Word: edens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Eden Defeat Not Indicative...
...decisive vote by which Anthony Eden was defeated after a dramatic clash with his former chief, Neville Chamberlain, Wild does not believe indicative of general sentiment in England since under Britain's electoral aws, the conservative elements are over-represented. Public opinion, he said, is quite closely split on the question of foreign policy...
...general sympathetic with Eden in his break with the Cabinet, Wild said, "He might have been more flexible in his attitude toward an Anglo-Italian understanding...
Aristocratic Anthony Eden, with his landed gentry forebears and his Eton background, hates Business and being "businesslike," whereas strongly Middle-Class Townsman Neville Chamberlain is the embodiment of Business. The British aristocracy do not always live up to their principles, do not claim to-but they have them. It was Eton which cried out against Birmingham last week when Orator Eden brought 2,500 young Conservatives cheering to their feet with his words: "It is not by seeking to buy temporary good will that Peace is made. ... If we are to have Peace in your time, it means that...
...Disappointment after disappointment would seem to have weakened the League of Nations," went on Mr. Eden, "but its foundations remain. Our efforts may be checked but we are not beaten! . . . What is essential is that we should never abandon our ideals! It is for you and for all of us to champion them...