THE TENSION IN EUROPE
Although the latest reports on the European situation are less alarming in tone, encouraging the hope that the counsels of conciliation and moderation will prevail, there can be no disguising the fact that peace during the week-end was trembling on the balance. Mr Chamberlain in his statement to the House of Commons made no attempt to conceal the gravity of the position, nor did he give any positive assurance that the crisis had been passed. All he was able to sav on that point was that “at the moment the situation appears to have somewhat eased.”
There is no doubt that the firm attitude taken by the British and French Governments had some influence in restraining the German Government from acting in a provocative spirit. But it will take some time for the excitement in Czechoslovakia to die down, and the incendiary elements to subside, and meanwhile there are inherent possibilities of further trouble. This is eminently a time for restraint in speech and action on the part of all concerned, and the reception accorded to Mr. Chamberlain’s statement by the House of Commons shows that the importance of this is fully realised. Much will depend upon the capacity of the leaders of opinion in the other countries concerned to act in a similar spirit
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 204, 26 May 1938, Page 10
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219THE TENSION IN EUROPE Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 204, 26 May 1938, Page 10
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