Snt,—Surely the criticism of Russia's action in Finland, Poland and
Bessarabia .is not only irrelevant but essentially mistaken. It seemed probable at the time and now is perfectly obvious that each " aggres- sion " on the part of Russia was nothing but a necessary precaution for defence against Germany. Stalin had read and marked Mein Kampf, though Mr. Chamberlain had not. That " aggression " was not the object of the attack on Finland is proved by the fact that after a victorious war Russia contented herself with taking over no more than she had attempted to get by friendly negotiation. Which finger Stalin should have lifted to save Bulgaria it would be difficult to say, and he might well ask in return which finger we lifted to save the Czechs. Nor does it seem at all likely that the shrewdest of national leaders was incapable of believing that Hitler was planning an attack ; on the contrary he has been strenuously preparing his army and people for resistance to the inevitable: with what success
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