into a by-election a few months before a general election.
Such hesitation does not prove him to be either dishonest or cowardly. It is understandable that a supporter of National Government may disagree with certain aspects of the foreign and defence policy of the present Cabinet with- out wishing the principle of National Government to be shattered; or to see (during the present blizzard) the ship of state entrusted to less wary• or experienced hands. It is understandable that a Member of Parliament can regret the sacrifice of the League, of China, of Abyssinia, of Spain and of Eastern Europe without feeling that these disasters would in some manner be atoned for by a dramatic gesture of self-immolation. It is understandable that those of us who regard Munich as one of the most destructive defeats in history should also regard the Prime Minister as a tremen- dous diplomatic asset. • * * * *
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