Finland Must Not Be Allowed To Disappear

Whatever May Be The Reason, Whether It Was That Hitler Thought He Might Get Away With What He Had Got Without Fighting For It, Orwhether It Was That After All The Preparations Were Not Sufficiently Complete--however, One Thing Is Certain: He Missed The Bus.

I Am Speaking To You From The Cabinet Room At 10 Downing Street. This Morning The British Ambassador In Berlin Handed The German Government An Official Note Stating That Unless We Heard From Them By Eleven O'clock, That They Were Prepared At Once To Withdraw Their Troops From Poland, A State Of War Would Exist Between Us. I Have To Tell You Now That No Such Undertaking Has Been Received, And Consequently This Country Is At War With Germany.

We Should Seek By All Means In Our Power To Avoid War, By Analysing Possible Causes, By Trying To Remove Them, By Discussion In A Spirit Of Collaboration And Good Will.

Armed Conflict Between Nations Is A Nightmare To Me; But If I Were Convinced That Any Nation Had Made Up Its Mind To Dominate The World By Fear Of Its Force, I Should Feel That It Must Be Resisted.

It Is Evil Things That We Will Be Fighting Against-brute Force, Bad Faith, Injustice, Oppression And Persecution-and Against Them I Am Certain That The Right Will Prevail.