THE KEY TO THE BALKANS [To the Editor of THE
SPECTATOR] SIR,—On reading Mr. Betteridge's letter, I am reminded of the. teaching of history, that though men will be eager to throw away their lives for some great cause, those same men will make infinite trouble about opening their purse-strings for the same (the shade of William the Silent will bear me out here).
Mr. Betteridge suggests that we might save Rumania and Yugoslavia at the cost of £25,000,000 a year. If saving Rumania and Yugoslavia means saving Europe from War, then I, for one, would move into a less expensive flat and reduce my standard of living in order to throw my mite into the Treasury. And, in spite of the teaching of history, I believe there are millions who would do likewise.
Maybe I write as a fool, but would it be possible to use the purchased oil and corn, &c., as bargaining factors with
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