SIR,—Though the article on Czechoslovakia in your issue of July
25th bears the heading " Czech Choice," the writer of it shows that in fact the Czechs had no choice, saying that the Press does not criticise Russia because of the " vital nature of the Russo-Czech military alliance." It was for that reason, of course, that there was no need for the Russians to interfere. Nevertheless, the Prague papers compared Mr. Gottwald's visit to Moscow to that other summons of a Czech Minister to visit Hitler.
If the Czechs are actuated by a fear of Germany now, they must be singularly ignorant of the present state of Germany, and of the time needed to make her aga'n a power to be feared. But the Czechs are very shrewd and well-informed, and it is not likely that even Russian propa- ganda can have been so successful.
It is dangerous not to face the fact that Russia means to dominate the Eastern European countries.—Yours faithfully, D. H. G. WISDOM. 26 River Avenue, Palmers Green, London, N. 17.
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