The revolution international relations have undergone since the War is
demonstrated vividly enough by the contrast in the public attitude towards the Italian attack on Turkey in 1911, when Italy last possessed herself of African territory by force, and the sentiment created throughout the world today by her attempt to possess herself of another area by similar means. In 1911 Italy was doing what Britain and France and other nations had done. In 1935 she is doing what Britain and France and she herself have sworn that they will never do again. The 'difference is fundamental, and the public fully apprehends that. How the sentiment will be trans- lated into action still remains to, be revealed. But I believe the Cabinet's almost excessively prudent reticence is in no way to be interpreted as weakness. I hear, moreover, that all the Opposition leaders, and Mr.. Churchill, who saw Sir Samuel Hoare and Mr. Eden before the Cabinet meeting, approved the Government's policy. That, if true, is a good indication of what the Government policy is. The Archbishop of Canterbury's letter in Wednesday's Times, following on Dr. Temple's last week, assures the Government of support whose value a man like Mr. Baldwin will not underestimate.
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