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CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 3, 1937.

The China Mail

„first Year of

but that areas should be handed Fove her where her own

money would be current

How far are the Fuehrer's pacific assurances capable of

Wyndham Street, Hong Kong being accepted? It is not a mere

Telephone

Garric Street, London,

Notice To Contributors.

question of the Versailles

that Treaty Eng- lishmen never had any en- thusiasm The inancial clauses were preposterous, and they

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Bong Kong. Wednesday, Feb.

HITLER'S EUROPE ::

historian

diplomatist. The Treaty was signed because the only alter- natives were continuance of the blockade or a resumption of the fighting Continuation of the

ations would only have.

further demands from gerent, Allies, and a possible.

kdown of the Conference. But the Treaty was not so bad. as it is painted, for it contained within itself provisions for reɣi- sion that have never been utilis- ed. For that it would be false and absurd to place the blame then a car on German shoulders. Demands The first reactions to the were met with refusals There Fuehrer's final repudiation of has never been any atmosphere Versailles have passed, and as of patient or sympathetic en- the dust settles it is natural to quiry or equal diplomacy. We ask oneself what is the upshot are not concerned with appar of-it all? Are we headed tooning blame. The outstanding wards the Europe of Bismarck? fact of to-day is that while Herr Mr. Lloyd George in his Hitler has proved treaty-making memoirs, gives it as his opinion to be a mere waste of time, he that if m 1914 Bismarck and

has also stated plainly that the Moltke had still been in charge holds some promise for the era of surprises is over. That of the fate of Germany, the re- sult would have been that she future even if it furnishes no would have emerged from the guarantee that there will be no more demands on the colonial conflict as victor and Europe

issue, for instance What would fincecentered on a new era under German paramountry. He does promise is an era of negō- comes to the conclusion in fact! that while all the Governments made mistakes the Allied mis-

tiation on points of difference

takes pere only counterbalanced Pied Piper Wanted

by the bigger mistakes made by

their adversary. It would be They must be sighing for an- impossible to disprove that re other Pied Piper in Germany to mark all that one can say is day. An official estimate places that history does not deal in the number of rats in the coun- "might have beens." But for us try at 65,000,000. But nothing. the main consideration is that has been heard of the Pied Piper. the Nazi development has not since the Summer of 1934 when been something entirely new in the town of Hamelin on the human affairs, - or even in Ger- Weser devoted a week to cele many, but a revival

German conditions Pre-war brating the 650th anniversary

with a of his legend.

greater degree. unification, Rat-charming by music seems and all other questionings sink to have been a fact in the middle into insignificance compared ages. Despite the gay and with the one thought, is his coloured story which Browning tory going to repeat itself? made of the Pied Piper, în Whether or not we agree that Hamelin they think he was a the soul of Nazism is the vin-rat charmer who was tricked dication of the national honour,ont of his pay for ridding the and that that overrides all other town of its rats and revenged- considerations; it is quite ob himself by charming away 130 vious that the new Germany is of the town's children, who were

law unto itself. Here in South never heard of again.

The tale China, which is the source of in its original form was one of supply for so large a proportion truly medieval gloom.

of substances that are essential Now that dogs, ferrets and for modern armaments, such

poison gas have failed to keep wolframite, a glance at

down the rats in Germany, a few tables of exports will show that good charmer might find a while ordinary trade debtors welcome, bave been refused the ne exchange for the bligations,

been hed to the purc

the

only

self with a things m ever again blo from overs oment.

ed her forei

not surpris

clusion, not that

for the manu-

TODAY'S QUOTATIONS

COMMENT: “No politician ever still being created a more abundant life.”

not Professor Raymond Moley- provided

shfac-

quired by her exports should be

don'ts

nto

finding out Charles R.

OPTIMISTIC: "Good neighbours

used for the purchase of hatiwe are, good neighbours we shell

her citizens want for themselves remain.”

lent Roosevelt