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INTERNATIONAL
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but they mean nothing to the realistic
Japanese who stand pat on their ac-
tion in Manchuria.
Furthermore, because of the subtle
bonds woven between governments.
some of the other big powers are not
too anxious to upset what the diplo-
mats call "fait accomplished is,
on some sort of public gesture by
way of protest, but it is not likely
to disturb the actual state of things
in Asia. Japan is undoubtedly in
Manchuria, to stay.
War Debts.
| OF concern to the United States and
many other nations were the CONVEX
sations between President Hoover and
President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt
in Washington. They are not likely
to accomplish much, either, since the
two gentlemen had no power to act.
Congress will do what must be done,
and may, of course, pay attention to
some of the views expressed by the
chief executive and the chief eXecu-
tive-to-be, but is by no means bound
to do SO.
| Pending a possibly new arrange
ment of the war-debts schedule, other
international developments are tenn
porarily retarded; there can be no
hope of arriving at final decisions in
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fairs as long as the debt problem re-
mains unsolved, and this applies es-
pecially, to the world economic con-
ference in London for which no date
is likely to be set until Washington
| has spoken, one way or the other.
This explains the pessimistic note
heard i'm so many of the European
dispatches of the last few days, viz,
that the war-debts issue at the mo-
ment overshadows everything else in
the Old World.
German Crisis.
Last week Baron Franz Won Papen,
chancellor of Germany, submitted to
President Paul Won Hindenburg his
own and his entire cabinets resigna-
ton, evidently feeling that since his
support in the new parliament-to be
convoked on December 6-has dwin-
died to about 10 per cent, there is
not much hope for the existence of
government resting almost solely on
more or less authentic claims of Con
stitutional autocracy."
| As no party forms majority with
| in the parliament, the president
thought it advisable to attempt the
forming of a coalition government,
comprising representatives of the
major parties, and foremost among
| those party leaders with whom he
conferred was Adolf Hitler, founder
and leader of the fascist National So
| cialist party-the largest single group
| in the parliament.
Last summer the president offered
Hitler a place in the government, but
as long as he was not to be appointed
chancellor, he would accept no other
post.
Meanwhile, conditions i'm German
politics have become so turbulent and
so confusing that Won Hindenburg
this week-to his great chagrin, no
dOubt-had to offer Hitler the chan
cellOrship. One remembers that but
a few months ago these two men
were bitter rivals i'm the contest for
the presidency of the repubic-one
remembers, and reflects on the
ephemeral state of public life in Ger
many.
With surprises in that country the
world has become familiar, so it oc-
casiOned no great shock when an
nouncement came on Tuesday that
Adolph Hitler had actually reached
his goal-actually had become Won
Papen's successor as chancellor.
Want Disarmament.
Seemingly rejecting whatever re-
suits were achieved by the many
months of discussion at the Geneva
international conference for reduction
and limitation of ornaments earlier
this year, the great powers have ad-
| vanced new plans, formerly, in brief
| outline, referred to in these columns.
And now the London government
| through British Foreign Minister, Sir
John Simon, has presented a PROPOSE
ton to the effect that the BRAND
kellogg treaties against war must form
the foundation of all disarmament at
tempts and that, in order to revive
discussion, the German claim to arms
equality with other powers should be
| recognized.
France Immediately 'smelled the
rat" insisting that plan such as the
British is unsatisfactory since it says
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