These solid and formative results of British diplomacy w not
obtained either by menace or by guile. These op* covenants, these pledges of power, derive from the experience of centuries. Mr. Churchill and Mr. Eden have been 10511 to the most ancient of all traditions of our foreign policy namely that compulsion is a less durable factor in h relationship than consent. It is comforting always to c template the continuity of our tradition. In the cath church of St. Peter in Exeter there are many tombs. The II effigy of Leofric, who was bishop in the eleventh century, next to that of Simon of Apulia who was bishop in the 'hit teenth. The grave of Sir Henry de Ralegh, who died in fourteenth century, is faced by a tablet to the memory of Cap Allen, of the grenadier regiment of foot guards, who fought Waterloo. And from the roof-beam of the Guildhall hangs torn ensign of H.M.S. Exeter, that small vessel whose dexter ferocity brought the Graf von Spee to bay.
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