OPTOMETRISTS in China ai "As has often been declared in this House we d e in Central Europe and elsewhere peace and good understanding.
We cannot, even if we would, disinterest ourselves in the course of events there any more than we can disinterest ourselves in the course of events anywhere else on the earth's surface as conditions are to-day. Our interest in peace is universal After all, we cannot forget that the last European War did not begin in Belgium.. It began in what I think the right hen. gentleman called an Austrian quarrel. So we realize that our interests must be universal in the interest of the maintenance of peace. We quite realize that in trade and economic matters other nations have a closer interest than we in the Danube basin. We ould like to see the gradual removal of trade barriers in that area, But ow terest in peace there as elsewhere must be unceasing. An hon. member has complained that the general lines of our foreign policy towards Central Europe were not clear. I do not think that the accusation can be fairly levelled."
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