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                  #680, Nineteenth, From London             
 
                                                            
 
      much easier it is to imperil a grand coalition than to fortify 
                               it.                          
 
                                                            
 
 
                     Mr. Eden speaking:                     
 
      Yet the problems which are now confronting us in liberated Europe 
      have not come altogether as a surprise. The advance of victorious 
      Allied armies is going to present us with many more such problems. 
      I only pray that each one of them is not going to arouse quite 
      the intensity of passion which this Greek issue has developed. 
      If so, I frankly say that I shudder to think how we are going 
      to be able to play our part in the councils of Europe. There 
      will be differences in respect of policy in all threat in this 
      countries which have been under a foreign yoke for a period of 
      years. Man is a political animal and, therefore, he likes controversy 
      and does not always agree with his neighbor. And so it is in 
      this House, and so it is going to be in those countries. If we 
      are going to handle the situation we shall need a measure of 
      patience and understanding, tolerance and goodwill between the 
      greatest Allies. We need something more. Several speeches in 
      this de-bate have been refereed to the machinery of Allied Cooperation, 
      for dealing with political issues. My Right Honorable friend, 
           the member for Devonport (Mr. Hore-Belisha)      
 
      in a very