English Translation

94 - 18 - of vital interest; whereas these two points have only secondary interest for Russia, if at all they are ultimately interests in the true sense of the word. The Middle Zone of Independent Confederate Powers will most likely bring Europe and Russia closer than close to each other, whereas a Russian rule would involve this zone and thus one of Europe's largest industrial centres in the closed economic and closed political system of Russia. It would create a deep division in Europe, an economic ruin and a political catastrophe, and Britain could not escape it all, and in the end not even Russia but Germany would win. The League of States of the Middle Zone must be built from within. It cannot be imposed from outside Europe. But if the British - and perhaps the American - foreign policy were to favour this confederation, the impulse to build it from the inside would be greatly increased; the reconstruction of Europe and any attempt at an organic summary would be paralyzed from the outset if Britain did not pursue foreign policy. As his armed power grows, his politic influence diminishes; and as it wins the war, it begins to lose peace. Russia has a policy, and that is a clear one. The United States has a policy, England has none, although it fulfils all the conditions - far more than both Russia and the United States - in order to have a foreign policy. It is stronger than it has ever been before, it is close to Europe and, thanks to its strategic position, it can equally gain access in almost all of Europe, and nobody is the only one of the major European powers to be feared by anyone, because everyone knows that it does not seek to rule and that peace in Europe and the independence of all European nations are assured as long as England keeps its balance. A British foreign policy, which promotes the Union of countries between the Baltic Sea and the Aegean Sea, is the necessary precondition for the solution of the whole European problem. Without it, England can win peace just as little as war. It is the only hope that the progressive dissolution of Europe will be stopped, that a long period of peace and stability will begin, and that the second world war will be the last.