On Nov. 25, in London, South Africa's sage, 73-year-old Prime Minister and Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts addressed himself to two related world problems: 1) Britain's position in the postwar world; and 2) Britain's Empire. As a member of the British community, he bespoke a rising unease about the new Europe. A digest of his speech:
We are facing today probably the most perplexing, complicated human situation that has confronted the world for many generations. I simply want to suggest certain lines of thought, and you must not hold me responsible for them hereafter.
It may be that we shall be faced with...