28 APRIL 1939, Page 3

Sir Nevile Henderson's departure for Berlin aroused a great deal

of controversy on Monday. Opinion was evenly divided between those who felt that this would be taken as a return to the policy of appeasement, and those who regarded it as essential that before Herr Hitler speaks the British posi- tion should be made clear. There was much stronger agreement that Sir Nevile Henderson should not have been the Ambassador to return. However unfair a criticism of diplomats may be, he is generally held to be at least partly responsible for the disasters of the last twelve months. * *