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Near East Enigma

1940.

ARE

WHAT FIGHTING

HAD a letter the other day

which said: "We don't seem

to be fighting for anything; only against it."

The next morning I read an article which said that wo were not fighting for democracy or for liberty or for any nonsense of that sort. "We are fighting for England."

England, however, was not being attacked. Why, then, were We |fighting? Because, in a year or so, when Germany had made all the conquests which she wanted in the East, then she would have attacked France,

by A. A. Milne

You know Milne as a brilliant writer of essays, playı, light verso,

Hero ho writes in a different mood. His subject is the ono that matters more to you all than any other.

And the "Telograph" belloves that what ha has to say will interest you.

WE FOR?

Totalitarian State: in which each in- dividual is told:

"Nothing which happens to vi matters; the only thing which matters is the welfare of the island."

We see at once that the only "wel- fare of the island" conceivable la tho welfare of each individual islander. And we see that a totalitarian le- land can only justify its existence by competing with, and obtaining vic- torien over, neighbouring islands.

Inevitably a successful war in the complete victory, the ultimate form of the faland-State's self-expression.

One may note, too, in passing that the only time when the individual in a. democratie subordinate himetry is asked to to the State is when his country is at

war. But in a Totalitarian State the gang- It Is clear, therefore, that whether And when, in this next war, she Now we are fighting again, We ster may easily be the autocrat. Hitlerism, Mussolinism, Stalinium and This is one reason why the peoplo any similar form of government aro

So We were fighting a war to prevent a war which would lead to war against England.

It sounds like something from

Gertrude Stein,

war. Very well; we lost that war.

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But if the State claims to have a ends wor

had defeated France, then in another may lose again; but we cannot enter year or so she would attack England "pon a war with the fear that we are (democracy) offer a safeguard, for to be regarded us the expression of

going to lose.

pence which cannot be offered by the a genuine political doctrine or merely We must believe in ourselves, individual (autocracy).

na an excuse for autocracy, they are, la no good fighting any sort of battle The other reason is that a Totall- they must be, a danger to the peace unices one is determined to win and tarian State by definition exista for of the world." belleves that one is going to win. the benefit of the State, not for the If this war ensures the triumph of

Our war-alm therefore (yours and benefit of its members.

democracy, and only it so, then it mine, since we are intelligent men) is to end war. Where we may differ NOW it seems to me that no man from other people (including, unfor- of intelligence can take part in a war tunately, members of the Govern at this point in history without the ment) is that our aim is, possibly, fixed determination in his mind that, only their hope. as far as be can ensure it by his own the main body of troops, mark the

In a democratic country the people, victories over its competitors. |netions, It shall be the last European

One can see that this must be so ject of the last war was to destroy of civilisation singe

which that if one Imagines a group of islanders Prussian militarism.

We should know by now that de- I know that many of us sald in 1914 country has reached: a stage of in the Pacific, cut off from the rest of that we were ghing a war to end civilisation which is now beyond war, mankind, forming themselves into a struction is not an end in itself, but

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Foolish stories

DONT throw perelona on

the bravery of the enemy. That kind of tall a foolish. Theré la tog bauch of it about

life of its own to which the life of every individual is subordinate, then

on with other States; is only mediate object of the war is to de- Its life can only be a life in compet!- What is our Peace Alm? The im- stroy Hitlerism. The immediate ob-

We never

We of the 1014-18 war called the Germans all sorts of things, But never did we call them cowards.

called

Fritz a Coward

mistaken it was to look on Jerry as

We knew them too well for that. People at home (who had the time nasturtium in a frost," showed us how to learn to hate) called them Huns, and Boches, and things ilke that.

We out in the mud against them called them Jerry, or Fritz.

We

having no guts (which is the soldier word for courage).

Jerry stood up to it.

chest smashed by shrapnel. :

to me so.

only a means to an end,

and

We destroyed the Kaiser. Hitler followed; we destroy Hitler- and then what?

Unless we decide rightly we shall have lost another war. It destroying Hitlerism is our war-aim, what is our pence-nim?.

There are many who think that it should be a revived League of Na- lions; # League which shall do all the things which the last League

failed to do; a League which shall really unite against an aggressor; a League, some say, with an interna- tional standing army to enforce its authority.

It is difficult to imagine such an army mobilising against (say) Rus sla; perhaps still more difficult 10 imagine it mobiliaing against (say) Germany.

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Then this happens: British N.C.O. (who has observed the scene): "Why did you do that? Can't you see the man's hurt?"

Germon ofleet: "Do not dare to We never liked the Germans.

speak to never hated the Germans -except

Do you not see I am And I saw then an example of a German officer and he is one of my It is easier to imagine an Interna- when we heard of bombing rald on

tlonai Air Force. England and we said: "Why can't courage (German brand) which 1 men?"

of, and over, British N.C.O.: "And you see this, But an air force is at its most effec- nt home? We'll show them.

when used as a threat. The you do anything like that again I'il threat, it defined, can only be carried The timu: Dawn,

bring down the butt of my rifle on out by dropping bombs upon "mül- The place: A mine-erater in No- your head, officer or no officer."

tary objects," which would inevitably That British N.C.O, was me.

include women and children. Man's-Land.

