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CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON

It is difficult to escape the conviction that the danger of

criticism of the "Manchester Guardian” that while there can be no accusation of insincerity against the Premier or his For- eign Minister, Mr. Anthony Eden, neither of them has yet set down a deliberate line of policy, which can and will be firmly applied.

Britain swings and sways with the trend of events and the influence which should could bring to bear in a crisis thereby loses much of its force.

war is more acute to-day than at Kowloon Tragedy any previous time since the de-

were

velopment of the Spanish crisis. The tragic death Most perturbing sign is the de- Charles E. Watson came as liberate rousing of national heavy shock to a very large passions and animosity, which cle of friends. Few men can only mean preparation for more popular, or more deserved- the shout which will bring down ly so, in the realm of sport and the avalanche.

to the Kowloon Cricket Club Italy accuses a Spanish ship of particularly his death means an staging a deliberate collision to almost irreparable loss. The ram and sink an Italian steamer.mere fact that at 54 years of Spain, or Valencia, announces age, he could hold his own on the the sinking of a Spanish vessel tennis court with the youngsters with an indirect allegation that and earn his place in league German

was an earnest of his Germany, addressing qualities. But he was much 200,000 Nazis, Herr Hitler an- more than a skilled and active nounces that Germany has done tennis player. He came

within with international consultations, every definition of a sportsman. that in future, she will make her There seems to be a heavy own decisions and make them irony in a Fate which, when it quickly. He makes mockery of deals out its blows, delivers the activities of the non-inter-them to such a man as this. vention committee and throws

sible.arships were respon-cricket

into the face of Britain the old

cry of "Perfides Albion.

Worse than useless would it

be to make accusations against “Simple” But Autocratic

one country or another concern- ing

the responsibility for this It is rather a curious thought unhappy state of affairs. The in connection with demands from whole air is inflammatory.

Major Attlee for more

To use the words of Viscount plicity" about the persons of our Cecil at Geneva the other day. royalties, that where royalty is It seems insane to those of us concerned personal simplifications, who can remember what war may be linked with anything but really was a few years ago: how liberal intentions. Some of those useless it proved to be, how it princes who have shown little settled nothing but left every-desire for pomp and splendour thing in a confusion from which have also been singularly un- the world has never recovered.democratic in their outlook on And it will be unquestionably public affairs and the liberties of even more terrible than it was their subjects. No king moved then if it comes again

about with so little of the ap-

Yet it is difficult to believe paratus of royalty as Charles II, that human beings can be go and his personal popularity, destitute of all commonsense and strongly shown at his death, consideration and all the best owed a good deal to the fact that qualities of human beings as to he was to be seen any morning. permit this vile system of set- strolling with his dogs and feed- tling differences by trying to killing the ducks in St. James' as many as possible of the people Park. Yet Charles II. carried of another nation. That seems personal rule to a degree never to be an incredible state of reached since his day and things that cannot last. Even the last of our kings to do with tually, there must be established out Parliament for

sane international harmony, periods. but the terrible doubt is whether The Protector livel it will come before or after an- other war

Britain's Policy

Britain's foreign policy as lined by the Frime:

Neville Chamberlain, has been

ply, but no one would inclined to place him i than with the dictator III had the simplest any of our kings,- und innumerable stories But his wa sinclined žuto

to gov

our kings

long