English Translation

IHa -8 was not independent and, although independent from the First World War, was not combined, Europe did not achieve a balance or integration, and the European problem remained unresolved. Europe cannot fit into a common, unified federation, because a Europe that is not multifaceted is not Europe at all, Europe needs diversity. If differences lie deep, they are not eliminated by unification, but strengthened. A general covenant would not end the war, it would only replace the war between nations with civil war. Only if neighbouring nations to a certain extent have the same views and common interests of life is an alliance possible - by means of life interests we understand the questions that concern the most primitive possibility of existence. The nations between the Baltic Sea and the Aegean Sea have a common interest that they stand and fall together. They are under a double, deadly threat. If they do not find political, economic and strategic cohesion in an alliance, they will fall under the rule of Germany or Russia or both. And that will be their downfall, because under the rule of these two powers there can no longer be any talk of any effective self-government or even conditional independence. Whoever controls this area, which is called the central zone, is the Lord of Europe. Therefore, the most hotly fought for this area and the most fiercely sought rule over it. Today there is a policy - which is mainly represented by the "Times" - whose implementation would divide Europe into two spheres of interest: the Western one would then be British (or Anglo-American), and the Eastern one would be Russian. This policy is incompatible with the existence of Buropa as an organic whole - with an integrated and balanced Europe.