PEACE IN EUROPE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 279, 24 November 1937, Page 7

PEACE IN EUROPE

GERMAN INTENTIONS BRITISH ATTITUDE DISTRUST DISSIPATING? (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) Received Nov. 23, 9.45 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 23. The Berlin correspondent of the Times says that Lcmd Halifax's few remarks are taken to mean that he is not favourably impressed by what he has seen or heard in Germany. Should his report have the effect of dissipating some of the mistrust of German intentions, which it is thought prevails in London, then influential circles in Berlin believe that the main obstacle to a British-German understanding upon which the peace of Europe depends will be considerably lessened. This continuing British mistrust is thought to be reflected in the British preference of general settlements on the basis of collective pacts as against agreement between individual States on the lines favoured by Germany. It is contended that there is no problem separating Britain and Germany that cannot be solved by bilateral negotiations. On the other hand, the policy of collective security aiming at the maintenance of the balance of power on the basis of the Versailles Treaty is not even in accordance with the realities of Germany’s position and power on the Continent, now that she has rearmed ad is allied with other powerful States.