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youth in causes which, offer the challenge of hardship and saëri- fice. Unhappily they also offer the false: glamour of militarism and demand the surrender of independent thought. They be- tray youth into seeking solutions A £16,000,000 look to its diplo by the short-cut of force instead matic interests eastward: this is of the hard way of reason and the generally accepted descrip-persuasion. Their challenge is tion of Britain's new loan to chiefly to physical and material Turkey. Coupled with the French qualities. We believe a challenge Government's announcement that of more genuine appeal must be a pact of friendship has been of the type Professor Harlow H. concluded between France and Curtice projected in an address Turkey not only ending a long to graduates of his college: dispute over the Sanjak district Your battle is against the most of Alexandretta which was taken insidious and tireless of foes. Let from Turkey after the World me name them. They are these: War, but ineluding a military the easy way, the wishful alliance of far-reaching impor-thought, the tempting short cut, tance the British loan would the shallow assumption, the seem to mark the beginning of a clever expedient, the evasion of joint diplomatic offensive.

responsibility, the specious solu- That it is being waged

on the tion.. the surrender of inde- economic front does not lessen its pendence and integrity of mind. political importance. Lately in You may not think these foes are central and southeast Europe the formidable. Do not be misled. game for political hegemony has They are at the bottom of most the been played in economic terms, of our troubles. They a with Germany's barter plans betrayers of nien and nations. making serious inroads via trade The challenge which tests, the routes in regions where French cause which enlists all that political influence had been up-youth has of mental and spiritual permost since the World War. surength will be more endering

The fact that these barter plans and satisfying.

so often worked to the disadvant-

age of smaller nations has given Philistine Britain an important opportunity

in Turkey. Having supplied raw It has recently been noted *in materials to Germany, Turkey England in connection with the has found itself-with-nothing but fiftieth anniversary of the pass- credits on German production, ing of Matthew Arnold, that which has been increasingly de-kind heart sometimes gets voted to armaments, and which well-meaning author into a quan- in any case is not so diversified dary.

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as to fill all its customers' needs. Most sorts of difficulty authors Moreover, the question of price get over easily enough. They do has led to much dissatisfaction not often, for example, allow lack in Turkey-which, having al-of knowledge to hamper them. ready parted with raw materials, In fact, one of the best ways of is forced to take payment in learning the elements of a sub- goods at German prices or to let fect is to write a book about i it: the credits stand frozen. It is Mr. J. B. Priestley it is said, significant that another of Ger- knew very little about London many's smaller neighbours, Rum- business organisation, when he ania, has sent a representative to wrote “Angel Pavement.” Britain to talk about, finance. But a tender heart is a tough-

Out of Britain's ability and er proposition. willingness to aid these countries At least, that is what Matthew financially might well result a Arnold found, it has lately been revolutionary change in the en-alleged. To express a not very tire diplomatic map of Europe. sympathetic attitude toward the By economic penetration at -æfarts Arnold used the term time when France was unable to "Philistine." He did so only with keep up financial support of its misgiving. What he wanted erstwhile European satellities, was the equivalent of the French Germany obtained her present word “epicier, but he felt that strong hold over countries east. to say "grocer" would pat asper- But that hold depends either on sions on a very worthy section of Germany's ability to become once the community. After all, no more a strong and willing mem-artist wishes to hurt the feelings ber of an interdependent world, of the man who provides him or on maintaining its present with bread nt butter, So He position through barter arrange took the ments.

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