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REPUDIATES NAZI CHARGES i OF "WARMONGERING" LONDON, England, April 5 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain quickly repudiated German charges of "war mongering" today when he announced in the House of Commons that Earl Stanhopes anti-aircraft preparedness speed was "not premeditated." The premier said it was not true that Lord Stanhope, first lord of the admiralty, had invited the press to give special prominence to his Portsmouth speech, in which Stanhope was quoted as saying the fleets anti-aircraft guns had been suddenly manned against a possible emergency. Intimating that Lord Stanhope merely had made a slip of the tongue, Chamberlain said he learned that the speech was being given unusual prominence and significance in England and abroad. "There is no reason or foundation for any sensational interpretations of the first lords comment," said the prime minister. "I gave directions to ask the press not to publish it or if it was published not to ascribe any particular importance to it," he said. "Some men were retained aboard their own ships in readiness to man the guns, as has been normal practice in times of tension. No other orders had been given by the admiralty than this, that the practice should not be relaxed even on such special occasions as last nights entertainment."
