CRUSADE FOR PEACE
"If British idealism and sentiment were in command of destiny all the nations could afford at once to beat their spears into ploughshares and their swords into pruning-hooks, but our planning lies at the mercy of dictatorships. And they are now advised in a note just a little harder than Mr Chamberlain has employed before that 'it is to reason we are prepared to listen and not to force.' He seems to gather sonie~ encouragement, too, from the revelation of history that 'attempts at domination are never successful for long.' That truth, by the way, should be kept in mind by the pessimistic seers whose conception has come to include a world completely governed from Berlin. So the crusade for peace by agreement goes on. That is Mr Chamberlain's message to the world, that still remains the policy of the British Government. It may fail, of course, but this contingency is somewhat lightened by the information that our defence preparations have''now advanced far enough for Britain to fulfil all her obligations to the Empire and her Allies."—The "Northern Daily Telegraph."
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LX, Issue 16, 28 February 1939, Page 4
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183CRUSADE FOR PEACE Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LX, Issue 16, 28 February 1939, Page 4
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