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To-day the experts of seven small nations, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Holland, Bel- gium and Luxemburg are meet- ing in Brussels to see what lead they can give to the world in applying the essential remedy. By themselves they can do little beyond pointing the way. Will Britain and the other great industrial nations follow their lead!
Hong Kong, Wednesday, April 14, 1937. Great
SCANDINAVIA LEADS THE WAY
"Four Times Straight"
Two very interesting reactions
To those who sometimes ven- to the dangers of war that are
ture to grumble to their wives threatening the world are occur- ring to-day in the Scandinavian about the monotony of their meals it may be some consola- countries. Neither Norway nor Sweden possesses any foreign tion to learn that great men also territory and in neither country occasionally complain. The other is there any ambition to do so in day Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt told the future. At the same time her press conference (apparent they realise that if by any chance ly like her husband she has a regular rendezvous with the war does break out, they may find it very difficult to maintain eager American reporters) that the President "rebelled when he the neutrality which has been got the same menu four times their traditional policy for cen- turies. It is true they kept out this curious coincidence is re- straight." The explanation of of the Great War, but the condi-vealing. It seems that the Pre tions of any future large-scale sident had expressed a fondness war are so unpredictable that for salt fish a fact which was they dare not calculate on similar duly noted by the kitchen staff at immunity next time. They are the White House. But, said Mrs. therefore planning rearmament Roosevelt, "varying members of with the simple the kitchen staff handled the programmes object of
a true self-defence meal in rotation and neglected They intend to be so strong that to check on what had been served any belligerent who might other the day previous." Evidently it wise be tempted for its general was another case of too many war purposes to attack them cooks. But on being asked what should think twice before taking he would like on the fifth day Mr. Roosevelt was apparently still in- This is realism of the same clined towards sea-food and re- character perhaps as that which plied "Stuffed crab." actuates the huge rearniament plans of the larger democratic countries of France and Britain, Due Warning although in neither of these can
such action.
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there be any reasonable expecta- An ordinarily sensitive popula- tion of remaining outside the tion, it might be thought, would conflict, if it comes,
be reduced to trepidation and
There is however further panic by the successive remind- evidence of the "realistic' attitude ers of the horrors which hang of these smaller, eminently non-over Britain in these days of bellicose countries. They are "peace" By way of being let determined to do the beat that down gently, there have been a they can to go to the root of the long series of warnings about evil from which the world is gas attacks from the air. Then suffering. No one doubts that it followed the engulfing shadow
of lies in the Economic Nationalism the Government's rearmament which has been almost univer-plans. And after that, the or- sally adopted in every country. ganisation of special brigades to Again and again experts and deal with the effect of incendiary
which even those who might be const bombs,
Mr. Geoffrey cheerfully ted eligible to do something to Lloyd
described as right matters, have pointed to one of the most difficult forms the pernicious influence of this of attack to cope with. He said policy not only upon the economic he felt that volunteers for this well-being of individual nations, work "would not find it dull,” but also upon the political rela-though it must be admitted that tionships existing between them. he did not use this ambiguous: in Every one admits the validity of phrase in the sinister aense the argument that all this eco- which the mind of the ironic nomic self-sufficiency planning is reader may perceive it. But all immensely harmful and that the these attacks upon nervons sen- great need of the moment is to sibility have had astonishingly restore the habit of economic co-small results. They have not operation between the nations on produced the proper reaction — a world-wide scale. Thus and a state of readiness and effort, thus only can the spectre of war but rather a sort of stunned in- be exorcised, and the way to difference. The result is unfor- security, peace and plenty be tunate, for such warnings ar opened.
much more serious than the at- Yet little or nothing is being tempts of a political fat boy to done to build upon this know-Imake the blood curale.
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