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In Britain, too, no harm would be done by a speedy dementi for what conscription may have done to upset the Labour Party, there is complete unity in Britain, con- cerning the new foreign policy. It would be a thousand pities if, wrongly, the serious intention of Government to carry it through. were open to the least doubt.

The position, is that Britain, for good or ill, has entered upon a programme which marks a re-

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on with it, or Mr. Chamberlain's Government, with all his steam- roller majority in the House, will come tumbling about his ears. The Prime Minister cannot, how- ever, be under the slightest mis- apprehension concerning public opinion, and the difference be tween the support which he now enjoys and the position prior to March 29. That: Mr. Chamber- lain realises it fully every speech he has made progressively shows, The offer to give a guaranteé to Germany is by no means in conflict. On the contrary; it is. part and parcel of the policy. It is fantastic to call a policy of self-defence against`ag- gression "encirclement" for ag- gression. Britain's readiness to give similar guarantees to the Reich ends the fable. Britain's. aim now is an organised system of guarantees in which Germany herself, if she will, may find re- lief for her fears. Some such Hong Kong. Wednesday, May 3, 1939. conception is essential if the na-

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IT MIGHT BE

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It should not be necessary, but it might be wise for the Prime Minister to make it clear to the House of Commons, once again, that there is to be no turning-

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It was, presumably, a bad at- tack of "crisis nerves" that led a aside from Britain's new foreign picture newspaper, which prides policy into another Munich by itself on the fitness of all it prints, path. With what warrant it is to help the earth-bound know- not known, but again there has ledge of its diplomatic correspon- been a hint of such a turning, It is, perhaps, the logical fulfil- dent by calling in an astrologer. the revival of "The Times" in- ment of the phrase "exploring: terpretation of the British guar-every avenue.' First the ordin- antee to Poland, that our com-ary prophets gave their views of mitment to Poland was-remote what would happen to Europe and highly contingent, and that cle went on: "Hitler will be, if

that week-end, and then the arti--

we are not prepared to support he lives to reach it, fifty years old Poland in a policy of refusing to on April 20. His health is-

and accept "reasonable" German de better than it was, but

There the fun begins "Uranus In view of the categorical re-cury setting. This accounts for was rising at his birth and Mer- pudiation of this tendencious at his lightning strokes." It is good tempt to belittle the importance to know the true cause of things. of the new British policy, it is But though the "Sun in - Taurus

gives him insistence puzzling to find it raked up at astrological outlook is gloomy. this stage, when our guarantee Anything may happen to him.” to Poland has been extended to That is not so good. It was a include Rumania and Greece and pity the astrologer could not tell when negotiations bringing Sov-us exactly what would happen to

him-perhaps the paper went to- iet Russia and Turkey into the press before the stars had said anti-aggression front are nearing their say. completion. It is a dangerous

It was a pleasant mixture; no one could say that the paper had suggestion to leave lying around

not ransacked the heavens as well unchallenged: Never was it more as the earth for the benefit of important that Britain's policy its anxious readers. The future should be crystal clear, with no of some of the British press has breath of suspicion attached to an engaging look-every news- it. The great waste of time paper of the wilder sort with its on the surface in completing own particular Merlin, and edit- the peace front has been very ors demanding from their staffs largely due to the slowness with not only the old journalistic vỀN. which distrust has been broken tues but a good working know- down. Statements of many squall edge of the astralabe and a States that they prefer to rely news sense" for all the signs of upon their own defence is a sey-the Zodiac. But who will con, ere reflection, upon the credit, tinue to support our large Secret

• Chamberlain's Service vote now that everything olloy endowed Great can be discovered in the stars for

the price a telescope ?«

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