24 DECEMBER 1937, Page 3

Both the Prime Minister and Mr. Eden adopted a hush-

hush strategy. No one blames them for behaving with due circumspection, or wishes them to emulate the dictators and bawl their objectives across the world. But Mr. Chamberlain should not complain because the Opposition raises in Parlia- ment the questions that are uppermost in the minds of every- one. If it failed to do so it would be abandoning its principal function : Parliamentary debate cannot be confined to issues of secondary importance. However, one pronouncement of the highest significance was made by the Foreign Secretary when he declared that " we are not seeking a solution of European difficulties at the expense of other Powers."

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