Evening star., 1936-09-24
PLACE FOR RUSSIA
HELD PEACE NEED
Chamberlain Urges Clear
Thinking, Plain Speech
for Britain.

A repiep OF the European sttu-
alton. Which he finds discourdotng,
Is riven here in the last OF tho ar
ttcles by the former British foreign
secretary, Conservative leader and
one of the nations elder statesmen,
Uho voices the opinion that. tphtle
England longs for peace, she is not
prepared to accept a dictated
peace"
BY SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.
BY Radio to The Star.
LONDON, September 24.-It is in
deed a gloomy picture that / have
drawn of Western and Central Eu-
rope, although not, I think, more
gloomy than the truth. But I have
as vet said nothing Of Russia. The
shadows OF the East fall across the
already darkened picture of the West.
The "feature"-indeed, I might say
the only theme-of the Nuremberg
week was call to coming crusade
against Bolshevik Russia.
shall not be thought to have any
sympathy with the Soviet system OF
government. 1t is as hateful to me
as anarchy itself. as alien to our
habits. institutions and traditions as
the Nazi system. There Is indeed
though 1t would be shock to Hitler
to hear it-a great resemblance be-
tween the two.
Supressions Are Same.
There Is the same complete sup
preston Of freedom Of thought and
life: the same spirit of religious perse-
cution; the same violence; the same
terror. And I, at least, cannot but
remember that, in their opposition to
Stresemann and the policy Of Lo-
carno, the German nationalists Of that
day, now incorporated in the Nazi
party, claimed that Soviet Russia was
Germany's ally and that cooperation
with the West should be no part Of
German policy.
Be that as 1t may, it will, I think,
be difficult to find parallel for such
q gross attack by the rulers Of one
country upon the government Of an
other. The language which Glad
stone used about Turkey. in his cam
paign against the Bulgarian stroci-
ties, pales before that of Goebbels and
Der Fuehrer himself in the Nurem-
berg rally. and Gladstone at the time
was an independent member Of Par
lament in opposition to the govern
ment Of that day.
When the third Napoleon at his
New Year day reception on January
!, 1859. said to the Austrian Ambas-
sador that he regretted that relations
between their two countries were not
more friendly, these measured words
sent thrill through Europe. They
were the prelude to the Franco-Aus-
trian war.
Anglo German Barrier Up.
Much less than the provocations OF
Nuremberg week would have set Eu-
rope afire only few years ago. What
was Hitler's purpose and for what
action are his words a prelude? He
has erected between Germany and
Britain a barrier by his demand for
return of the former German colonies.
What is the purpose of these violent
utterances? 1t is said it Is to make
1t clear to France that friendship with
Russia Is incompatible with friend
ship with Germany and, not improb-
ably, to indicate to Great Britain that
. meeting Of the Locarno powers will
never take place, or, at least. will bear
no useful fruit unless it can be made
to serve the purpose Of the anti
Bolshevik campaign.
Some years ago, when was foreign
secretary, I was challenged at din
ner party to say what would be the
cause Of the next war. 1t is proverb-
tally unsafe to prophesy unless you
know. but ventured to hazard three
guesses. One cause might be the
pressure Of population, and it is to
be observed in passing that it is pre-
cisely in those countries where this
pressure Is said to be at its greatest
that the rulers use every effort to
secure the largest increase in popu-
lation.
The second peril which I foresaw
was in a certain type Of film, coming
mainly from America, and then more
common than it happily is today,
which might be comparatively harm