London, Oct, 18. OFERRING to the recent European crisis in a speech at the Canterbury Diocesan Conference yesterday, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Gordon Long, said that there were already some signs of reaction from the first thrill of thankfulness, and he wanted to say a word or two against the dangers of that reaction.
There was bound to be relaxation after the strain a swift and sudden transformátion from fear to thankfulness.
The glimpse, which the people had had into the abyss of war, the Archbishop continued, had not been long enough to impress their imaginations, and the voices of criticism of the past policy, rightly and most commendably silent during the days of the crisis, had now been set free. He knew that it was said by some that war with the dictators of Europe was inevitable sooner or later, and that it would have been as well to have seized the opportunity now and have fought that issue out.
That he could not understand.
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