dated November 11, 1950: ''Dark Clouds'' on the international horizon

Britain's Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, declared in London on November 9, that there were ``dark clouds'' on the international horizon. He was addressing 840 guests at a banquet to mark the inauguration of the new Lord Mayor of London. He added: ``There are men who are prepared to resort to violence and those who seek peace must be prepared to withstand the evil-doer.''

Mr. Attlee said that Britain sought ``untiringly'' for peace but its people were determined to ``defend to the utmost'' their way of life. If they had to fight in defence of their freedoms, they were like the soldiers of Oliver Cromwell - ``men who know what we fight for and love what we know.''For this comparison Mr. Attlee went back 300 years to the evil war between the forces of King Charles I and the troops under Cromwell's command in the ``King versus Parliament'' struggle.

On the North Atlantic Treaty, Mr. Attlee said: ``It is idle to deny that there are difficulties in arriving at full agreement on such a thorny subject as the participation of Germany in the defence of Western Europe.

``Our policy has been made clear. We are in favour of setting up a Supreme Command and effective integrated force for the defence of Western Europe with as little delay as possible. We have also accepted that under adequate safeguards there should be a contribution by Germany to this force.''On Korea, Mr. Attlee said: ``We all desire that this conflict should be localised and brought to a successful end as soon as possible.''

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