18 NOVEMBER 1938, Page 38

THE GERMAN ARMY

'[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] are accustomed to discrepancies and even contradic- tions in the English Press. We even prefer that to the con- trolled uniformity of most of the continental Press. But when M a matter of first-class importance, so responsible a contributor to The Spectator as • Mr.' R. C. K. -Exiaor' tells. us that Germany chose precisely 1938- for -its nefarious action against Austria and Czechoslovakia• beCause this-is -the peak year in the German armament scheme, and a London evening paper in an article from " An Austrian diplomat ".goes so far as to quote the actual words of the German Commander-in- ,Chief to the effect that the German Army was quite unprepared —" the army cannot serve in its present state "—what are we