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AFFAIR WHICH WAS NONE ENGLAND'S BUSINESS. THE CHANCELLOR SAID
 
THAT THE PRESENT WAR CAN ONLY BE BROUGHT TO AND END IF ENGLAND
 
AND FRANCE WILL ABANDON THEIR WAR AIMS. HE WOULD BE VERY GLAD TO 
 
LEAVE IT TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HIMSELF TO FIND OUT WHETHER THEY
 
WERE READY TO DO SO. GERMANY WILL NOT MAKE PEACE UNLESS AND UNTIL 
 
SHE RECEIVES ADEQUATE ASSURANCES OF SECURITY FOR THE FUTURE
 
BECAUSE IN THE PAST 300 YEARS FRANCE HAS TOO OFTEN DECLARED WAR
 
ON GERMANY. IF ENGLAND AND FRANCE BUT PARTICULARLY ENGLAND FULLY
 
REALIZED TODAY THAT THEY COULD NOT HOPE FOR ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER
 
COUNTRIES, AS FOR INSTANCE THE UNITED STATES, THEY WOULD MAKE PEACE
 
TOMORROW. ENGLAND CONSIDERS THE WAR A KIND OF SPORT IN WHICH THE
 
OTHERS MUST DO THE FIGHTING: SHE HAD FIRST ASKED THE RUSSIANS TO
 
HELP HER, AND WAS NOW BUSY TRYING TO GET ASSISTANCE FROM NORWAY
 
AND SWEDEN. IN CONCLUDING, AND SUMMARIZING HIS ATTITUDE ON THIS
 
PRESENT PROBLEM OF WAR OR PEACE, THE CHANCELLOR EXPRESSED HIS
 
BELIEF THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH