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time industries. When that the new department of the Foreign Office was set up. Sir Samuel Hoare, (and brings with it a relaxation of în going over the ground again gave the strain on the Exchequer), the de→ some welcome reassurantes. He said mand for a very large programme of that the work in peace-time would be public works will be irresistible. The

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ALARM IN BUDAPEST

ledge of British culture and policy. There was no basis for the suspicion that the Ministry of Information was intended to be used in peace-time as a means of influericing public opinion at home through a press censorship. As to the work of the Ministry in

During the week-end Budapest was war, already the subject of censor- disturbed by rumours that Germany ship had been discussed with the intended a sudden drive against Hun- newspapers. A plan of co-operation gary; their source is to be found in was being worked out which, while it reports of the massing of German would leave ultimate control with troops in Slovakia. It is easy to be- the Minister, would put definite res- lieve that Herr Hitler would, given ponsibility upon the press and leave it the opportunity, use the tension considerable latitude. There was no Danzig as a cover for a sudden ad- intention of taking over the B.B.C. in vance to the south and south-east. war-time, though here must ob- In fact, the ground is not sufficient-- viously be a close laison between the ly prépared for a coup against Hun- Ministry and the corporation. There gary, and even the Hungarian Gov- was no desire, said Sir Samuel Hoare ernment seems to share Hungarian finally, to suppress the expression of public opinion's growing suspicion of

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public opinion or criticism of the Germany's intentions.—"The

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ing together of people would not be

Interfered with except out of con- sideration for the safety of human life.Manchester Guardian."

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IN INDIA

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The congress party's decision

to,

In naval defence particularly, in boycott the Indian Legislative Assem- sufficient attention has been paid to bly during the Session which is about the matter of fortifying and streng- to open, has been received at Simla thening our sea trade bases so that with regret, as more value is placed they might repel all enemy attacks on the presence of the Opposition than and also serve as safe harbours for members of the Congress, suspect. The our merchantmen at sea in the event advice of the Working Committee of of an outbreak of war.

the Congress that members of the

If Germany went to war with us, party should refrain from attending her plan would be to get all her the Assembly is intended as a protest warships out on trade routes before- against the policy of sending Indian hand and not allow them to be bottl- troops abroad without the consent of ed up in the North Sea as happened the Assembly, and against the deci- in the last war. This would mean sion, recently taken, to prolong the that some considerable time, might life of the Assembly for another year. elapse before we could get to grips "Times.” with our naval raiders, and tremend- ous damage might be done overseas trade and shipping in meantime.-The Economist."

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The decision

to man the Reserve ·

That Aggrandiser Hitler is intent on Fleet, and to keep it manned during. adding Danzig to the Reich before the August and September, was the plain- Nuremberg Party Rally in the first week of Septemn- ber is generally

agreed among dip- lomats. The point on which they dis- agree is whether the Fuehrer, can be scared off by the Democracies.

Hitler thinks he get Danzig without. going to war over it. To achieve the

ap- parently impos. sible he relies on an ice-cool lieuten- ant who has been

can

CHINA'S WILL

"If the fall of Hankow and Nanchang, Canton and Swatow, has falled to weaken China's will to resist, It is difficult to sae whore Japan can go for a really, decisive victory. She lost the op- portunity of making a reason- able peace after occupying Nam- king, where the excesses of her military forces horrified' Chinese and foreigners alike, and doubtedly strengthened the de- mand for resistance to the last."" H. G. Woodhead, C.B.E.

un-

est possible warn- ing to aggressor Powers that she- was not to be: taken unawares. It was by a fortunate chance that the Navy was under- going a test mobi- lisation at the end.

July; · 1914, when the war clouds darkened over Europe. To- day nothing, is be- ing left to chance. In all these pre- parations, grave as they are, there is nothing that threa-

of

brilliantly right in most of his tens any peaceful Power. Britain has

The lieutenant previous conjectures.

par excellence is Joachim von Ribben- not the faintest intention of attacking. at neither- trop, Germany's 49-year-old Foreign any nation. She aims Minister.

offence nor "encirclement." But she is In a dictum to Nazi high-ups, the resolved and ready to defend herself, Fuehrer announced: “Ribbentrop is

the greatest European statesman Ger- and to fulfil the defensive obligations - many has ever produced. He is even which she has undertaken in Europe. greater than the great Bismarck." In So far. from her Flect movements and ap aside the Fuehrer added: "He the massing of her air squadrons be-

of imminent war,. annoys the English. That, is why he tokening a fear

they present the best kind of guaran- is useful to me." "News Review."

tee against its occurrence. Hitherto the weakness of the Democracies em- boldened aggression. Now they are strong and have let the world know it. Though, the risk of war, is not.

the climax The solution of the-road problem to be under-estimator, will come, if it comes at all, from the which Europe is approaching will find same source that has been the cause the Powers that stand for peace alert Sydney Morning of Its present intensity-the pressure and unflinching. lof politics.

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