Letter from London

Will Force Be Used on Egypt?

Had it not been for the naval and military precautions taken by Great Britain and France, the conference recently held in London might have dragged on interminably in the familiar manner. Without these precautions, no one would have taken the stern warnings of Sir Anthony Eden seriously enough. Although denounced as jingoism, flag-waving, sabre-rattling, gunboat diplomacy, and the like, they had a powerfully sobering effect.