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Show 'We Are Prepared to Fight' Sir Samuel Hoare, former Foreign For-eign Secretary of Great Britain, recently discussed foreign policy express ng the thought that the time had come for the British Government to make clear to the world the vital questions "for which we are prepared! to f ght." While he spoke without governmental govern-mental authority, the British leader's lead-er's dea is good and might be followed fol-lowed by all governments. For himself, Sir Samuel would fight for "the integrity of the Low Countries Coun-tries and the Channel Ports." He also thought that there would be "other v tal interests, perhaps in the Far East," which the Government Govern-ment wculd certainly maintain. Some plain talk on the part of responsible governments, to clarify vital interests, wculd be valuable and possibly might work for peace. If, for example, both the United States and Great Britain should announce that each was prepared to fight for the policy of the "open door" In. Ch'na, it is easily imaginable imag-inable that such a declaration, if believed in Japan, would cause that government to adopt more reasonable policies in the Far East. It is conceivable, however, that a general statement by ' various p wera along the lines suggested by ti e former Eritish bfflc al ' would reveal inevitable conflicts cf national nat-ional interest. Even so, we do not see hew this would precipitate warfare and it is possile . that the nations involved would adept con-c con-c 1 atory attitudes in an effort to avoid unpro.'itable warfare. |
