BRITAIN'S PART

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23432, 23 August 1939, Page 13

BRITAIN'S PART

-VIEW IN GERMANY "MAKE BEST OF IT" IMPOTENT TO HELP POLES' FATE SEALED / (.Received August 22, 7.10 p.m.) Times Cable /■ LONDON. Aug. ti'J Well-informed Germans, says the Berlin correspondent of the Times, regard the pact with the Soviet as removing all danger of war from Europe, arguing that Britain has suffered a grave diplomatic defeat,'' and will hardly now care to carry ■out her obligations to Poland. Therefore, the German demands against Poland will be granted fully, and Britain will be obliged to make the best-of the new situation-and accommodate herself to a new order in Europe. It is emphasised that Germany has no intention of attacking England or her possessions, and if Britain shows coinTnonsense (/ an excellent understanding might be reached with the rulers of the Continent, In any case, it is assorted, Britain is now impotent to help Polnnd, and - must, therefore, make the best of a bad job—which in the German view, however, will prove a constructive step in the interests of world peace. The news of the agreement spread like wildfire throughout Berlin, creating the greatest satisfaction everywhere, Bays the British United Press., One comment was: "Poland is now trapped, and the 'entire. Polish question will prove another German walkover, similar to CV.eeho-Slovakia." Diplomatic observers in Berlin, says the Daily Telegraph's correspondent, describe ilorr Hitler's turning to Communist Russia for friendship as one of the most dramatic acts of his career. It is interpreted as meaning that Flerr Hitler will allow nothing, not even ideologic?!J differences, to stand in the Way of the policy he considers it necessary to pursue to increase Greater Germany's power and strength. SIGNIFICANT ARTICLE iTRADE pact forerunner / LONDON. Auk. '2l The Soviet press organ Pravda, editorially cdmmenting on the Busso-Ger-min trade agreement, announced yesterday, says: "-Born in an atmosphere of strained political relations, the agreement is destined to relieve that atmosphere. It may prove a serious step toward further improvement, not only in economic, but political relations between the Soviet Union and Germany." AIR FORCE RECRUITS vßccoivcd August 22, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 21 Recruits who joined the Hoyal Air Force last week numbered GOB, bring"ing the total entry since April 1 to 18,552, compared with 7654 in the corresponding period of 1938.