Evening star., 1940-05-04
British Laborite
Urges Premier
And Aides Go
Simon, Hoore Named
With Chamberlain
By Morrison
BY the Associated Press.

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LONDON, May 4.-Collapse Of the
British campaign In Central Norway
brought Prime Minister Chamber
lain's cabinet its sternest test Of the
war today as members of his own
Conservative party, hungry for mill
tary success, showed signs of active
rebellion as one opposition leader
suggested that key leaders in the
present cabinet go.
Herbert Morrison, one of the Labor
party's most powerful spokesmen in
Parliament, suggested the resigna-
tions of Prime Minister Chamberlain,
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir
John Simon and Air Minister Sir
Samuel Hoare.
Il have a suspicion" said Mr..
Morrison in an address prepared for
delivery today before the labor re-
gional conference at Southampton.
that those three men are primarily
responsible for the relative weak
ness of our war effort.
Il urge them to consider whether
their best service to the country
woAAo AoV NC Wy way u 1coASIld-
ton"
Attlee Demands Satisfaction.
Labor party leader Clement r.
Attlee told an Ipswich audience that
the Chamberlain government would
be called upon to satisfy the people
of this country that everything
possible was done" in the Norwegian
campaign.
The leader of the opposition in
the House of Commons said, "The
fact that the government must rem
der an account of their actions to
representatives of the people marks
the difference between democracy
and dictatorship.
Mr.. Attlee said Hitler has lost
the greater part of the German
fleet and very many German lives
in his unprovoked attack on a
peaceful neutral country, but there
is no one in Germany who can call
him to account"
Meanwhile, an authoritative
source said Britain will continue
fighting for Norway with the great
est vigor"
The distance from the German
air bases of the operational area
around Narvik far-northern Nor
wegian ore port) will undoubtedly
prove to be in our favor" said the
British source.
1t was also revealed by this source
that after the French troops landed
at Namsos, now abandoned BY the
allies, part of their supplies and
munitions were blown up.
Parliamentary sources indicated
that unless a signal success for
British arms is achieved before next
Tuesday, when the House of Com.
mons begins an inquiry into the
Norwegian reverse, the present gov
ernment will face bitter fight for
its life.
Calls for Changed Attitude.
Growing restiveness within the
Prime Minister'S party was evidenced
last night when Richard K. Law,
member of Parliament for strongly
Conservative Hull, declared that the
governments attitude toward the
problem must be changed before
the country is in sight of victory"
Clement Davies, Welsh member of
Parliament, a Liberal National, and
thus normally a supporter of the
government, announced simultane-
ously that he had met with a group
OF colleagues who had decided to op-
pose any vote Of confidence during
the biggest crisis we ever had to
face"
The Manchester Guardian raised
its powerful voice to declare that Mr..
Chamberlains capacity for self
delusion is a national danger" in
commenting upon the withdrawal of
troops from Norway.
Mr.. Law. whose father, Bonar
Law, led the Conservative party
under Asquith, warned ste-nly
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