But there would be no certainty, if we judge by
past history, that the Muscovite rulers would reduce their huge armed forces, or would cease to cry "War, War ! " where there is no war, in order to distract their unhappy subjects from their own misgovernment. There is small hope that one more undertaking would be better observed than all those oral and written undertakings not to try insidiously to subvert the Governments of would-be friendly nations. Would Russia's neighbours dare to draw any encouragement towards disarmament ? If 212 the inclusion of Russia would entail the sapping of inter- national confidence by the introduction of any suspicion 213 of honourable and friendly intentions, then we must 214 wait for proof that it will not destroy the very foundations on which the Pact must ultimately rest.
