REALISING FACTS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 58, Issue 4188, 24 May 1939, Page 4

REALISING FACTS

THE BLINKERS ARE OFF. “The blinkers are off, and the country heard for the first time from Mr Chamberlain Ills true feelings about the Nazi system, its vileness and its cruelty,” says the Manchester Guardian. “The words have been said, just as President Roosevelt’s words have been said. They cannot be glossed over. We now stand in an entirely different relation with Germany than we did yesterday. We may have to face the Dictator’s early anger. Diplomatic relations may soon be strained; graver tin eats may quickly appear not only in the East, but in the West. But we must all be glad that at last British policy is becoming honest, that we have given up make-believe, and that we can express the faith that, is in us without fear of being charged with ‘fouling our own nest.’ For Mr Chamberlain this is only the beginning. His old policy is dead; he will be judged by the speed and completeness with which he turns to carry out the new. But of one thing he can be certain. His speech came nearer to expressing the feeling of his countrymen than any he has yet made.