THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 6, 1941.
CHINA MAIL
WINDSOR HOUSE
NOTHING OR EVERYTHING?
"Germany demanded nothing of England and France." Once again Hit- ler has stressed this point. It apparently mystifies him that these two coun- tries should have declared war on the Third Reich. He speaks as if he cannot understand such a situa- tion. It is possible lie can- not. That may be why he refers to it so often in an attempt to justify the. Nazi position.
Herr Hitler speaks of Poland. It was not Poland that was so important-to| Britain, but a stable ternational society
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which all nations, larger. and smaller than Poland. could live in security. Po- land was the final line drawn by the British after the trial of Nazi good faith in Czechoslovakia had brought disillusion- ment.
As a matter of strategy, the drawing of the line in Poland was not attractive. It was drawn there be- cause public opinion in Britain would not wait until after another retreat to make a stand against aggression. So far from "thrusting Poland for- ward," as Herr Hitler
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