(Continued from page 472.) fs it rash to assume that the good office Germany were helpful in tiding over awkward phase in' European relationships. 'The' statesmanship of M. Yvon Delbos has now given a further impetus to the restoration fof Ballan confidence. France's support of [Great Britain's efforts in that regard was well exemplified In Rome the other day. It has been a most valuable influence for good. Therefore, when the Earl of Perth returns to Rome next month, it is greatly hoped that the task of putting Anglo-Italian understand~ ing on a firm basis will be much facilitated, The difficulties should not be underestimated, It'ls obvious that for two countries which lifer at [resent so radically in their concep~ tions of polity, the definition of aims and' requirements Haturally taxes the ingenuity' of diplomacy. In the last few months British opinion has travelled far in learning the units of its resources as it surveys foreign affairs. Tolerance of doctrines which cannot be applied to democratic institutions has to be combined with a firm adherence to standards essential. to international "un standing. Great Britain, like France and] other non-totalitarian states, has to determine the exact line which must be drawn [between acceptance of the "ideological" method of approach to foreign problems ard any appearance of prescribing for the conduct fof the domestic affairs of other nations. Responsibility for the breakdown in the collective system cannot be divorced from {the obligation to recognize the temporary, lapses which that breakdown has caused, Immediate refusal to countenance actions} which defy international ce-operation has to tempered with a sage appreciation of the! danger of permitting desperation to govern the statesmanship of Europe. Patience and determination have to be allied with' generosity and perception. Mistakes are not the monopoly of any one chancellery. The ielash between the two sorts of public opinion requires vigilant serutiny—the one free and fact to roam too negligently beyond national Doundaries, the other tensely particularist s fof the Hongkong and Shanghai are now located in the Palace Special classes for junior and senior Cam= bridge candidates of St. Francis Xavier's College are being arranged, The Embassy Restaurant and Bar, 7 Carter Road, has reopened. "The New Savoy Bar is Tocated In 1160 Bubbling, Well Road.
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