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APPEASEMENT STILL LIVES

Jenormous, indeed a decisive, stra- tegic advantage. She would weaken with one stroke, indeed almost paralyse, the value of Po- land as an ally. The suggestion that "Danzig is really not worth a war" is therefore injurious to [the Anglo-Polish Alliance and so to Great Britain herself, It is like saying "the balance of pow- er is not worth fighting for." 'The advantage to Germany if the suggestion were to be carried out would be correspondingly in- jurious to Great Britain in the event of war. It would, in fact, be a British as well as a Polish defeat.

The contention of the "appeas- 'Appeasement" has begun to ers" would seem to be that if show itself again. The visible Germany were to get complete symptoms are far from revealing control of Danzig the chances of the extent and the seriousness of war would be smaller. The op- the growth. So far there is no posite is the truth. The mere evidence that the Government is fact that the "appeasers" are at infected, but influential persons work is an encouragement to Ger.. outside the Government, some of many, in so far as it makes her them very near to the Govern- believe that she has powerful ment and in constant touch with friends in Great Britain and that it, together with a number of Great Britain is not united in sup- less influential but collectively port of a firm foreign policy. This. powerful persons, are engaged in alone increases the danger of war a concerted attempt to deflect and narrows the margin of sec- British foreign policy from its urity, all the more so as the act- present course and to compound ual influence of the "appeasers" with Germany by concessions is greatly over-estimated in Ber- made at the expense of friendly lin. And if their suggestion were Powers.

to be carried out the danger Whether these persons will would be still greater, for by sec- succeed in influencing policy is luring an immense strategic ad- quite uncertain. But even if they (vantage over Poland, Germany do not, the mischief they can oc- would go to war with a far great- casion is enormous. No objectiveler prospect of success. She would student of the European situation therefore go to war the would honestly maintain that a readily. Nothing, indeed, could European war is inevitable. But deter her save the sure prospect none would deny that such a of defeat. To increase her chan- war is possible. Indeed there is ces of victory is to make a Europ- widespread agreement amongst ean war the more certain. competent observers that the

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margin between peace and war is Refinements in narrow. This margin is being

narrowed by the "appeasers." Train Travel Their efforts are known in Ber-

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lin-better known, in fact, than Evidently there must be a they are in Britain. Belief in the movement in France as well armed strength of Britain and in England for popularising tra-- in her resolve to honour her ob-vel by train; but the French have: ligations can alone deter Ger- thought of one device which many from going to war. This be- seems to be unknown to us. We: lief is weakened by the efforts of have seen cinémas and snack-- the "appeasers."

bars introduced as part of a It will be recalled how deplor-train's component coaches, but able an effect was produced last we have not so far coupled up a year when the "Times" suggest- dance hall. That, however, is ed that the frontiers of Czecho- now being done in France, where Slovakia might be altered in Ger- we are told that 'radio trains,' many's favour (that the Sudeten-with a car big enough for a dozen land, in other words, might be couples to dance in, are now the ceded to her). When it is now rage at week-ends in Paris." In suggested, as it was in the addition: every compartment has "Times" that "Danzig is a loud-speaker and "a lecturer really not worth awar," gives a short talk on the country the effect is all the more through which the train is pass- deplorable because the sugges.ing."

tion last year was, although not It must be a little hard to re-. made by the British Government, concile the two rival attractions; actually adopted by the British presumably those who want to Government afterwards and un-dance will scarcely want to look der the pressure of circumstance at the scenery and still less to at Munich. Hence the belief hear a lecture on it. Indeed, that the "Times" and the British those whose passion for dancing Government are closely connected is so strong that they must need has become a conviction, though rumba on the railway will pre- an entirely false one, on the Con- sumably be so fond of their own tinent.

footwork and foxtrots that they The cases of Danzig and the will not wish to interrupt their Sudetenland are analogous. It performance by any other

dis- may be that some accommoda-tractions, new or old, from sitting tion is possible between Germany in a restaurant car to hearing and Poland as far as Danzig is radio lectures in one's own com- concerned. But Danzig is an orpartment. For them topography ganic part of the Polish economic will come a very bad second to unit. And what is more, if toework. And even with the Germany controls Danzig in a others who are content to stay military sense that is to say, if put in their own compartments. Danzig is available as a base for one can foresee an opening for an German operations on land, in the entirely new form of travellers' air, and on the sea, then Ger- conflict. Who to decide whe- many is master of Poland as ther the loud-speaker shall be surely as she became master of on or off? That may well in- Czecho-Slovakia, by the occupavolve disputes even more èmbit- tion of the Sudetenland. Stered than those to decide who Bynobtaining 1 full control of has the right to say whether the Danzig Germany would secure an window shall be up or down. →

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