"However much the British people may want peace, they feel instinetivethat there are things without which Vigo as they know it would not be worth living.
"But peace also has its responsibilities "Herr Hitler declared the other day that the German nation must export jor die. No doubt this is true for Germany; it is certainly true for the United Kingdom.
"But what is quite untrue is Herr Hitler's statement, that the War was waged to exclude Germany. fr world trade. Germany was England's best customer before the War, and no two countries are bound more closely together by commercial and financial partnership. Why should we then or now Wish to exclude Germany from world trade?
We never believed in England that competition is exclusive. We believe that in days of prosperity and peace 1 promotes trade all round."
Need for Period of Referring to Herr Hitler's bred tion of a long period of peace, Lord "No one hopes more devotedly that do that this prediction will be ful lied. It will give the world a real assurance of peace, trade will revive, Jand economic development will be possible, whereby all will benefit. Weill leave the achievements of the Fast century far behind, So long a8 the world remains an rined camp, the present difficulties will, in greater or less degree, persist for all."
Lord Halifax maintained that basis Jeconomie standards could not be im= proved unless all nations worked. Hogether for the common good.
"This," he added, "we at all times} fare prepared to do, if others will join hands with us in genuine determination to win this advance for our people.
"he last thing we desire is to] Jobstruct the natural expansion of trade, from which others reap benefit. For we know well enough that such trade development is good for all Lord Halifax welcomed the Anglo German coal agreement as a practical Jeontribution to. ce-operation between the (we countries, and as a hopeful sim for the future.
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