To the Editor of the "NontH-Citina Darcy News"
Sin—As many columns of your esteemed newspaper are daily devoted io the statesmanlike explanations of the world's politics, the layman's point of view seems to be of no value. However, there are many people with whom statesmanlike explanations fail to carry weight and it moves me to expose to them the other, side of the world's politics and to tender an answer to the question why it is that within twenty years humanity has come over from one Bagg res, do the verge of another Many people would suggest Herr Hitler brought i about. Herr Hitler accomplished a miracle by extricating Germany from the fetters of Ver-^sailles and. restoring the German militarism. A pertinent question remains to be answered: by what magic does he accomplish miracles?
To my opinion something stronger han Herr Hitler's will was. responsible for pulling down the Versailles structure and partly for remilitarizing Germany.
it is an International band of the arms manufacturers, of which Vickers-Armstrong are the representatives for Great Britain, that may get all the credit for it. So long as these gentlemen remain at large, the world, or rather mankind, will limp from -one carnage to another. Their first and foremost goal is to secure the utmost profit, which: can only be "secomplished' by setting the nations by the ears.
The first world war being over, these gentlemen took great pains to set up France as a bogey for Britain. As they failed to convince the British public of the notion that French predominance in Europe is a dangerous thing for Britain, it was imperative for them to revive the old nightmare in the form of the German militarism. Acting from behind the backs of the so-called peace-makers, they completely succeeded in this enterprise and the British gold is rów lavishly spent on armaments. Thu the interests of the British empire were sacrificed for the benefit of the unscrupulous profiteer and the democratic countries left to face a league of díctatoriàl.coüntries, It would be idle to argue that J'stern. attitude of the democratic cotintries would have effectively stopped the aggression, as the only trump with which the dictators play son is not their might but unrestrained impudence. They know perfectly well that they have no chance to win major war and* the slightest possibility of running a risk would keep them back, as was evident in the last dispute with Czechoslovakia.
Unfortunately for the world peace, only n Russia was willing to curb the*aggressors. Without assistance from Britain, rafice could not shoulder the responsibility and Britain is pursuing her century-favoured 7 way-policy. The British peacemakers have done much to show that it is an easy task to push Britain mas readily seized on by the aggres-of the way anaythis opportunity sive countries in them inclination to gobble up the weak nations. After this task. is accomplished, the dicta-will have no hesitation to ure swords wih the mighty and then the peace-makers will be glad to retire from the cares of Teadership. But even then they will proudly point out that their activity endueed to the delay of the world War, disregarding the monstrous price paid out by the British empire for this delay. As for the British Public, they will have a crumb of comfort in seeing that the arms-manufacturers' coffers are splitting with gold.
G. Sornix.
Shanghai, June 29.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.