We have been over the top; taken And still, as I think of war, I thi tit Law does

not easily compete with a bunch of prisoners-ofcers and that German

officer had terrific lawlessness in threats, and actions, of (about) nineteen men. We have courage as Germans know and frightfulness. mustered them in this crater until we understand courage to try to keep

But the

though it is difculi to imagine can get them down the line.

the fron face that is the German Idea such a League in action, and difficult One Jerry starts whining, rubbing of courage,

to understand why its pledges should his hand up and down his chest. Ai Thirty men (English) were left to be more sacred to its members now hold a trench. Twenty-eight were than before, it is stupid to say that therefore such a League could not be brought into being, could not be made workable,

summer, speculation possible developments of the and did, show them. Usually two to

And the hute lasted until we could, you:-

war is. intensified. It is not three days. Then we just went on with our job of war, and our normal thought likely that the present way of regarding the war-and

JERRY. state of inactivity will continue And that was. for long.

There will doubtless be renew-

ed reports of German intentions to break through Holland or | Belgium, or both For the moment, however, attention is rather directed to the Near East. The Allies have a large army in that quarter. Italy is also very much on the alert. She has made it known that she could not we indifferent to any- thing affecting the Near East and the Balkans.

But, strangely enough, Hitler's two friends, Stalin and Mussolini, are far from being friends with each other. The Duco has lost detestation

none

of his

of Bolshevist in-

fluences in Europe. He main- taina 息 consistency in that matter, which Hitler has com- pletely abandoned.

The Turkish Prime Minister, in some discreet but signiilcant references to the situation, said the crisis had now come to his country's door. Officially, reln- tions with Russin are un- changed. Actually, Turkey can SSSSSSSSS have no illusions about Moscow's

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Turkey, however, is prepared for whatever may befall. She has a clear senso of where her duty lies. If war should be forced upon her she will make common cause with, the Allies. The Near East situation is un- certain, but France, Britain, and Turkey have made the fullest preparations to check-mate Ger- man, Russian or oven Italian aggression In this vital region.

.?

We distrusted every thing about

him, except his courage. We knew we lost the officer takes notke, goes to could distrust him in everything bul him, und says something (in German) stay-and-take-it power.

Wo

be- which sounds like, "What are you littled him in every way but one; we making all this fuss about?" said he kept his tranches dirty (foul The private says something (in slur on any soldier).

German)

which sounds like: "I've The first bit of hand-to-hand fight get it here, sir."

Whereupon the officer, grabs hold ing. when our barrack-square in- structor's spirii still hoarse-whispered of the private's tunic at the bottom, to us: "Show a German a bit of cold rips it upwards, tears off three but- steel and he'll wilt before you like a tons in the process, and exposes a

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They talked of England, and prim- rates, and held on. And still "ve to tell the story."

I thank England for our English

courage.

Don't belittle the Germans' courage. But trust ours to win.

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What I think.we.can-say-is-that-no- State which submitted to the authority of much a League could possibly be a Totalitarian State, ruted by an autocrat.

One cannot glorify the State and oneself through the State unless the State is Independent,

Even an "axis" detracts a little frem one's glury-unless one is con- vinced that one the dominating patiner in the axis.

So that, if such a League were effective in maintaining pence, the effective part of it would be composed of democratic countries, willing to submit to the decision of the majority, willing to subordinate their own in- terests to the general good.

It

I think that we should, make clear, as soon as possible, that in our view democracy is the only safegaurd of peace, and that we are prepared "after the war" to co-operate in the fullest and most, generous way with all other democracies,

Our first peace-nim should be a League of Democracies, which shair Jutterly renounce all war as between themselves, and which shali, na soon prucilcable, remove all inter-tariff barriers.

ng

The

but

idea behind the Lengua should not be mutual assistance in wer-time, mutual assistance in peace-line; and democracles only should be eligible for Inclusion.

It is time that we cleared our minds of a good deal of cant about rutuera- eles.

We plead in their excuse "the right of countries to choose their own ferm of government,” No country ever "choso" autocracy,

Russia didn't; Itnly didn't; Germany didn't; Spain didn't,

Autocracy to-day begins as a revolt. against some other form of govern- ment; a revolt which may or may not be supported by the majority of the people, but is supported by a fighting majority; that is, by those with the greater military resources,

The lender's first autocratie and entirely unjustifiable nelion on ac- quiring power is to deny not only those who opposed the revolt, but whoso who supported it, any further part in the new government of their - country.

After which it is assumed that the people chose autocracy: and that, being foreigners, they murt be ex- pected to have their funny little ways, on which it would be bad form for Jan English gentleman to comment..

This is nonsense, We can com← Imeat on cannibalism, wo can com

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