#OTD 1938. The Anschluss - the German annexation of Austria.
In the Commons two days later, Clement Attlee warns 'We are face to face with events grave in themselves, which may lead us far to still graver events'
In the Commons two days later, Clement Attlee warns 'We are face to face with events grave in themselves, which may lead us far to still graver events'
'I believe that the hearts of all of us will go out to those who may be imperilled there today, or captives, the Catholics, the Socialists and the Jews, or any others who may suffer'
'We are face to face with an issue which demands something more than a standing firm against further aggression. If the League is to stand firm on its principles, it must stand firm for building up a world of law and a world of justice'
'I do not think that you can settle the difficulties and dangers of the world by bargainings between one big Power and another. You can only do it by trying to establish, within the League, something like justice'
'To allow a further degeneration of the situation by the admission of the rule of force all the time is to make war inevitable. I believe that the people of this country would stand firm together for the rule of law for the preservation of the peace of the world'
