THE ROOT OF EUROPE'S TROUBLES
" The root of Europe's troubles," says a writer in tho Round Table, "lies in its division into twenty-six sovereign States, and there is no British interest or world interest to be served by risking war to prevent internal adjustments in Europe, even by pOWer politics, ain. so to perpetuate the anarchy that is its bane. If as a result of pOwer politics the twenty-six States came to be gi'ouped into three ot foux' more or les self-sufficient and loosely-related groups, like the panAmeriean system or the British Commonwealth, the world wotlld be a happier and more peaceful plaee. We can offer mediation at Geneva, if the issue is taken there, or elsewhere, if it is wanted. But we should make it elear from the outset that in no cireumstances shall we be drawn into war over these matters unless the conflict becomes one that raises the question whether or not a single Power seekt to establish a military hegemony over Europe. The line we hftvi adopted over Spain should be the line we should adopt in wuterr Eqrope alsq." ^
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 120, 7 June 1937, Page 6
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184THE ROOT OF EUROPE'S TROUBLES Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 120, 7 June 1937, Page 6
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