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MIRROR OF OPINION
Here their interests and ours. coincide: they and we are agree ing simply and solely in order to put peace and security on sound foundations in the Mediterran- ean region. What is there to criti- cise in this aspiration? "The Listener."
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If the Government were wise. -which is as much to say "if The development which began professional politicians were on January 30, 1938, when Hitler younger, better instructed, and came to power, has reached its chosen on any rational system". final stage. Now that he is launch-emphasis would be laid not on our ed on his Napoleonic period, he danger but on pur increasing. cannot go back, save at the cost powers of counter attack. It is. of abdication. He cannot go on some time now since the situa- save at the risk of war.
tion produced by the Prussian swagger became frankly intoler- able. It must be met not by us- ing such words as "crisis" but by
common sense.
Now, at the last moment. the British Government has seen the red light and is trying for that defensive alliance with. Russia which, if formed four years ago,
The truth is that the Trium-- would have prevented all this virate at Berlin dares not make trouble. But, in the meantime, war and that truth should be Austria, Czechoslovakia, Spain proclaimed more loudly than it and Hungary Albania is hard- is. If it makes war it kills it- ly worth mentioning have self. In a dull confused way they been swallowed up, their man- know that. We who have per- power and airpower and tankpow-manently better judgment should er and gunpower have gone to never forget it. "The Weekly: strengthen our potential enemies. Review."
Such lunacy makes you lend a believeing ear to the people who argue that wars are made by or for armament manufacturers
The World Review."
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If anything could be calculated/ to deepen Moscow's suspicions of British intentions, it would be the recent revival of appeasement. talk. "The Times" has, fortun- Mr. Chamberlain's hesitations ately, explained away its inept- (for they appear to be his rather statement that "Danzig is really than the Foreign Office's) are not worth a war"; but the same apparently due to the fear that a newspaper, which no foreigner Russian alliance will lend colour can be made to believe is to the Nazi legend of encircle-wholly independent of the ment. If those motives operate Government, continues to give we may as well go into complete great prominence to letters from. isolation forthwith, for a Gov-high Government officials and ernment that resolve- to make others urging "discussions" with no move that Dr. Goebbels is Nazi Germany and the making of capable of distorting can mani-"generous gestures" to Herr Hit- festly make no move at all. ler.
It is abundantly clear that the
After the events of last Sept- one thing that will restrain Herr ember, we are quite exceptionally Hitler is the knowledge that he lucky in being given a second can win no more bloodless cam-chance to build up an Eastern paigns, and the first essential is Front of resistance to aggression. to create conditions in Europe There will be no third chance.- which will force that knowledge "The Economist." on him.-"The Spectator."
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The treachery of the western- The "European danger-spot at Governments to their allies has- this moment is not Danzig. Nor made a profound impression on is it Berlin, Rome, Berchtesga- the peasants of the Balkans. den, or Warsaw. It is London. They can no longer feel respect And London has become danger- for a France which betrayed its ous because the past fortnight most loyal friend Benes and has seen the resurrection here of abandoned Czech democracy to its of the poisonous influence of peo- enemies, or for a Britain which ple so sympathetic with Nazi be- helped the landowners and pri- liefs and ideals that they form ests to re-establish their tyranny in effect a Fifth Column for Dr. over the Spanish peasants. Fill- Goebbels and Herr von Ribben-led with hatred for Fascist Ger- trop
many, and disgusted with "de- If the strategic value of Dan-mocratic" Western Europe, they zig is overlooked now as the look to another great country, strategic value of the mountains Russia.-"New Statesman and
of the Sudetenland was overlook- Nation."
ed last September, the result will
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culated to have a profound effect, and not least on Russia.
The Anglo-Turkish agreement. In this connection the in- By Phillip Graves. It is ridicu-fluence of Turkey with neigh- lous to suggest, as German com- bouring States must once more mentators are suggesting, that be emphasised. Her standing in the Agreement has encircle the Near and Middle East is im- ment" as its object. Mr. Clam-mense. Both the Balkan peoples berlain has stated that the ar- and the Middle Eastern peoples rangements between Great Britare fully aware that she does ain and Turkey do not preclude not make decisions lightly, that either Government from making she would not place her magnifi agreements with other countries cent army and her growing navy in the general interests of the to work in collaboration with consolidation of peace.
those who threaten the world's- The Turks have a country peace."Great Britain and the nearly three times the size of East”.
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