Lord Stanhope's statement in the House of Lords is encouraging to those who hope that Herr Hitler will able to reassure Europe regarding. Germany's attitude toward construc tive peace policies. No doubt Lord Stanhope's authoritative pronounce. ment will be carefully studied Berlin. It shows that the British Government—and, presumably, other Governments too—will be only. t00 ready to consider and sympathetically examine Germany's own plans for Jarriving at an agreed solution of the European problem. Lord Stanhope [definitely points to the resumption of disarmament conference as one im-Portant step towards from the present dificult Impasse. it will be much to Herr Hitler's credit if he jean somehow adjust his admittedly delicate position to widen the approach to that issue. Lord Stanhope: Clearly does not stand upon punctilli. [There is no disposition to question the authorship of a practical plan provided it is otherwise acceptable It is conceivable that if Herr Hitler's Government can bring itself to the advocacy of truly ce-operative measures, it will not be confronted by too rigid an assessment of its recent declarations or actions. In other: words the requisite allowance will be
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