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MIRROR OF WORLD OPINION
THE BALTIC STATES
The Baltic States, which during
the Tzarist regime put up
"HURRY SLOWLY”
It is natural that in Britain there
a hard should be much impatient criticism
struggle against the Russian yoke, are about the pace of the war.
The
No
now under Soviet hegemony.
The answer is that the object of of the Allies is not to make spectacular, situation is not without a touch
the war. grim irony. For, it was the reluct- demonstrations but to win
action they could have taken ance of these States to have their neutrality guaranteed, when a tripar- could have had its effect in time to prevent the over-running of Poland. tite pact between France, Great Brit- what we will not do," Mr. Neville ain and Soviet Russia seemed pos- Chamberlain, British Prime Minister, sible, which has partly been respon- said, "is to rush into adventures that offer little prospect of success and sible for their present plight. Strongly are calculated to impair our resources nationalistic, the States resisted the and to postpone ultimate victory."
of Some hold that at least they might invasions and
counter-invasions
by German and Russian troops during have been attacking Germans from
the air. But sporadic raids the years 1917-1920. That bitter ex-
of aeroplanes or squadrons perience taught them to have no faith scale assaults on the Siegfried line or
either in the Ger- mans or the "Reds." When they finally emerged as sovereign states, they sought in neu- trality, vainly it is now apparent, the of main- means taining their sover- eignty.
Soviet Russia has a strip of only 100 miles between Finland and Es- tonia on the Baltic seaboard. It is, therefore, but nat- ural that she should be anxious to secure strategic points in the Baltic States which might be valuable to her for offensive pur- poses. Soviet pro- tection
may be valuable to these States small
against the
pos-
sibility of aggression
MAN'S INSTINCT
are
More proof is necessary than a mere rationalization of a state of things to make me subscribe to the theory that mankind is in- herently pugnacious. It is living together, not fighting together,
Men that's instinctive. brought together in response to the dominating instinct of self- preservation. This, to be sure, also makes them fall out occasional- ly. But such lapses can no more be blamed on a supposedly inher- ent belligerency of the human race than can economic strin- gency be blamed on the prodi. What has gal bounty of nature. happened is that by a misuse of their Institutions men have some- times developed fears that their existence was being threatened by their neighbours. The blame les in a mishandling of the tools of our institutional civilization, not in a defect in mankind's in- stinctive endowment.
large-
any other big manoeuvre must be considered in the light of the larger strategy, which aims at bringing the greatest force to bear at the chosen moment in the most favour- able circumstan- ces. Any action which frittered
away strength be- fore the right mo- ment would be wasteful. The Al- lies will hardly pursue the method which the
mans
Ger- most wish
them to adopt.
The Allies will be far stronger later on. The main force of Britain's manpower is un- dergoing training, and with every month that passes
from Germany, there will be a larger proportion of But it may turn out that the "protec- it ready to go into the line side by Rus- side with the French. Britain's Air tion" has been dearly bought. sia's share of dismembered Poland is Force is very powerful, but its rate being rapidly sovietised and similar of increase is reported greater than the that of the Third Reich, so that there, methods might be applied to Baltic States as well.-"Ceylon Ob- too, time seems on the side
of the
server."
Allies. In the meantime mine-fields are being laid in home waters, sub- marines hunted and destroyed, war contraband seized, and much of which the public hears nothing is being done to make the blockade of Ger- many effective.
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"NEW ORDER"
Striking is the Japanese parallel to
No doubt, soon enough, the tempo the procedure followed by Germany of the war will rise in the west. But in the conquest of Poland, invasion well-wishers of the Allies need not followed by a bid for peace on the grudge the delays. The Third Reich basis of the capture.
started this war at its own chosen The Tokyo spokesman explained time. Every day that passes now, re- that Japan is not desirous at present moves some of the inequality which of having formal talks with the Unit- at the beginning favoured the aggres- ed States, not seeking a Tokyo parley sor. "Christian Science Monitor." or a Washington conference just yet. Probably not until the "new order in East Asia" is a little nearer formal consummation.
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But
BRANDS OF NEUTRALITY This disinclination toward formal conferences just now was revealed in There are millions in this country connection with comment on recent for whom neutrality means a scornful informal talks between the American refusal to get mixed up with the ambassador to Japan and the Japan- quarrels of foreigners, and thousands ese foreign minister. So it is a for whom it means a chance to go on logical assumption that the informal having their own way and to make talks have not yet produced results some money out of the fight. to whet the Japanese appetite for there is a high and true neutrality formal conference, at least not before
which does not take sides be- busy taking respon- the establishment of the Japanese- cause it is too
is sibility controlled government in China
There is a neutrality the -brought about to strengthen Japan's heart of which is justice and re-
position.
demptiveness: justice in facing the It is logical to assume that the sins of both sides the sins of Ver- American ambassador in his talks sailles and the past quarter-century with the Japanese foreign minister of international intrigue and selfish- received a clear indication of the ness, as well as the sins of Hitler and line
of Tokyo's planning. On that the totalitarians; and redemptiveness assumption it should be the American towards both sides, which thinks and policy to indicate unmistakably what works constantly, not for the defeat the attitude is as to waiting for the of one side and the victory of the "new order" to ripen to make ready other, but for the defeat of sin, and for formal conferences looking to its the victory of God, in every nation.
"The New Witness." recognition. "Manila Bulletin."