Paris, Feb. 12.
Commenting on the British Labour Party's manifesto of February 8, which included, among other things, a list of peace aims, Pertinax, writing in "L'Ordre," says that it contains a major confusion of thought.
He sees in it a revival of the old Locarno hopes of a Germany filled with the same aspirations as the Western Democracies, and utters the warning: "Remember Foch, who urgently repeated that the only valid guarantees are those which are not dependent on Germany's wil The simple elimination of Herr Hitler and the more revolting features of his regime, the writer continues, "would not change the basic terms of the German problem. A Germany willing to overthrow the Fuehrer and abandon the conquests made since 1938, but remaining armed to the teeth, would only bring us respite."
Referring to the manifesto declaration that French security must be secured simultaneously with the claim for equality, Pertinax.
But how can Western Europe be put out of reach of aggression except by a French-Briti: preponderance, by making the Rhineland region into an instrument of strategic command?"—Reuter.
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