73 The allegation which he made as to the disposition of His Majesty's ships in the Mediterranean at the time of the Albanian Crisis is a point which deserves our careful consideration.

I have heard it flippantly put, of the Albanian Crisis, that Herr-Hitler has led from dummy.

Did not the disposition of the Fleet during the Albanian Crisis show that we cannot trust the Admiralty?

We all remember that the Albanian Crisis arose when Parliament had been adjourned for ten days only.

I do not say that such influence is meaningless--we have only to consider the intervention of Britain in Sierra Leone, the intervention of France in Francophone parts of Africa or, indeed, the role played by Italy in the Albanian Crisis.