'In the current number of the Energie Francaise the editor,
M. Cheradame, writes of his impressions during a recent visit fe England. The paper is summarised by the Paris corre- spondent of the Times in the issue of Tuesday. M. Cheradame notes the unlimited confidence of the ordinary Briton in the strength of the Navy, but he questions whether it is not a mistake thus to assume that the Germans as yet understand nothing of "the great lesson of the sea." He found us much less optimistic about the Army, which, in his opinion, is abso- lutely, insufficient to defend the country against a German invader. Opportunism and tenacity, he says, have made the fortune of Britain for centuries, but in the presence of the scientific elements of modern war it is probably less safe than formerly to trust to improvised solutions of difficulties. M. Cheradame was struck by the small interest which most Members of Parliament take in foreign affairs. They trust to diplomacy and to the pacific influence and sagacity of the King. Finally, M. Cheradame remarks that for the first time in history Britain and France have the same foreign interests, the same general economic interests, and the same enemies, and they have to oppose the same disintegrating ideas. All these things make a solid basis for the Entente.
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