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 I think in this his policy he has been strengthened
by the Roosevelt message and by the fact that he relizes
that Mr. Chamberlain is no longer more than a figurehead
in British foreign policy.  Winston Churchill was cheered
enormously when he came to speak at a dinner of the British
Industrialists.  The cheering was so pronounced that it
looked like a demonstration against Mr. Chamberlain.
I believe that the message of President Roosevelt combined
with the despatching of the Fleet to the Pacific has had
a very salubrious effect upon the Japanese.  In fact,
their position is at least as desperate as that of Hitler; 
for both nothing else is left than to risk the whole future
of their country or else to back doom, with unavoidable
internal reactions.  Mussolini is the only one who is
still able to escaoe the necessity of passing between
Scylla and Charybdis.
 
 
 There are well-informed and serious people in
Germany who believe that there will be riots as soon as
the mobilization begins.    Of course I am not so sure about
this, but revolts will break out after the first military
set-back.  The number of deserters at the Polish Frontier
is extraordinarily high already now.    The Polish pretend
that a fortnight ago the men of one whole battery, including
the non-commissioned officers, deserted from Silesia to
Poland.  However that may be, there is no doubt about
it that the French Secret Service, especially M. Cornert,