 Lang often spoke in the House of Lords about the treatment of Russian Christians in the Soviet Union . He also denounced the anti @-@ semitic policies of the German government , and he took private steps to help European Jews . In 1933 , having commented on the " noble task " of assisting India towards independence , he was appointed to the Joint Committee on the Indian Constitution . He condemned the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935 , appealing for medical supplies to be sent to the Abyssinian troops . However , as the threat of war increased later in the decade , Lang became a strong supporter of the government 's policy of appeasing the European dictators , declaring the Sunday after the Munich Agreement of September 1938 to be a day of thanksgivings for the " sudden lifting of this cloud " . Earlier that year , contrary to his former stance , he had supported the Anglo @-@ Italian agreement to recognise the conquest of Abyssinia , because he believed that " an increase of appeasement " was necessary to avoid the threat of war . Lang also backed the government 's non @-@ intervention policy in regard to the Spanish Civil War , saying that there were no clear issues that required the taking of sides . In October 1937 Lang 's condemnation of Imperial Japanese Army actions in China provoked hostile scrutiny by the Japanese authorities of the Anglican Church in Japan , and caused some in that church 's leadership to publicly disassociate themselves from the Church of England . 
