AY 31, 1939
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olic Church to as the east, especially if the Danzig land while keeping her Savoy fron- aganised Germany. question is settled before Britain tier safe. Further, by detaching DISTURBED and Russia come to terms. And so, Italy from Germany it would keep tion has hitherto just as Mussolini is desperately the Reich out of the Mediterranean. ainly of interviews striving to avoid being drawn into Hitler's attempt to secure non-ag- or Valeri, Papal war on Germany's side over Dan- gression pacts with Scandinavian French Foreign zig, so Stalin is desperately striving countries was fundamentally an at- net, on the one to secure an alliance which will pre- tempt towards securing domination mor Godfrey, Apos- vent Britain and France from giving of the Baltic; the Scandinavians' re-(you can't help making a good change) id Lord Halifax, Hitler his free hand in the East. fusal has frustrated that attempt. Secretary, on the Mr. Chamberlain's endeavours to With Italy barring Germany's way conduct negotiations with Stalin se- to the Mediterranean and the Baltic
of these diplomatic cretly were upset by the communique kept as a free sea-way for the British sed disturbance in issued by Stalin to the world Press, Navy, the Third Reich would be as Stalin certainly de- through the official Tass agency.
(Continued on Page 21) negotiation; with
ASTUTE MOVE
t certainly desires
3 that, once Ger
a physical as well othold in Danzig,
ef-
him on his eastern Soviet Russia has always had the reputation of being subtle behind a mask of naivety. M. Litvinov's forts towards disarmament by his simple proposition at Geneva some years ago were an example of this apparent naivety. The communique 'from Stalin-startling governments and observers with its reminder of President Wilson's famous phrase, "open covenants openly arrived at" -is the latest example of this ap- parent naivety.. Actually, it was an astute move to force Chamber- lain's hand towards an Anglo-Soviet alliance before Papal intervention and the general fear of war succeed in settling the Danzig problem.
BY
CURY"
Pomerania (the so- Hitler will be in a
Should Germany and Poland n from which to settle their differences without the ected attack on the assistance of the Soviet, Stalin's only safe move would be towards
re-
bst striking charac- the accord with Germany. er's famous speech Hitler, whose methods are flexible ident Roosevelt was though his fundamental policy
the policy therein mains firm, would not be averse to expressed in "Mein such an agreement in certain even- tualities, for it would completely secure his eastern frontier while he dealt with the democracies on the west.
Hitler condemns the time for seeking col- nt and world trade rnatively, he insists,
A Soviet-German accord d have been one of ship with Britain, provide for the neutralisation (as an y free to seek addi- alternative to partition) of Poland.
what Hitler terms
n Russia; in other the west in order to commit aggres-
to
TLER WANTS
would
France, however, is so deeply com-| mitted to Poland, and Colonel Beck that commit- so keen to insist on
that
ment, that every endeavour will be made towards preventing Soviet-German accord.
Beck insists that France shall ful- the policy of Hitler; fil her obligations in the East to- ratively mild tone of wards Poland, but as long as there is for a colonial settle- a danger of Italy joining Germany, in, Overseas colonies such action by France would expose ly unimportant to her to attack in the Savoy as well as hat he wants is Rus- along the Rhine.
NET CLOSING IN the Ukraine. mberlain, until the Hence the talks between, Count -Slovakia, was fully Ciano and the French Ambassador in that policy, willing to Rome, M. Francois-Poncet-an en- ce in the west and deavour to achieve an amicable set- ression in the East. tlement of Franco-Italian differen- Such a olicy has now been ces in the Mediterranean.
is still a danger of settlement would enable France to a free hand in fulfil her obligations towards Po-
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