THE ROOT OF EUROPE’S TROUBLES.
"The x*oot of Europe's troubles," says a writcr in the R'ound 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, and so to perpetuate the anarchy that is its bane. If as a result of power politics the twenty-six States came to be grouped into three or four inoije or less •self-sufficient and loosely-related groups, like the pan-Ameriean system or the British Commonwealth, the world would be a happier and more peaoeful place. We can offer mediation at Geneva, if the issue is taken there, or elsewhere, if it is wantefk But we should make it elear from the outset that in no circumstances shall we be drawn into war? over these matters unless the conflict becomes one that raises the question whether or not & single Power seeks to establish a military hegemony over Europe. The line xve have adopted over Spaiu should he the liue we should sdopt in eastern Europe also," ,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 159, 23 July 1937, Page 4
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183THE ROOT OF EUROPE’S TROUBLES. Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 159, 23 July 1937, Page 4
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