Need of Fairness to France: The Germaa Threat: Britain's Duty as Peacemaker London, June 8.
Speaking at Manchester to-day, Mr. Churchill declared that a lasting peace could only be secured by veal ce-operation between Great Britain, Franco and Germany. "We must understand France's standpoint, with a hostile Germany across the frontier," Mr. Churchill continued. Great Britain must pursue the path of peacemaker in Europe and mitigate the rancour existing between France and Germany."
Mr. Churchill said that everyone who cared about the good name of the British Empire was anxious as regards Ireland, but they must realize that the vital interests of this country could not allow a foreign republic, equipped with submarines, and possibly a hostile army, to erected on Great Britain's flank.
Short of a republic, Ireland had been offered a proud position in the British Empire, and freedom to govern herself in the fullest sense of Home Rule.
Mr. Churchill pointed to "the panorama of misery in Russia" as a lesson which showed the utter failure of socialism and of the Communistic theory.
The Paper League of Nations.
Adverting to the European situation, Mr. Churchill declared: "It is useless merely to talk of or to wish for peace, unless you give al measure of reassurance or appeasement to the angry and anxious nations of the world. It is futile to trust in a paper League of Nations. The only way to ensure true peace is the real ce-operation of three mighty nations to repair the ruin of war, and rebuild the glory and unity of Europe.
"But we must be fair to France, who was led to believe at the close of the war that British and American succour would be forthcoming in the event of a repetition of the events of 1914. But she did not receive that assurance. Consequently there naturally exists in every French heart profound anxiety 23 to what will happen 20 or 30 years hence.''—Reuter.
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