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Critic of Europe

From the clatter of conferen- ces and the explosion of detentes and demarches, the eyes of Europe turn to Mont St. Michel, which has just taken up that policy of isolation which Presi- dent Roosevelt recently suggest- ed that the United States might |possibly lay down.

Mont St. Michel, that small is- land off the coast of France which so many thousands of RUSSIA'S STRENGTH American and English tourists visit every year, is connected

In January of last year an arti-with the mainland by a cause- cle appeared in "Pravda," the way, part of which is above sea official paper of the Communist level even at high tide. It has party, stating that the Soviet now been decided to cut this causeway at a point about six Union, while continuing to sup hundred yards from the coast. port a policy of collective security. The statesmen of Europe, who would in future look first to its allow nothing to escape their own strength for the defence of notice, are naturally asking the the country. This attitude re-

presented not a change in policy reason of this desperate and irre-

vocable so much as an increase of con- its spokesmen say, wishes to be step. Mont St. Michel,

fidence in Russia's own resources.

the mainland.

There is no doubt that originally an island even at low tide, and Russia was brought back into is severing its connection with the League through fear of Ger-

It may well be supposed that many and because she hoped that

every chancellery in Europe: Is collective sécurity might be a

echoing with the question, Why? real guarantee of security; and Why does Mont St. Michel want for the same reason she signed to have nothing more to do with the Franco-Soviet Pact. But at the Continent? Why is it en- the same time she began to con-phasising its separation from centrate on armaments and fron Europe? Is it possible that Mont tier fortification, the rapid pro-St. Michel is displeased with gress of which has been clearly Europe? This is a question that marked in the changing attitude has definitely to be faced. Per- haps it may result in Europe's There is good reason to assume behaving so nicely that Mont St. that the reported offer of the Michel will hurriedly build an- Soviet to intervene in the Far other causeway. East in return for assurances

of her spokesmen.

regarding the safety of her West-Afr-Conditioned M.P.'s ern boundaries had stronger foun- dation than the imagination of

has Mr. Alfred Bossom

ex-

a London journalist, although, if we are to believe her diplomats, pressed the feeling of many even a request for a guarantee Members of Parliament In his about the could only be to make doubtly recent complaints Bure. M. Maisky, for instance, quality of the air in Britain's No keen was recently quoted as saying: House of Commons.

I can say with full respon-student of politics should be sur- sibility for every word that at prised that Parliament is at last the present time we are strong dissatisfied, with its own atmos enough to repel any attack on pheric conditions. our territories on the part of any Cool air is. now pumped up foreign Power, or any combina- through the perforated floor of of Powers, and we can do the centre gangway in the House

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The Russian spirit goes to up-current situation that is, in more set all the calculations of those ways than one, highly undesir. who looked upon the “purge" of able. For it means that the legs leading generals as blotting her of members are surrounded by a out of the politico-military pic fresh breeze, while their bodies ture for a considerable period of are in the comparatively warm time, and it may have been not- and stagnant upper air. Thus, ed that Japan, inclined hitherto Members of the House of to regard the Soviet's attitude mons are compelled to work on Far Eastern issues to be re- an atmosphere which makes it latively unimportant, has latter almost certain that they ly taken fresh look at the unite a maximum number of hot situation.

heads and cold feet.

Co

The Soviet's attitude în the The British natior should feel recent meeting of the Committee grateful to Mr. Bossom for his of Twenty-Eight also revealed bold attack upon these fairly clearly that Collective Sec- tunate conditions.

unfor