On 'Wednesday Mr. Chamberlain opened the debate Upon the Pact.
He assured the House that the British part in the White Paper was approved by the whole Cabinet, which no one had seriously doubted. He further claimed that it was an effort to follow the policies, aimed at general peace and followed by the Governments of Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. MacDonald, in spite of the fate of the Anglo:American Guarantee and the differences of opinion over the Geneva Protocol, which he aptly described as too " continental." Our days of isolation could not return while the League of Nations lasted, but our new obligations would be limited to Germany's western frontier and there no wrong-doer could invoke our guarantee. Arrangements made in the future would be co-operative and not aimed at others by any associated parties. Germany must come back through the League into the comity of nations.
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