[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR, — In these days when
national morality is at a discount it is refreshing to read the letter from Mr. Watson, and to learn that there are some who still have ideals and a belief that there can be no compromise between good and evil, that the Cross must be defended against that for which the Swastika stands.
But the most striking part of his letter was that in which he defines the alternative to war, which is none other than the Sanctions Clause of the League of Nations. What defeated the success of that policy on the only occasion of its trial was the greed of nations, the fear of financial loss which would have been infinitesimal in comparison with the financial cost of war. Some such policy will have to be adopted unless and until the ideal of the Brotherhood of Man is acknowledged by
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