The Washington times., 1937-07-09
Bv II. R. KNICKERBoCKER

Nv II. r. KNICKERBOCKER
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LONDON. July Germany.
considered by Britain to be her
potential enemy Number One, is
TO get one more chance. The
new British government headed
BY Neville Chamberlain tntendS
to make one more great effort
to persuade Hitler to sign a new
and binding peace.
If the effort succeeds. Britain
believes war can be postponed for
10 years or indefinitely. If the
effort fails. Britain will be re-
signed grimly to making herself
so strong that the warlike powers
may be deferred from starting
war. or if they do start it. Will
lose it.
If the effort succeeds the pres
ent British government prooaoly
will ask for a dissolution OF par
lament this autumn and. with the
marvellous achievement OF peace
on its banners. ask the country
In a general election for a new
mandate to carry on another tive
years. This autumn the present
parliament. with its majority OF
43l to 1874 for the government,
would still have three more wears
to run. but any such magnificent
feat as pulling off peace" would
be worth an election which might
be expected to increase the gov
ernment's strength and give 1t
new prestige and prolonged life.
Churchill in Line
If the effort fails, there is
strong likelihood that Winston
Churchill. father of British re-
armament. will finally be offered
q place in the government. His
entry would document the Brit
tsh acceptance of his view that
the forces within the Third Reich
are perilously explosive, and that
Europe's task is to confine them
within a container strong enough
to make the explosion work in
ward and not outward.
Because of this view, only too
we'll known to the Germans,
Churchill was denied the post OF
minister Of coordination Of de-
Tense. Despite the fact that by
general consent, he was more
eminently qualified for it than
anybody else in the country, he
was refused it on the ground that
his appointment would offend
Germany. and so long as one
chance remained of winning Ger
many to a new peace, the British
government did not want to Of
fend her
Churchill, first lord of the ad-
miralty in the greaV war, then
secretary for war and for air.
afterward chancellor OF the ex-
chequer in the first Baldwin gov
eminent, fell out with Baldwin
in 1890 over Indian policy and has
not had a ministry since.
Always Well Informed
His information rivals and
sometimes excels that OF the gov
eminent. as was painfully proved
when Baldwin in 1884 asserted
Britain was still twice as strong
as Germany in the air. Churchill
produced evidence to prove that
Germany's air force was already
superior to Britain's.
The present minister for coor-
dination of defense. Sir Thomas
W. H. Inskip, prominent church
man and the embodiment of the
British virtues of rectitude and
responsibility, is highly esteemed.
It is asserted that he leads the
field of contenderS for the prime
ministership we're anything to
happen to Chamberlain. 1t is
even said that if Baldwin had
not named Chamberlain his sue
ceSSor, free vote in the con-
sentative party would have made
Inskip the head of the govern
ment.
The British like their prime
ministers safe" They think In
skip would make a good prime
minister but feel he is lacking