The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-04-07

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that thought.
That is one part of the picture.
Where is the danger point? None of
my sources Of information have been
able to prt their fingers on it, but
they feel there is some specific danger
point.
On the other side of the picture,
there is German fascism. 1t is DOM
mated by Hitler as
Hitler's German completely as Musso-
Fascism lini ever dominated
Italian fascism. Con-
sequently, 1t may be assumed that Hit
Ter must consolidate his own political
fronts just as Mussolini found it nee
essary to do when he launched his
fascist ship Of state for Italy. Fur
ther, except for minor moves, Mus
solini has refrained from venturing
too far afield In foreign matters. This
| may have been due to a desire to
avoid meeting the French In the dark,
! or 1t may have been due solely to
Mussolini policy. At any rate, it has
not happened. So, If Hitler models
his program after that of the Italian
duce, reasonable assumptions would
be that fear of an arising German ma
tionalism is premature and unwar-
ranted.
But one cannot overlook the Bal
kans In any analysis of the situation
in Europe. One must recall that the
World war was preceded by war in
the Balkans. France has continued to
exercise her influence in Poland, in
| Jugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Ru-
mania. The latter three have been
called the Little Entente. No one
doubts that Italy would like to break
| up that arrangement. If Mussolini has
desire to attain destiny" such as
has characterized the aspirations Of
many ruler before his time, the Lit
tie Entente would stand In the way.
Some observers here, In discounting
this new scare of war, feel that Mac
| Donald, Of England,
! MacDonald's is doing a work the
Big Task equivalent of which
| never has been at
tanned, or even attempted, heretofore.
| They believe Macdonald is trying to
| get France, Italy and Germany into
| an agreement with his own nation
whereby the big four powers would
rearrange Europe's political structures
on a new basis. That would mean
( of af hn oA
Versailles, for it was the treaty of Yer
sailles, drafted by our own President
| Wilson, that parcelled out the peoples
of Europe into the divisions and SUBJ
divisions we nov recognize.
| If that be the end that Is sought,
peace-loving people must greet it with
some semblance of approval in the
| opinion Of those conversant with the
ins and outs of European politics At
least, it holds hope of binding two or
three potential enemies into an ar
rangement whereby they would make
| fast their dogs of war for a few more
years.
| The recent arrival of His Serene
Highness Prince Damras Damrong
| Devakul to be the minister of Siam
| to Washington has created some little
| difficulty for the folks hereabouts who
| have to know their etiquette and greet
the diplomats properly. The minister
| is a cousin of the king of Siam, so he
rates as prince first of all, but what
else? Should he be called or adj
dressed as Prince Damrong, or Prince
Damrong Devakul, or just Prince
| Devakul? Some one in the Depart
ment of State is going to find out. Be
ing trained in those matters, the prop
er title will be ascertained without
the prince being offended. In the
meantime one hears references large
ly to "the new minister of SIAM" The
| prince speaks excellent English, hav-
ing been educated in London, so that
he naturally will understand what 10
being said of him or to him. That
fact has not made the problem easier
to solve.
President Roosevelt got a really big
laugh out of advice given to his Sec
| rotary of the treasury, William n.
Woodin, at the annual dinner of the
White House Correspondents associa-
4 ton. Mr.. Woodin composed, among
other productions, the Franklin De-
lano Roosevelt March," 1t was played
for the $50 members and guests of the
association at the dinner by the United
States Navy band. After the band had
rendered the selection in tribute to
the President who sat In the midst Of
the writer's, Jack Bonnie, the come
dian, serving as master of ceremonies
for the occasion, addressed the throng
"Mr. President, I suggest that you
say to your secretary of the treasury
that he stick to his present job. There
is not much money being made out of
song writing these days"
Vice President Garner has had to
hide the big autograph album which
he long has kept in his office and In
which is written the signatures Of
many distinguished persons who have
called on the genial Texan during his
long service, first as member Of the
house of representatives and then as
it's speaker. Mr.. Garner only grins
when he is asked to confirm the story,
but it seems to be true anyway.
The information is that a "distin-
guished visitor was in the act of sign
ing his name in the Vice Presidents
album when through inadvertence q
group of three or four Indians were
ushered into the Office. 1t is assumed
they thought Charles Curtis, Of Indian
blood, continued to be Vice President.
At any rate, they saw the man ahead