EASTERN EUROPE
" " Th^problem of Eastern and Central Europe is the one which, if mishandled, is most likely to lead to a general war. And it is the one in which British polioy finds it most diiflcult to f ollow a clear line. On the one hand the electorates of Great Britain, and still more of the oversea Dominione, view Eastern Europe as the field in which they can exercise the least direct military force, and in which they are least willing to commit themselves heforehand. "Indeed, with a navy whieh cannot reach Eastern Europe at all, an army which has practically no European expeditionary force, and a home air force which is unlikely to reach parity in numbers with Germany, the only way in which Great Britain could exert direcfc force would be by turning what might be a local conflict into a world war. On the other hand, neither Great Britain nor any Dominion can be indifferent to alterations in the status quo in Eastern Europe, especially if they are brought about by power politics or war, beeause of the far-reaching effect ttay may have upon the balance L £-1 powor in-iha.Kgrld.M * wbole . , , IWRouad-Iable.,,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 66, 10 December 1937, Page 4
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