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Yet, three times Signor Crolla is called to the Foreign Office. And three times' Signor Crólla gives assurances. And the result "can" apparently be interpreted (says a statement carrying all the hallmarks of full official sanc- tion) as indicating an easing of the tension.REA
This is crude optimism: the crude optimism so lavishingly distributed by the Government in the last few months It pro vokes grim thought when it is persisted in; when not even Czecho-Slovakia, Memel and Al- bania in three weeks can shake a suave but disastrous impervious- ness to cold fact.
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ARE WE AGAIN TO BE FOOLED?
When Is A Bluff?
· A French envoy in the Balkans -once laid down three rules of di- plomacy. The first, he said, was But his
Is Britain to be lulled once to define your terms. again into a sense of false se-legation secretary inquired about curity?
The most astonishing the remaining two, The diplo- semi-official statement on Mus-matist shook his head. “When solini's Good Friday break- fast dish, the brutal devour ing of Albania, is that assurances have been given by Signor Crolla, in London, to Lord Halifax, and
Despite its simplicity of over- "that anxieties over the situation statement the rule is a good one. are now somewhat less than theyIt applies to phrases that become
were."
your terms are accurately defin- ed,” he replied, “you need no other rules!"
current without much concern "The gullibility of these Eng-words like "bluff" and "firmness" over their meaning. It applies to lishmen," both Mussolini and Hitler must be saying, “is assessments of the present înterna- which are often confused in as- that of a little child." Either that or, much more alarming, the men in control of the British Government are wilfully shutting their eyes to the realities.
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The Albanian coup is still far too close for full comprehension. It would be the sheerest folly, criminal folly, however, to view it as a isolated operation. Its bearing upon the strategic situa- tion in the Mediterranean and the Balkans, the closing-in of the Axis pincers about Yugoslavia, are in themselves intrinsic evid- ence of ulterior motive which en- visages plans going far beyond the conquest of an unimportant country which can bestow no eco- nomic benefits upon its libera-
tors.
The question now asked is not concerned with the future des tiny of Albania. That unlucky State may be written off as a dead loss. The question is, where will Italy and Germany turn next? And, vain as that specu- lation may be, it is at least an incentive to prepare with every energy for all contingencies. It is more profitable than listening
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Signor Mussolini gave assur- ances about Libya. There ar more troops in Libya to-day when the Anglo-Italian ment was ratified. Signor dini
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tional situation.
Threats, "designed to operate without action," have clearly been the successful tool of the totali- teracted in kind. But policies tarians. They are not to be coun-
"not liable to cancellation after vide the firmness that is the an- acceptance" can, and do, pro- swer to bluff. The problem is to the difference is essentially recognise each for what it is. For
meaning what one says. moral one-the quiet sanction
い
of
firmness operates.
There are examples of how The Nyon
in the Mediterranean by agree agreement, whịch halted piracy ment to sink, any mysterious submarines, has become some. what historic. The recent orders to the British navy to protect British shipping against an un- recognised blockades in Spanish waters had something of a simi lar effect.
The vigorous action of Hun- gary and Rumania to prevent the kind of National Socialist; agitsa tion which led to the downfall of Austria and the Sudetenland springs from foresight and deter mination rather than bluster and pretence. The instances
nded. But the essen ins clear. – Motives
rebssential
Britain
warships and planes are in Min