* * * * To promise France that we shall
stand by her if she is wantonly attacked again by Germany is only to promise what we should probably have to do in any case. But, even so, there are wise and unwise methods of doing a desirable thing. We ought, for instance, to make it an indispensable condition that any pact of guarantee should be sanctioned by the League of Nations. Further, we ought to regard the League as incomplete till Germany has become a member of it. In other words, the inclusion of Germany in the League should be a condition precedent to our asking for the League's sanction. Yet, again, the pact should refer solely to the eastern frontier of France and not to those frontiers where a highly debatable French policy introduces Poland and Czecho-Slovakia into the problem.
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