British reporters buttonholed as many important men as they could find last week and asked their opinion of the financial crisis. The answers were not over-encouraging:
Winston Churchill, last Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer: "Why should there be a doubt in England's financial stability? Thousands of ships reach British ports yearly. . . ."
Neville Chamberlain, Conservative leader: "I do not believe that the prosperity of this country has gone forever. It will return only through our own efforts and on how much we can induce other parts of...
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