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the facts themselves were so grossly distorted.
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THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE
It is known that the Government One of his last executive acts be- fore delivering the speech was to will offer positive help to the new make the practice of listening-in to Wang regime. If the Government foreign broadcasts a capital offence. will try thus to implement its work Having thus deprived his countrymen for construction of a new order in of all power to form an independent opinion, as he had previously done East Asia, it must first establish' a to express it, he felt at liberty to new political structure at home, tho- make his own facts. That is something roughly powerful and long enduring, that no human being who hus ever lived has ever done successfully.— But Premier Yonai, in his Diet speech Scrutator. on Thursday (Feb. 1), made only perfunctory statements on the neces- sity for repletion of national defence, - expansion of productive capacity, and stabilization of the nation's livelihood under existing war conditions. Ile showed nothing new in the required Of the speeches of French states- plan to strengthen the domestic struc- ment at this time it may be said that ture. Neither did he show-the Gov- they are as interesting to British as ernment's ardor for this work. This to French readers. Particularly is administrative attitude of the Premier this true of M. Reynaud, who earned is reflected in the Diet speech of For- the confidence of the two allled eign Minister Arita.
peoples by his refusal during the Mr. Arita attributed the cause of phase of appeasement
the to join the current chaotic world situation to conspiracy of wishful thinking. In exclusionist policies of the Powers his speech to the Senate last week he due to existing various international said very justly that what the demo- Irrationalities and injustices. The re- cracies had lacked during the last sult has been the almost simultan- twenty years was not material means eous occurrence, in the East and the but lucidity and daring, Those West, of struggles for a new order. qualities distinguish his own speeches This, Mr. Arita pointed out, marks and actions, and they mark him out a new age in the history of mankind, as a leader. He warned France on calling for serious reflection by world Thursday of the danger that lurks in Powers. However, the Foreign Min- the common belief that time is on the ister failed to show concrete measures side of the Allies. "Time is a neu- to meet the situation. He said he will tral." A good example of the me- win make efforts to adjust diplomatic re- thods by which the Allies can lations with Germany, Italy, Soviet over this neutral is the Anglo-French Russia, Great Britain, and the United agreement. Speaking to Frenchmen, States. But the fact is that of all M. Reynaud instanced one of its ad- these nations Germany and Britain vantages: by this means, as he said, are at present at war with each other, the "immense zone of the To which side then should Japan give Empire has been opened to France better attention? Emcient enforce- for purchases for which her gold is ment of foreign policy cannot be ex- not required." This and similar ad- pected by equal courtship to both vantages, bestowed on both coun- belligerent Powers.-"Kokumin Shim- tries, provide for the steady develop- bun."
ment of the power of the Allies, and they strengthen the appeals of Min- isters to citizens, For if the citizens of a country are to make great sacri- fices for their common cause they must be satisfied that they are led by men of large views who will not al- low those sacrifices to be wasted.
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THE CONTRAST
British
In the contrast between the two voices heard there is great encourage- ment for the Allied cause. The Bri-
M. Reynaud made two references lish Prime Minister and the German to the future. He said that after the Fuchrer-were- both speaking to their war the State would have a capital own people. From Mr. Chamberlain part to play, but It would not be a we had a speech packed with facts, totalitarian part. "For what would all serving to illustrate the magnitude we have fought if liberty were lost?" of the effort that we are making for He had a fine phrase to distinguish victory. He sought to encourage us to the French tempers from that of the further effort, by refuting those who dictatorships: "The strength of charged the Government with not France was neither the fear of State having brought sufficient energy to or party nor the fascination of a man, the prosecution of the war, or
not but the free, will of service to having asked our people to make even nation." And he repeated what
he' greater sacrifices to the cause,
said in an earlier speech about the Not, indeed, that he was resentful importance of the Anglo-French of criticism, which he regards, right- agreement for the future. "The im- ly, as necessary to the working of de- portant part of the agreement is that mocratic government; as a good de- it prepares for the reconstruction of mocrat he would probably prefer that Europe. American opinion is not criticism should
be unfair mistaken on this point. The Senate than that there should be none at all But at any rate let us be sure of
our facts Arst -- such was, in brief, the foundation of the speech.
But how differ- ent was the quality of that other voice, from Germany. It is generally thought that Hitler's speech was the weakest that he has ever made; it was cer- tainly the one which showed less respect for facts than any even, of his previous speeches have done. He has led us to expect opinions from him which
SINGLE PROOF.
We may say one thing with the whole strength of our minds and hearts. There never was a plain. er and greater difference between human right and inhuman wrong than in the issues between the Allies and the enemy. In the spiritual justice of our quarrel we are thrice-armed and” more. Every week, from the beginning of the struggle brought further avidence and clearer conviction. But if we desired a single case of proof on the largest scale and with a final force of illustration, that witness is supplied by the grinding Yate of Poland. If that crime could remain unremedied, If the perpetrators could get away with it, we might well deplore the future of man.-J. L. Garvin.
the
will not be mis- taken either." Mr. Walter Lippmann, who went to Paris in 1918 to serve on the
United States delegation at the Peace Conference, observed the other day that the world after this war is over vi need a programme of' re- lief and recon- struction beyond anything ever un- dertaken in his- tory. If that task is to be accom- plished the flrat necessity is close union and full co- operation between the Western Allies. By insisting on this truth M. educate the
stand in no relation to what we know Reynaud is helping tɔ
to the truth; but one cannot remem- democracies for the great task of the ber any speech of Hitler's in which future, - "Manchester Guardian,"
Pa
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 27, 1940.
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