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CEMENTING

BALKANS

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creasingly threatened by the "Drang nach Osten." Some coun- tries, like Hungary, Rumania and Yugoslavia, however, are too delicately poised between danger from Germany and need of Germany to view the "drive to the east" in so simple a light as peoples more remote from its threats.

Thus the project Britain and France have undertaken is likely to succeed in direct ratio to either of two prospects that: stability in Europe can be achiev- ed without increasing the econo- mic disruption of a naturally com- plementary producing and trad- ing area, or that the threat to the political independence of Europe's small states will con- tinue to loom as gigantically over them as it has in the last few months.

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Construction of an immovable object to block a force which otherwise would be irresistible is London Press

a task requiring not only daring]

but delicacy. How successful the And Russia British and French have been in

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raising obstacles against the Herr Hitler never makes expansionism of the Rome-Berlin speech now without talking of the axis Powers can perhaps be bet-need of a greater "Lebensraum," ter estimated by the signs of an- or living space, for the German xiety along the axis than by the people, and his earlier writings less spectacular statements from leave no doubt whatever where Paris and London.

the space is to be found. "If we Italy's occupation of Albania speak of new lands in Europe," seems for the moment to have he declares in "Mein Kampf," checkmated Anglo-French at-"we shall be thinking first of tempts to bring Yugoslavia into Russia and of the border States. the non-aggression front east of which depend on her"; and he Germany. Internal dissension in says that the meaning of

"an Yugoslavia has helped to make eastern policy" is "the acquisi- Italian pressure through Albaniation of the land necessary for the effective in Belgrade.

"German people." Poland is the the pro-

But other Balkan states have immediate obstacle to not been so sensitive as Rome secution of this policy; and Rus- and Berlin hoped they would be.sia and Great Britain are equally This can best be explained by the concerned in preventing its increasingly. firm attitude of complishment.

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Britain, especially with respect There are points of contact. to Balkan countries on the Medi-between the British and the Rus-- terranean. British guarantees to sian Governments which make Greece are of particular signifi-co-operation for the specific pur- cance because of the strategic pose of resisting aggression both value of Greece to the British natural and desirable. Whatever Navy in the Mediterranean. Such criticisms may be heard here of guarantees tell Rome something | Soviet methods and outlook, mil-- about British determination which itary aggression is an interna-- even a strongly worded denuncia- tional crime against which the tion of the Anglo-ItalianTM “pact U.S.S.R. has set its face as re-- would fail to say.

solutely as any of the Western Turkey, another state of democracies.-"The Times." direct împortance to Britain be-

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of Turkish guardianship What is the position of Russia of the Dardanelles, has frankly to-day? She has come down cast its lot with the democracies the big table in the casino, where and is leading a movement for the big game is going on. Much Balkan unity toward which it is is at stake. The dictators are now thought Bulgaria may also wondering whether to risk contribute.

desperate gamble. The democra- Turkey has thus become a sort cies are playing their collective of link between the sea strategy security system. Russia gives the and the land strategy of the non-impression that she means to aggression front. If Bulgaria can join in.

We can guess what. be brought in, Rumania's south-number she will play. But she ern borders will be relieved of has` not yet laid down the stakes. danger of such an attack as that "Daily Express." which, in the World War, divert-

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ed its armies southward while The great mass of people the forces of the Central Powers this country earnestly desire to- poured through the mountain see a pact against aggression passes from the Transylvanian concluded as soon as possible be- plain and overran the country.tween Britain and Russia. The To-day the sealing of those British Government's hesitation passes is doubly important be- is certainly responsible in great cause it is through them that part for the delay, and we trust Germany would strike to gain that it will now push ahead with control of Rumania's oil fields. greater vigour and energy in The delicacy of the Anglo-that direction. Political and French task, however, is not Staff talks should be initated at completely understood unless it once to give practical effect to is remembered that these Bal-the bold and constructive plan kan states have territorial claims of the Soviet Government. The Lone against the other.

one sure way to restrain the For many of these states Ger- Nazis from further aggression is many is a natural customer; they to prove to them plainly that could not hope for prosperity if they would have to face a war the outcome of the diplomatic on two fronts. Hitler's denun- war now being fought were to ciation of the German-Polish mean their economic isolation treaty has made the Poles much from Germany Military guaran-more willing to accept Russian. tees are of course of the most help, and it may be presumed immediate importance to states that this difficulty, will soon van-- whose independence seems in-ish. "News Chronicle."

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