PROBLEM OF GERMANY

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 112, 14 May 1938, Page 26

PROBLEM OF GERMANY

It is well known that for some time past Lord Londonderry has pleaded and worked for a better understanding of Germany and her problems by Great Britain. The fact that his attitude has not, In his judgment, always been correctly appreciated has led him to write "Ourselves and Germany," which is published by Robert Hale, Ltd. He commences with an examination of the treatment of Germany at the conclusion of the war and describes the uneasy path of Anglo-German relations since that date, bringing his story down to the recent coup d'etat in Austria. In this section there are some, particularly provocative comments on the Disarmament Conference, which Lord Londonderry attended as one of the British delegates. . Lord Londonderry then discusses the differences between the two countries, ] including the controversial question of j colonies. He describes in detail his ' various visits to and the conversations < which he has held with Herr Hitler, Field-Marshal Goering, Herr von Ribbentrop, Herr von Papan, and other j Nazi leaders. These conversations throw < a new light on the outstanding difil- < culties which face England and Ger- > many in their mutual relations. Lord < Londonderry does not believe that any 1 of these difficulties are insuperable, but he rightly points out the dangers inherent in allowing them to remain unsolved. This' Js a most important book, , and coming from an ex-Air Minister in the British Government, the author's 5 views must carry considerable weight, particularly at the present time when ' so much depends upon German policy 3 | in Europe. .