PEACE FOR BRITAIN.
"Our only object is peace," writes Dr. George Glasgow, diplomatio correspondenfc of the Observer. "That means peace with Germany. It can be only a peace of honour with safety, not a peace of effusion with concession. How is it to be achieved? How can Britain help? Certainly not by accepting a commitment to fight agaihst Germany, blindly and in advance, for any and every imaginable cause or counti-y in Europe. That in efi^ct is what Moseow and Paris asked of us. It is out of the question. Bntain will not fight for Russia against Germany nor for Germany agamst Russia Nor for any other country in Europe. At all costs Britam must at once state what she will fight for. False hopes on the one side and false fears on the other are the very encouragement oi war. There must he no ambiguity or vagueness. The commitment must he the luinimum eons^tent with British defence. If we canuot thus circumscribe our Uability without throwing over our existing eommitments to France and Belgium, then even those commit- [ ments must be thrown over. It must be rriade clear to all concerned l that Britain accepts no commitment for any Eastern contingency. 1 Qiur fean&
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 138, 28 June 1937, Page 6
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