Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-08
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
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to all political murderers, so here, at
least. was one case where ignorance
of the law became an effective excuse.
Arms Equality.
To climax series of important
happenings, the German government
then proceeded to inform France that
it must be released from these obliga-
tions of the Versailles peace treaty
which required that Germany must
remain practically disarmed.
Germany has good case, for the
treaty expressly STIMULATES that her
disarmament is contingent upon the
gradual disarmament of the victor
ious countries. Since they have shown
no active inclination in that direc-
tion, Germany feels her position
threatened, and makes claim for
arms equality.
France replied that since this was
a matter of concern to all signers
of the Versailles treaty as we'll as to
the League of Nations, Paris alone
could do nothing about it. The propo-
sition must be considered by all pow
ers interested.
That new spirit of militarism is
growing in Germany as a pretty d.
rect result of inactivity in the gen.
eral disarmament field, is evident
enough, and rather startling when
one reads the accounts of the parades
of former German warriors through
the principal streets of Berlin the
other day-while the former crown
prince and a cluster of other erst-
while princes and princesses looked
on, and were enthusiastically greeted
by the multitudes of the avenues.
Tit for Tat.
Rather shocking to American COM
merce and high-tariff champions was
the news that on September 6, the
German government made drastic in
creases in it's duties on industrial
products imported from abroad. On
typewriters, cash registers, calculat-
ing machines, musical instruments,
Photographic films, sewing machines,
etc.-all very important items in
American export trade with Germany
the increases will range up to 1000
per cent.
Berlin sardonically admits that If
this will be considered retaliation
against the American prohibitive
tariff on German goods, no objection
will be offered. 1t is clearly a case
of tit for tat. And who is to blame
Germany?
Conferences.
AS announced last week, the first
economic conference since the re-
parations conference at Lausanne
opened at the Italian town of Stresa
last Monday; fifteen nations are rep
resented and will discuss problems
of special interest to the Danube
countries, at the same time outlining
the groundwork for the larger inter-
national conference likely to be held
in London next month.
Plans are on foot for summoning a
new Anglo-Indian conference in Lon
don in the near future; the compli-
Gated problem of India's political in
dependence is as far from a solution
as ever, two previous conferences
having been mere empty gestures.
In Bagdad this autumn delegates
from Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Egypt,
Transjordania and Hejaz will gather
for a conference to discuss matters
of interest to Arabs as we'll as to
other Mohammedans in general.
And, looming above all such meet
ings is the expected London confer
ence in which the United States will
participate on condition that nothing
be said about tariffs. PREPARATIONS or
disarmaments. This week the "Lon-
don Times" says:
''If the conference is forbidden to
discuss these causes of the world
crisis, it will be condemned in ad-
vance to certain failure"
Japanese AnticipatiOns.
Quite recently Japan's foreign min
lister, Count Yuchida, served notice
upon the world that whatever Japan
undertook to do in Manchuria-an
integral part of China-was of no
interest to other powers; Japan mere
ly emulated the noble examples of
white" nations when they had set out
to prove that the end sanctifies the
means.
Anticipating that the speech might
jar the sensibilities of some of ia
pans teachers among the nations, the
Toxic government decided to dis
patch Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura
to Washington on a goodwill mis-
sion" for the purpose of explaining;
also, no doubt, this visit is to take
off the edge of the effect Of the ex-
pected League of Nations commission
findings regarding the recent Chinese
Japanese war; this report will be pub
lished. it is said, about September Is,
and is almost certain to be unfavor-
able to prevailing Japanese view
points.