24 MARCH 1939, Page 14

I do not share this cynicism. I believe that our

former augurs, haruspicists and hepatoscopists are permanently dis- credited. I believe that we shall either achieve peace by firmness; or face war with resolution. I believe that we shall cease to derive guilty optimism from the flight of birds. I believe that we shall become a resolute and united nation under the firm Homeric motto: o;unrin. tipecrros, CZILIVC-0-61aL 7r(pi mirpris.