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H. N. Brailsford Asks
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 30, 19
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HE weeks go by, and instead ing sight is that Russia has offer- The Axis Powe of a Russian alliance we now ed her alliance to our own coun- this way. They ha have a public controversy. It is in- try and to France, not merely to mand. German tr evitable that Moscow should view ensure the safety of Eastern the Italian forces every proposal that comes from Europe, but to guarantee the peace German warships Mr. Chamberlain, with deep sus- of the West as well.
the gates of the I picion.
In plain words, if the next blows. If we mean to n The past of this man clogs him, of the Axis should fall not on the use of Russia's co and one is not sure even now that Poles but upon us or the French, the plan of Camps he has emerged from the atmos- the Russians are prepared to coun- cided in advance. phere of Munich,
ter-attack.
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His warning on behalf of Po- Mr. Chamberlain was glad to tions to deal with land would be more impressive accept a reciprocal pledge of this that Polish terri had he not used almost exactly kind from Poland. But the Red available for all t the same words before he betrayed Army, with the biggest air force of the allied Pow the Czechs.
in the world and the most highly mon good. mechanised shock troops, has on a peace footing perhaps ten times the strength of the Polish Army when fully mobilised.
Events have not yet convinced him that the Nazi Fuehrer seeks to dominate Europe. He asks himself that question, indeed, as he did in his speech to the Conservative wo- This aid, Mr. Chamberlain re- men-whose enthusiasm for flog- fuses. It is not surprising that the ging warns us what to expect if mood of Moscow after this rebuff ever Fascism should come in our is hardly as genial as one could country.
wish.
But he is still so uncertain of This is what Mr. Chamberlain the answer to his question, that rejects. Let us see what he ac- one hand offers appeasement cepts. while the other clenches its fist.
He knows little of the mood of the party that rules, Germany if he really supposes that his glow- ing picture of expanding trade will fire its imagination.
Having very rashly guaranteed Poland and Rumania, though we direct assis- could give then no tance, Mr. Chamberlain will now should be pleased that Russia
What Hitler is bent on expand- guarantee them also. This is hard- ing is not his trade but his empire. ly the natural order of procedure, In his gentler moments he calls since Russia alone can act power it his living space (Lebensraum). 'fully and on the spot.
She is assured that she will not Suspicion is inevitable; most of us share it with Moscow. Only, in be bound by her guarantee unless the last extremity will this Pre- we honour ours. In plain words, mier, who reflects the narrower if we leave the Poles in the lurch mind of Big Business, contemplate as we left the Czechs, Russia also an alliance of any scope with a need do nothing. Communist Power.
He sacrificed both Czecho- slovakia and Spain to that pre- judice. Will he forget it for Po land's sake?
over-run
This is not a.s to precipitate war. it is the only mea ter the Germans.
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The Russians therefore, that with diplomatic.. convention shall
Without that,
How and when and to what ex- suspicion and u tent she shall give her aid is left soldier of spirit, for the Poles and Rumanians to own armies will decide on the spur of the moment, work under
Suppose, for example, that the would gamble an An alliance would mean that if Poles, whose salient virtue is not success.
should Russia would sobriety,
over-estimate war should come, have her say in the settlement; their own strength, and wait till and a new Germany might emerge half their territory is which Big Business would like before they call for 'Russian aid. even less than it likes the Nazi It might arrive too late, when their beaten armies were past military tyranny.
That is not the reason that any saving.
in wary politician would avow On the other hand, with timely public. Instead, we are told that and scientific planning, the Rus- it would be dangerous to make sians, with Polish help, might con- common cause with the Soviet duct a victorious counter-offensive Union, because this would arouse and carry the war into the aggres- the antagonism of Japan, of sors' territory. Franco's Spain and even of Portu-
gal.
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In short, a mere verbal guaran- doubt it is an ad tee is not serious business. That that Poland and The really startling fact of begins when the soldiers meet be guaranteed by This means th which we are all in danger of los- and work out their plans.
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