This is a queer war. First, we had four years of a peace that was anything but peaceful; now we have a war that, so. far, isn't nearly. as warlike as we expected. This is no accident; partly it comes about because Hitler meant his latest move to be just.@ continuation of the strange and successful game that he has been playing. Stage by stage he built up his power; piece by piece he swallowed up his neighbours. Each time, like the drunkard, he swore it would be the last; each time, he set about preparing {he next daylight robbery. This time, in Poland, he used force instead of merely threatening it. But having seized what he wanted, he made the old promise that now he would turn over a new leaf and settle down. Does it not seem astonishing that Hitler should expect us to put our heads again into the lion's mouth Today we stand, with France, prepared for what may come. Today, owing to Poland's terrible martyrdom, the Allies have had time to make ready. Germany has missed the aggressor's best chance—a flying start.
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