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THE CHINA MAIL, DÉCEMBER 18, 1939
MIRROR OF WORLD
OPINION
VERMONT LIKES BRITISH found in Poland. The soldierly quality
HUMOUR
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of her troops has been harshly tested through the centuries, they are well- trained, well-equipped and certainly We have never accused the British not unskilled either in the use of of being a humorous race but there modern arms or in the age-old tactics seems to be an element of humour in of defensive warfare, and the inde- the way British advertisers are taking pendence of the country being threat- advantage of war slogans to promote ened, Finland's sons may be confident- sales. For instance one book seller ly expected to offer the most stubborn advises Londoners to "read while they resistance to Russia's encroachments. raid." A shampoo manufacturer ad- Whether it will be possible to evade vises women not to "black-out the war at the eleventh hour only the highlights in your hair."
future can tell. At the moment it Another advertisement tells how to does not seem likely, for in the fur- keep hands soft while digging tren- therance of Russian plans for northern ches and a portable heater is described Europe whatever concessions Finland as just the thing to warm air-raid may make now will only establish shelters! Sounds almost like the precedents for further requirements American brand of humour.-"The to be advanced in the future. If, there- United Opinion," Bradford, Vt.
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NO PEACE YET
fore, they decide to offer resistance to Russia who shall blame them for do- ing what their manhood and national dignity require?-"North China Daily News."
K
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AFTER THE WAR
For before anything nearer peace can be won there must be a removal of war's causes. What are they? The immediate cause was the invasion of Poland. And certainly no peace would
When the war is over there will be last which merely ratified the Ger- a fresh and even greater attempt to man-Russian crime against the Poles. build a world order. The League or- The Allies have said that no peace can ganisation is already there, and German through it can be done whatever the
be made until there is a Government
they
can trust. Short of an overturn within Germany which would insure that new aggressions would not recur at each half year, they see no hope of security.
That is as far as official peace talk has gone. Unoffi- cially there are people in the Allied countries who would like to see a considered attempt
to make peace even with the present regime in Germany while creating con- ditions that would deprive it of power to renew the anarchy it has pro- duced in Europe. That does not ap- pear possible. First, consent to disarma-
THE INVISIBLE
PORTRAIT
But It's invialble only to good old Uncle Sam.
It'o an "As-others-see-him” picture-the kind that would do him a lot of good if only he could bring himself to face it.
The Uncle, sits upon a fence: he made it himself. It's very tall. Compared to. It, the Empire State, the Chrysler and the Woolworth buildings are as flat as the bot- tom of the 1931 depression. And It goes all around his mighty do- main, along the Atlantic and the Pacific. Some people call it a tariff wall; but that is only a wee portion of It. For there is a good deal that is mental as well as economic and material about it. It is his Holler-Than-Thou stool, Uncle Sam loves so much to sit upon and look out on the world at large. Mr. K. Musen.
nations are willing to let it do. Its the "Report" for last year mentions the withdrawal of the foreigners serving with the late Spanish. Re- public. It coupted them, and no one doubted when the League Commission declared its moral conviction" that the movement from the fighting lines was
complete. In the League building at Geneva the Spanish works of art were held in safety. No one can estimate how much further anguish China has been spared from the epidemics which go with war by the
work and
medical materials of a League Com-
ment and a giving up of spoils would mission. The "Report's" account of the be required. And those who have work for health, the campaign against studied the Hitler regime most closely opium, the care of refugees, the sur- maintain that it could not live with- veys of impediments to world trade out continued agitation. Undoubtedly show something of its present many- economic warfare, for which the Al- sided activities. By themselves they lies are partly to blame, is one of the justify the League's existence, but they underlying causes. But better econo- show also what vast advances could mic conditions do not appear possible be made if national Governments be- until a real change has come in Ger- came convinced that the good of all many. Effective answer must come could be would by acting together and first from Berlin.
spending together through the League.
"Guardian Weekly."
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HITLER'S THOUGHTS
If Herr Hitler had occasion to com-
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TO BE LIVED DOWN
Leaving aside Mr. Borah's thesis that plain of the Allied policy of encircle- the war is an imperialist "struggle for ment which could never have injured power," his description is not alto- him had his policies remained pacific, gether remote. But Mr., Borah's thesis what must he be thinking of the mis- is also important. He does not like takes which he made a few short Nazism but he does not trust the Bri- weeks ago which will in the end re- tish Government; "from the first en- duce Germany to a secondary position trance of Hitler and his theory of gov- vis-a-vis of Russia. That Norway, and ernment upon the scene in Europe Sweden are watching the situation they have had the kindliest support with considerable anxiety is only of the British Government until the natural, for a powerful Russia brought break came over questions of territory to their doorstep by victory and power." He only put extravagant- over, and annexation of Fin- ly a common distrust that we have to land would constitute a threat to live down, a distrust that is ready to themselves the magnitude of which break out whenever Americans begin cannot be over-estimated. Their only to doubt the Government's earnest- rampart is Finland, which may be de- ness in carrying on the war and be- pended upon to fight to the bitter end come restive at what they consider a if war has to ensue. She will struggle lack of definiteness in our war aims. against overwhelming odds, though This must be kept in mind, and the de- the terrain will give her certain ad- feat of Senator Borah and the strict vantages which may make her a isolationists does not alter it."Man- tougher nut to crack than Germany chester Guardian."
THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 18, 1939