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Bold Businessman. It was unquestionably the businessman-the trader-in Neville Chamberlain which caused the Prime Minister to speak thus, and he went on to speak of Germany in the vein of a bold British businessman who fears no competition: "Geographically Germany must occupy the predominating position in relation to the States of central and southeastern Europe. I do not see any reason why we should expect a fundamental change to take place in these regions...
Spain and Ethiopia. The vote of confidence secured by Neville Chamberlain specifically covered his announced intention to declare in force the Italo-British treaty of last April. This instrument recognizes the Ethiopian conquest on the condition that "substantial" numbers of Italian troops are withdrawn from Spain. Spain recently said good-by to 10,000 Italians. There are still some 40,000 Italians fighting for General Franco, but Mr. Chamberlain told the House last week...
...Easiest Victories." Most journalists who covered the historic House of Commons session at which these policies were nailed to the Empire mast agreed with New York Times London Bureau Manager Ferdinand Kuhn Jr. that "Mr. Chamberlain won one of his easiest victories. . . . [His] majority of 207 tonight was far bigger than his margin of 162 in the vote of confidence that followed Mr. Eden's resignation eight months...
...Britain, however, they do things differently. Last week Secretary for War Leslie Hore-Belisha, the man who is rated the livest live wire in the Chamberlain Cabinet, rose in Parliament to declare that the antiaircraft equipment of London during last September's crisis was in an utterly chaotic state. Mr. Hore-Belisha added many unpleasant details...
Nevertheless, many were the indications that, regardless of how skillfully the Government had handled the matter in Parliament, the Chamberlain Cabinet had not heard the last of the "air-raids precautions scandal." Thousands received gas masks of the wrong size. There were grave doubts whether they would be effective against even mustard gas. Most of the trenches were pathetically shallow and inadequate. There was profiteering in sandbags and shovels...