Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-18
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
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Future Possibility.

Future Possibility.
Upon being informed that he might
obtain some other post in the cabinet
but most certainly not the chancel-
lorship-Hitler effusively declared
war" on the government. 1t may be
merely war of words, and nothing
more. But in times like these, even
that may be dangerous enough to un-
balance the political structure OF
Germany.
And it may come to pass that Won
Hindenburg, for the sole purpose of
avoiding the possibility of a civil war,
by force of circumstances will find
himself at a point where it becomes
imperative to hand to Hitler that
which was now denied him. Events
move rapidly in Germany these days.
and at the moment of writing no one
is competent to predict what will hap
pen even in the nearest future. Only
one thing is certain and that is that
Hitler does not give up until he has
tried thoroughly every possibility OF
obtaining the power he cOvets for
himself and his super-patriOtic party.
Stimson Doctrine.
Twice during the Last few days i'm
portant references have been made to
what has come to be known as the
;Stimson doctrine, i. e., that the United
States and other nations will refuse
to recognize territory conquered by
force of arms: First of all, Secretary
of State Henry l. StimsOn himself de-
voted an address to this principle
which was described as essential to
an effective Interpretation of the
Briand-Kellogg treaty against war,
and, second, President Hoover reiter-
ated the doctrine when he delivered
his speech of acceptance as a candi-
date for reelection.
Foreign comments are generally
favorable, but it is possible to detect
an undertone of doubling sarcasm in
some of the statements made by Euro
pean and Asiatic papers.
There is, it seems, tendency to
believe that the United States govern
ment once more is trying to LAY
down the law" to the benighted coun-
tries of the world, and that the labor
and intelligence spent in enunciatins
exalted principles might be more use
fully employed in an attempt to solve
some of the domestic problems which
even the optimists agree are still
with us.
japanese Reaction.
Most interesting has been the Jap
anese reaction to the Stimson declara-
ton of policy, for in Toxic it was in
terpreted as a slap at the Japanese
government because of its occupation
of parts of Manchuria which is an
integral unit of the Chinese republic.
Japan thinks it is just too funny for
words that America and the rest of
the world fail to appreciate the vir-
tues of her Manchurian experiment;
why, she exclaims, we are merely do
ing the very thing all these other
holier-than-thou nations have been
doing for years-that thing which
they describe as protecting our in
emulate the example of our teachers
in Europe and America?
And really-why?
Imperial Conference.
After having been in session since
July 16, the biennial British imperial
trade conference at Ottawa is expect
ed to adjourn today. The results of
all this protracted labor cannot be
said to mark an improvement over the
outcome of the quite disappointing
London conference two years ago, for
nothing definite, nothing that will ma
terially affect the trade within the
empire, was accomplished. True,
some agreements were entered into,
one of them that between Great
Britain and Canada, but as is usually
the case, Great Britain got what she
wanted by surrendering some of the
objectives she easily could afford to
renounce, and still affairs were so
-Shrewdly managed that the dominions
felt they, too, got what they wanted,
although they sadly admit that-they
didn't get everything they had ex-
pected to obtain.
Still Supreme.
One important feature of the agree
ments between Great Britain and her
dominions is the fact that London, in
principle, recognizes empire prefer
ence as part of her policy.
Generally it may be said that the
British imperial conferences serve
one definite purpose, namely that of
impressing upon the restless domin-
ions the one answering fact that no
matter what they crave; no matter
what they do; no matter how
they writhe and perspire in their
eagerness to assert their so-called in
dependence, Great Britain still reigns
supreme within the empire. 1t is as
though John Bull amiably gives the
dominions such hint-lest they for
get. Also, it may be useful to remind