PUBLIC OPINION IN GERMANY
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—The complete answer to the first part of Mr. Powys Greenwood's letter is to be found in General Goering's speech on March 2nd, from which I extract the following phrases : " If in those days of September peace was preserved and Germany won her rights, it was not because foreign nations were willing to acknowledge Germany's rights—they could have done that before—but because they knew that if the matter could not be settled peaceably, it would be settled by war. The foreigners knew that we were not bluffing. One order—and a hell, an inferno, would have descended on the enemy ; one short blow, but his destruction would have been
complete. Peace was preserved because an iron will ruled in Germany, and behind this iron will squadrons, divisions and ships stood ready."
After all that, what becomes of Mr. Greenwood's state- ment that " Germans felt that Mr. Chamberlain acted from a sense of justice, and not from fear "?—Yours faithfully,
F. W. BEVAN.
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