of Sir Samuel
Hoare, with his past record and
association with M. Laval, as Brit
ish Ambassador in Madrid, also
lends color to these deliberately cir
culated rumors.
"The effect is most serious in the
two most important neutral coun-
tries in the world-the United States
of America and Russia.
"If Messrs. Chamberlain, Halifax
and Hoare could see their way to
retire for a space from public life
it would be the greatest service they
could do to their country and to the
cause for which we are fighting, and
an act of high patriotism"
20 Killed in Raids.
Twenty mine persons were killed
in German air raids on the Chan
mel islands of Guernsey and Jersey
last night, the Home Office an
nounced today, and a few bombs
were dropped on widely separated
parts of the British Isles this morn
ing.
The raids on the Channel islands,
of the French coast, came shortly
after the British government had
announced that they were being de-
militarized.
Civilians were machine -gunned in
both islands, the Home Office COM
munique declared, listing % killed
and So injured in Guernsey and 6
killed and several injured in Jersey.
A Jersey resident said three Ger
man planes bombed the island, set
ting fire to some buildings. A
Guernsey woman. who reported
three German bombers also flew
over that island, said:
From what I hear the Germans
were trying to destroy quantities OF
tomatoes and potatoes. I don't
think they were very successful, but
they did succeed in killing a large
number of civilians"
Many famous herds of Jersey and
Guernsey cattle and virtually all the
remaining potato and tomato crops
already had been shipped to Eng
land, it was announced.
Activity on Small Scale"
A communique of the Air Ministry
and Ministry Of Home Security said
activity in the daily resumption of
German raids over England was
on small scale"
"A few bombs were dropped in
South Wales and near the east
coast, but nothing of any Importance
was achieved" it said.
Later the Ministry Of Home Sc
curity announced damage was slight
and that five persons were injured,
two of them slightly.
One German bomber was reported
shot down by British fighters over
Northeast England. Another was
brought down OF the coast OF
Scotland.
Peace Move Reported.
A neutral diplomatic source en-
visions a possible British Russian
Turkish alignment to bargain with
Germany and Italy in peace move
said to be "in the air."
Any attempt by Germany to in
wade England Is likely to await the
outcome Of this lmove. this source