The Latins and Slavs in contrast were represented as essentially trouble-makers who could hope for security only once German 'rights' were conceded. The Legacy Of Anglo-Saxonism In The Inter-War Period 54 In late160;1919 the Coalition government formed a committee to consider the construction of a Channel tunnel, which Lloyd George had promised as a concession to Clemenceau at the Paris Peace Conference. In light of the acute wartime congestion in the Channel ports which had hindered the prosecution of the war and delayed soldiers from returning on leave, the tunnel proposal was briefly popular in British business circles and acceptable to the Navy. But as soon as senior officials warned of the threat of a French invasion through the tunnel, ministerial support dwindled.[ 72][ 72] Robert Boyce, The Great Interwar Crisis…, op. 160;cit. ,. doudoune moncler femme soldes ..suite 55 In August160;1919 the peace treaty with Germany had still not been ratified, but with the Prussians -160;the Kaiser and the German High Command160;- gone from the scene, British ministers adopted the 'ten-year rule', whereby the prospects of another major conflict were regarded as sufficiently remote as to be ruled out for at least ten years.[ 73][ 73] N. 160;H. 160;Gibbs, Grand Strategy, Volume I: Rearmament.. nouveau sac vanessa bruno .suite Two years later the same ministers supported the establishment of a separate Royal Air Force in order to counter a possible French aerial attack.[ 74][ 74] Robert Boyce, The Great Interwar Crisis…, op. 160;cit. ,... Polo lacoste pas cher suite 56 Within governing circles and the educated middle classes it is possible to identify some individuals who dissented from this view. Among the former were Viscount Esher, Alfred Lord Milner, Lord Rothermere and probably Andrew Bonar Law and Austen Chamberlain; among the latter, the journalist Leopold Maxse and the author and critic G.160;K.160;Chesterton. In160;1920 Chesterton lamented the perniciousness of Anglo-Saxonism among the English middle classes, including himself, who had allowed this myth to blind them to the dangers of German imperialism and nearly cost them the war. 'I believed, because all educated England believed, in the Anglo-Saxon, or Teutonic, theory of English history.' Regrettably, by repeating it in his writing, he had made his own small contribution to 57 the triumphal march of Prussia.
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..suite 55 In August160;1919 the peace treaty with Germany had still not been ratified, but with the Prussians -160;the Kaiser and the German High Command160;- gone from the scene, British ministers adopted the 'ten-year rule', whereby the prospects of another major conflict were regarded as sufficiently remote as to be ruled out for at least ten years.[ 73][ 73] N. 160;H. 160;Gibbs, Grand Strategy, Volume I: Rearmament.. nouveau sac vanessa bruno .suite Two years later the same ministers supported the establishment of a separate Royal Air Force in order to counter a possible French aerial attack.[ 74][ 74] Robert Boyce, The Great Interwar Crisis…, op. 160;cit. ,... Polo lacoste pas cher
suite 56 Within governing circles and the educated middle classes it is possible to identify some individuals who dissented from this view. Among the former were Viscount Esher, Alfred Lord Milner, Lord Rothermere and probably Andrew Bonar Law and Austen Chamberlain; among the latter, the journalist Leopold Maxse and the author and critic G.160;K.160;Chesterton. In160;1920 Chesterton lamented the perniciousness of Anglo-Saxonism among the English middle classes, including himself, who had allowed this myth to blind them to the dangers of German imperialism and nearly cost them the war. 'I believed, because all educated England believed, in the Anglo-Saxon, or Teutonic, theory of English history.' Regrettably, by repeating it in his writing, he had made his own small contribution to 57 the triumphal march of Prussia.