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portunity, which would open the but road to normal relations**

Discounting any anti-Italian bias of The Times, it is still beyond doubt a reasonably ac- curate brief of the article which caused confiscation of the news- paper. What do you make of this? (1) That here is a .COM- ciliatory article, (2) That the Mussolini government disap- proves of conciliatory articles; (3) That therefore Roman citi- zens will not be permitted to read conciliatory articles. Now, the suppression of this article-will- March 9, 1938 20t produce the conditions for a war between France and Italy. But the theory impelling it; that the citizens of one nation may not read friendly words at vari- ance with the political ideas or ideals of one man or one of men, will make a war, and

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Hong Kong, Wednesday

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

of the problem.

Once or twice since the out- break of Sino-Japanese hostilit all we have to do is wait, and les, with special reference to see if that is not a true estimate their repercussions in Hong

This might, too, clarify the Kong, there has been a flurry int the Colony in a very minor key meaning of the freedom of the it is true regarding the free- dom of the press It has never British Rearmament

fpress.

If I desire to see our country strong, it is because I believe that in her strength hes the best hope of peace:

on

amounted to very much more than a display of individual gall at something which has been published, and the average lay- man is not altogether to be blamed if he views the issue as

That declaration by the Prime one for the newspapers to worry Minister in the defence debate is about. In reality, without doubt, one which, whatever may be felt preservation of freedom of the regarding the trend of Mr. press is just as important to the Chamberlain's foreign policy, public at large as it is to the will be re-echoed in all the de- newspapers. It may appear to mocracies of the world. Against be something of an abstraction, the sinister background of the but like many another abstrac impact of ideologies, the British tion its negation both defines it Empire stands forth more sharp- and discloses its importance.ly than ever as a vital defence An instance has just been dis-of the elementary principles of closed for the first time, in con political freedom in national nection with Franco-Italian re affairs and of reasonable deal- lations, which is a remarkable ings in international relations. example of the negation of free Mr. Chamberlain's speech was dom of the press and which is more than a resume of the com- worthy of citation at some forting progress being made to

recent length A

issue of rebuild British armaments “Tribuna, a leading evening the sea, on the land and in the newspaper of Rome, was confis air. Between the lines can be cated by the Italian authorities read a summation of important because of an article from its aspects of foreign policy, more Paris correspondent dealing with encouraging than is to be found Franco-Italian relations. It might in contemplation of the idea be- assumed, from such a bare hind the Anglo-Italian talks. He outline of fact, that the Paris said, for instances: It ought to correspondent of "Tribuna had be known that our desire for hinted that Paris was of the peace does not signify willing- opinion that Signor Mussolini ness to purchase peace to-day at was a rascal, or that Paris the price of peace hereafter, nor thought his government stupid, (and this is interesting) can we greedy, cantankerous or malevol-forget our moral responsibility ent, or that

Paris, when ask-to our people or to humanity in led about Fascism, said muts to general The announcement that that. Such, however, is not the fourth main objective of quite the case. The case is, Britain's armaments programme simply, that the Paris corres-is co-operation in defence of our pondent of Tribuna set forth allies territories, can only be in- the startling idea that Italy and terpreted as warming that Brit France could live together in the am will support her allies, but world, even though they held to this time more quickly than in divergent theories of goverment 1914. It is evident that war

"The Times" more recently aggress who may gamble published a digest of the article: British weakness are destined

shock the offending part of which rims

be