English Translation

/ -.9 - Nor can it be reconciled with the security of the British Empire, for Eastern Europe today embraces the industries of Central Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean.Anyone who dominates Gsteuropa is master of all Europe.If England were to retreat in Eastern Europe - then it would give up its position throughout Europe. Such a policy would completely isolate it, it would mean the end of Britain's influence in the Middle East and, since the Balkans and the straits would come under the control of a power, it also means the British domination of the Mediterranean, it will isolate the door and eliminate the British influence in Iraq and Iran, thereby jeopardizing the security and security of India and the Persian Gulf. It would force England to change its attitude towards Germany. e Moreover, a great rivalry would arise in Europe.The Rhei-n-Westphalian industrial area would be in one sphere and the Central European in the other.The Germans would be midway between them and would - however weak they would be - keep the balance. Germany, not England, would keep the balance of powers, would soon be burdened on one side and soon on the other, and would now gather forces until one day it can make its demands, and it would, if it had good statesmen, dominate Europe either with France and the Netherlands or with Russia. In time, it would eventually achieve what it did not achieve through the world wars, namely to become the dominant power itself. None of these possible consequences would be compatible with the life interests of England and thus at all with its continued existence. These interests require England to balance any power or coalition of powers that seeks to rule the European continent, regardless of which internal policy this power pursues. Apart from that, British foreign policy must always be oriented towards the Empire. Every military alliance is a precaution against a common enemy.If the enemy is defeated, then @ the alliance can continue until the danger is removed, -10-