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The Identity Between The Secret Comments Of Holstein And The

overt comments of the Nazi speakers and journalists is in fact astonishing. There is the same use of such phrases as " impertinence," " governess," " British hypocrisy," " Ger-......

In The House Of Lords On June 8th Lord Halifax

made a speech in which he affirmed our dual policy of resistance and conciliation. On the same day, in a written reply to a ques- tion by Lieutenant-Commander Fletcher, the......

It Was The Custom Of Intelligent Germans, When Examining In

after years the causes of the catastrophe of 1914-1918, to attribute the mistakes of their diplomacy to the diseased mind and fatal influence of Geheimrat von Holstein, one of......

Reading The German Comments Upon These Declarations, One...

to despair by the exactitude with which German history repeats itself. The overtures which in the opening days of this century were made to Germany by the Prime Minister's......

There Is Much Force In Each Of These Contentions. It

is true that the Prime Minister's statement may have caused depression at Bucharest, Athens, Ankara and elsewhere and have confirmed those elements in Moscow who assert that our......

People And Things

By HAROLD NICOLSON H IS Majesty's Government during the last ten days have made important endeavours to counter the encirclement propaganda which has been let loose in Germany......