Nothing. could be more indicative of the determination of Great Britain and France to fight Germany to the bitter end than the communique issued after the sixth meeting of the Supreme War Council in London on Wednesday. The Allies have formally stated that neither of them will negotiate or conclude an armistice or treaty of peace except by mutual agreement. They have undertaken not to discuss peace terms before reaching complete agreement on conditions necessary to ensure for each of them an effective and lasting guarantee of their security and in addition they undertake to maintain after the conclusion of peace a community of action in all spheres for so long as it may be necessary to safeguard their security and to effect reconstruction, with the assistance of other nations, of an international order which will ensure liberty of peoples, respect for law and maintenance of peace in Europe. Nothing could be wider spread nor more satisfactory. The tightening of the bonds of amity between Great Britain and France in such a manner is indeed to be welcomed. It is unthinkable that these two nations which have already fought one great war to a successful conclusion, should imperil their chances of repeating the feat by permitting any disunity of purpose to exist between them. Common interests can only be adequately protected by the closest possible understanding between the two Governments, and this is shown plainly to exist. At the same time it definitely pushes into abeyance any hopes of an early peace. The Allies will not take the initiative in the matter, and it will be for Herr Hitler as it was for the ex-Kaiser to choose his own time to sue for it. That this will probably lead to the commencement of war on a total scale in a short while has to be accepted as a regrettable fact, but as nothing which the Allies need fear. Thanks to the delays and hesitations of Herr Hitler, they have been given time enough to put their defences in the completest order, and they face the future better equipped to meet eventualities than they were when the invasion of Poland forced them to take the decisions they did. They can still afford to wait for der Fuehrer to take the initiative, confident that the increasing efficiency of the blockade will force him to action sooner or later.
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