The rapid worsening of the international situation has produced one
valuable result : with one or two un- important exceptions there are no isolationists now in the House of Commons. It is realized that such are the militant temper and preparations of Germany that it would be Stark lunacy for Great Britain to separate herself from her friends on the Continent, and that collective security has become a matter of life and death for the British nation. The Government arc very strongly urged to redefine their commitments, and to state definitely at what point they will say with regard to the continuous breaches of the Versailles Treaty : " thus far and no fart-her." In this atmosphere the strong League supporters find themselves in a peculiar difficulty. They have to stress the vital necessity of unswerving support of Geneva, and at the same time not blind their eyes to the existing inadequacy of Britain's armaments to fulfil her commitments. The League and Rearmament are not easy horses to run in harness together, particularly on the public platform. * * * *
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