886 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Minister may try. I don’t see any reason why he should not succeed with the Portuguese in persuading them to adopt either of the two methods.
There is only one more observation I will make and I will sit down. I was reading the other day a volume published by the Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House, giving a survey of things that led to the Second World War, and the author, undoubtedly one of the best and most erudite, drew two conclusions as to why the war came and why it was not avoided. One was that Mr. Chamberlain, on account of the policy of disarmament which was then being agitated upon by the Labour Party could not preserve what is called the balance of power in Europe and allowed Hitler to grow and grow until, it was difficult to control him. The second thing, he said, was that Chamberlain made the greatest mistake in believing in the word of Hitler. There was no greater liar than Hitler. He was given all that he wanted when the Sudetan Germans were separated from Czechoslovakia and he said he had nothing more to ask. The whole House will remember that after that treaty was signed, the very next day he marched into Czechoslovakia. I hope our Prime Minister will not make these blunders. Sir, I have done.