The Archive · 1939

Germany Isolates Herself

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"The last thing we desire is to see individual man, woman or chil suffering privations, But if they do, jit lies not with us, and it depends on the German Government, and the German Government alone, whether this process of isolation continues or not, for any day it can be ended by a policy of ce-operation."

Referring to "Lebensraum" (living space), Lord Halifax declared that this policy was not solved simply by acquiring more territory, and could only be solved by the wise ordering of affairs of the country at home, and by adjusting and' improving its relations with other countries abroad.

Nations expanded their wealth and raised their standard of living by gaining the confidence of their neigh-hours, thus facilitating the flow of goods between them.

The very opposite was likely to be the consequence of action by one motion in the suppression of the independent existence of its smaller and if "Lebensraum" was to be applied in that sense, Britain would reject it.

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