The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-07
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 ish and one French destroyer" he said.
 The loss of the destroyers and of e polish destroyer was announced ofnciaiiy yesterday.
 News Was Shock
 Chamberlain, who began speaking ct 3:46 p. m. (i0:46 6. m. EDT) said that news of the withdrawal from central Norway was . profound shock to Commons and the country.
 And abroad and throughout the world" shouted an opposition mem- Der.
 The prime minister retorted that members of the cabinet must expect to be blamed for everything.
 The interruptions from the oppo- sition benches became SO frequent that Chamberlain stopped speaking and the speaker said that he could not permit such Interruptions to continue.
 There was another interruption and Chamberlain sat down until the speaker called for order.
 T do not wish to extenuate any, thing" Chamberlain said upon re- suming.
 "At the same time, I hope we shall not exaggerate the extent or the im- portance of the check we received"
 Not Like Gallipoll
 The withdrawal from south Nor- way was not comparable to the withdrawal at Gallipoli," he contin- ued, in reference to the allied de- verses during the World war on the Dardanelles front in southeastern Europe.
 "There were no large forces in- volved. Tn fact, there was not much more than a single division"
 A British division is normally from io,000 to 10000 men.
 Our losses were not really great in number nor was there any con- siderable or valuable amount of stores left behind (when the allies withdrew from Norway" he added.
 The prime minister revealed that Britain had received the most ur- gent appeals from the Norwegian commander in chief to attack Trond. heimI-the important Norwegian west coast port which the Germans seized and which the allies vainly sought to attack from both north and south.
 Tt was @ place that was essential 10 the (Norwegian) government and king," Chamberlain said. German Losses Heavy
 Tn this fighting around Trondheim the German losses were heavier ir warships, transports, planes and men than the losses of the allies, Cham berlain said.
 But he admitted that I've had to take into account the fact that we suffered 0 certain loss of prestige and that 6 certain color has been given to false legend of German iflvincibility on land and that some Encouragement has been caused by our friends" as result of the allied failure in central Norway.
 But, the prime minister insisted, the reserves in central Norway merely Stiffcned the determination of Britain and France to win the war.
 Turkey remained imperturbable," ]" he said in reference to the southeast of Europe and the Mediterranean.
 Egypt Strengthened her defenses, In the near middle east, our position has been quieted by the reversion to normal of our fleet distribution" Fleet Sent to Egypt He referred to sending of a British French battle fleet to Egypt.
 The redistribution of the fleet was possible, the British contend, because of the heavy losses suffered by the German fleet.
 The greatest blow to Allied pres- tige and influence, the prime minis- ter admitted, was in Sweden.
 "If the Swedish government and people have decided for a policy of neutrality in the face of (German) pressure, I trust at least that their neutrality will be strictly impartial as between the belligerents," he said.
 Tn reference to the vain Allied effort to take Trondheim, Chamber lain explained that 1t was realized from the start that 1t would be dif- fcult to take that port from the Germans unless the British were able to check the flow of German endorsements to Trondheim.
 "On the other hand" he said, I've had to consider the effect on the Norwegian government forces and the people if we made no attempt to hold central Norway"
 It was then, he said, that the Norwegian high command appealed for an attack on Trondheim. which was defended by German land forces, German warships and strong fortified coastal positions which the Germans had seized. Must Run One Risk
 Under these circumstances, we felt unanimously that--hazardous as this expedition might be-we must run the risk" the prime minister said.
 ."Is there anybody who would have done otherwise? I do not be- lieve there is.
 "If we had refused to answer the call (of Norway we should have justified the reproach that our only object in Scandinavia was iron ore (via Narvik) and that we cared nothing for the freedom of small nations"
 Chamberlain said that Norwegian failure to destroy railroad lines over which the Germans advanced was partly responsible for the failure of