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MIRROR OF WORLD

OPINION

THE RUSSIAN

INCIDENT.

way; she offers to hold Hungary back if Rumania `yields. She will incite Bulgaria to insist on the return of the The possibility, at any rate, of a second Balkan War, if Rumania holda Dobrudja, taken from her after the eventuality on the Russo-Turkish was given a renewed currency last week out, and hold as Bulgària back if Ru- by the fact that a battalion of Rus- manis gives in. Finally she can let it be sian troops crossed the Caucasian supposed that she will let Russia loose frontier into Turkey. They

upon Bessarabia, which was added to disarmed and interned. A cavalry all other pressures fail.

Rumania under the post-war treaties,

were

Rumania seems so far to have stood

detachment 'sent, on Turkey's invita- tion, to recover their arms refused to return to Russia. Were they deserters up well to the pressure put upon her, or agents provocateurs? Such a ques- and whatever we do we must not en- tion could no more be answered than ter into a competition of threats. Our the question about the real nature words, but in the practical terms which

contribution must now be not and purpose of the many. German

"merchants" that have been travelling make it clear that we can and will to the Near and Middle East in the act forcibly to make good our guaran- |past fortnight. Turkey has merely tees to Turkey and Rumania, if the The safe arrival of the decided to be on her guard, despite need comes.

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her conviction that the Russian bat- Australians and New Zealanders and talion were merely deserters."The the prospect that there will now be a great British army ready to join Observer."

hands with the French army in Syria are already steadying factors which will make their influence felt through- out the Middle East and Near East.

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TRUST THE

PEOPLE

There seem to be three main rea- sons for the suppression of news:

1. Because some news would be of value to the enemy.

We accept that. 2. Because other items might give comfort to the enemy.

We do not accept that. The enemy get all the comfort they want from the lying propaganda of Goebbels.

3. Because information of losses or set-backs would depress the peo- ple.

continuing the war until Ger- many is beaten. Only 1,117 voted to hand our heri- tage to Stalin

and Hitler:ˆ

The Turks, meanwhile, have by their conspicuous act of discharging their German technicians and en- gineers shown their desire to shake themselves free of German influence. With their aid we shall this time have the free passage of the Dardanelles and be able to act speedily and effec- tively if or when the call comes. It is no part of our object to spread the war unnecessarily, but with these re- sources we shall have no need to flinch if the challenge is thrown either to us

· and our ally or to our friends in eastern Europe.-"Sunday Times"

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NEUTRALITY

SAYINGS OF THE WEEK

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com-

The only result of promise would be a postpone- ment. The Australian Prime Minister.

This is nonsense. The British peo- ple are morally and spiritually tough. Take the men who fought at the battle of the Plate. They are not a A neutral must maintain lawful race apart. Their courage is not a trade with both belligerents. It seems divine gift from the Services. It was to be Germany's thesis that neutrals born in them. The timid mandarins must not trade with us, and she has of Whitehall do not seem to realise argued for it violently, even to the this fact.

sinking at sight of neutral ships Whitehall should take notice of sailing between two neutral ports. If Silvertown. In that working-class Norway, for instance, were to surren- division 14,343 determined men and der to this doctrine and curtail her

women voted for

trade with us she would have aban- doned neutrality. In the last ! war, after President Wilson's peace proposals had been rejected by the Allies in 1917, Germany made the same general threat to all ships trading with Bri- tain. Then the three Scandinavin Governments, act- ing together, sent a Note to Ger- many protesting against this viola- tion of interna- tional practice. The recent com- munique suggesta the likelihood of another common stand.

They will raise "serious jections" to le gal naval fare,

There is a fourth element at work in keeping back the news. Certain uniformed under- lings of the Ser- vice Departments

doubtless taking their cue from more exalted quar- ters are trying to give the public what they think it ought to have:

They know nothing of public- ity, and even less of the public. They browbeat the Censorship Bureau and make office-boy of

an

its director.

But you should not let off a lot of young political C.O.S who won't fight unless they choose their own war.-Lady Astor.

self- Perhaps the lovellest delusion we are enjoying at the moment is the picture of Amör)- ca acting as a sweet holler- than thou péécemaker when the war ends Mr. Läwrence Hunt (New York).

By 1950-without the effects of war we are likely to have more people over sixty than children under fifteen Mr. Richard M. Titmuss.

Either according to the Ten Commandmente, or by "the Queensberry Rules, or according to the unwritten law of Pukka- sahibdom, the English conscience can be appealed to which is saying something in these aggres- sively competitive times we live in-Mr. J. Vijaya-Tunga.

war-

and their

Goyer n ments will

The Chief Cen- sor should not to- Ierate this treatment. His duty is not "support each other "mutually in to take orders from Civil Servants negotiations with the "belligerents". and junior officers who regard news There can be no doubt at all that a as they apparently regard the war joint Scandinavian protest to Ger- as their own private property. many would have more effect than He should demand from the Cabinet the Isolated remonstrances which have a real

and not merely a nominal been made up to now. But, from the authority. "Daily Mail."

German point of view, it would be more provocative. Objections will probably be raised to the stringency of our contraband control. We call harde fly relax it. It must be stricter than She had been putting extreme pres- last time, for at present we pursue sure on Rumania to obtain the oil victory only with the economic weapon which she so urgently needs and doing and that cannot be made blunt. A 80 by alternate threats and bribes. German victory would: set democratic... She threatens to incite Hungary to Scandinavia in chains and that is our insist on her claim to Transylvania, excuse for any hardships which come which was annexed to Rumania after to Scandinavia how. the last war, if she does not get her Guardian.”

PRESSURE ON RUMANIA

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