1939-09-02 — Page 10

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 2, 1939.

MIRROR OF WORLD OPINION

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The French alt-ruid over Britain The Breo City of Danzig again moves to first place in the news to- yesterday gave us invaluable lessons, day. It has never been entirely ab- and we shall proft by them. If tested sent from the public inind since Hit- the anti-aircraft defences of England ler, in April last, dénounced his agree over a wide area from" Liverpool to ment with Polund. What is happen- our south coast, and the Air Ministry know ing? Our own Foreign Office docs and War Omces should, how not yet know, and Paris and Warsaw where weakness exists. The French are merely guessing. But no one need machines and pilots showed that ex- be driticised for ignorance of what is cellence of craftsmanship and flying passing in the mind of the mystic of skill which we expect from them; they Berchtesgaden.-"Daily Mail."

must now give us many more practice raids.-"Dally Mall."

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THEY MAKE THE NEWS

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THE OLD GAME

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ts there not a dangerous side to German minds that the U.S.A. will. not. this quietness of British and French back the European democracies diplomacy? ` By those who, know the and when, German newspapers British and French peoples, such quiet- reprinting cartobhs from the Ameri ness may indeed be interpreted as a can Press attacking Britain. It is sign of strength and confidence. But not stated that the cartoons were pub- the German Government, as all its lished in 1915.—“Reynolds News.” recent propaganda shows, has but the smallest understanding of Britain and its people: It is only too likely to mis- take composure for indifference. "Daily Herald."

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CHECKING THE

ESTIMATES

The Select Committee on Estimates* recommendations for the reduction of departmental expenditure · include a few items which are not likely to command a large body of public sup- port-for example, its observation that the Department of Scientific and In-

THE CHANCE

DANZIG DISCUSSIONS There must be an end of intimida- tion and intimidatory propaganda

which can only be met by increased preparations for self defence on the other side. One of the more satisfact- ory points of the last two days has been that a certain abatement of the abuse of Poland

"There is one alternative. The other is world war. It is for you you to choose. If you reject' it, your blood be on your own heads. -Mr. A. Duff Cooper.

observation

dustrial Research should aim at be- coming self-sup- porting and its con- tinued discourage- ment of expendit- ure of agricultural education.

But the criticisms of the level of ad- ministrative costs Fitness Scheme, that expendi-

and Great Britain hás been under the National noticed in the German Press.

Its the fulminations have quite ceased to ture

on the building up of make any impression outside Ger- goodwill for the Post Office has now many, but the voice of common sense gone far enough, and the recommen- can be better heard when the clam- dation of a further decentralisation our of propagandists is silent."The of the administrative machinery of the Times."

Board of Education are both just and timely.-"Comment.”

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THE DICTATOR LEAGUE

A non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and Communist Russia last gaiter-button, is now complete for means. no political or ideological mis- putting the National Register into in ft. But it does mean a major upset stant operation. It would indeed, have for the calculations of the democra- been even more satisfactory if the ap cles, because too much hope had been plication were to be immediate and built up on the illogical theory that not contingent; for then fulfilment the Russian strength could be turned would not depend so much on the term anti-dictator, enlisted in the democra- of indulgence which a hypothetical tie camp. enemy may be pleased to allow. "Daily Telegraph."..

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THIRTY BUSY MEN

Hitler has outmaneuvered the de- močráčies. However, there is far more of the natural operating of poli- tical cause and effect than there is of cleverness on^ his part' in the whole déal. The Stalfi-controlled Russia, There are thirty busy foreigners in the biggest dictatorship of all time, Covent Garden Market: They are It has far more in common" with "the allans, Germans, and Spaniards. Their dictatorships than with the democra- job is to bring foreign fruit to Britain, cies. Every democratic spokesman And they are getting away with it. In who has paid him political court in the last three years the area under recent months has known this přácti- fruit in Britain has shrunk by 31,946 cal fact all along, has been unable to acres. Yet last year we imported 108,- get away from the embarrassment of 663 cwt more of foreign plume than this situation even when engaged In in 1937, and 285,000 cwt more of for- the most ardent wooing. No one eign pears. So the thirty foreigners can help realising that the delegates fruit farmers fade out--"Daily Ex- to the long-drawn-out! conference in Moscow have been šériously??Handi- press."

capped by the lack of natural "cor- diality, necessary for making of real success of such a meeting.“Manila Bulletin."

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PEACE AT STAKE Whaterer German propagalida may have done to unite the German peo.. ple, German policy, "EV and directett to day, has con

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BRITAIN AND PEACE

the British people to a degree wh The only obstacle in Europe to real has never been surpassed. It's eir peace is Britain's, egoism,, Chamber- Rohourable Bart to be the corti tone lain will never understand if the Grebistatic 6 unbridled aggression, Opposition will never understand it and Whateve efall they will stand and the English Brim hd implement their pledges thể rulf." They can do no other "Dally Telegraph.".

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