The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-07
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by William Brucka

fear known to the small boy who is
compelled to walk by cemetery late
at night. They appear to be "jumpy."
Besides, the Rhineland is tradition
ally a potential battle-ground. France
always has been Germany's potential
enemy" That which France won in
the treaty Of Versailles through the
fighting at the Marne and the other
great battles still is considered by Ger
mans to belong to Germany. Then,
there Is the so-called Polish corridor
which was set up. That Is neither
liked by the Germans nor the Poles,
and Hitler has promised to correct that
situation. France shakes in her boots at
that thought.
That is one part Of the picture.
Where is the danger point? None Of
my sources Of information have been
able to put their fingers on it, but
they feel there is some specific danger
point.
On the other side of the picture,
there is German fascism. It is DOM
mated by Hitler as
Hitler's German completely as Musso-
FaSciSnn lini ever dominated
Italian fascism. Con-
sequently, it may be assumed that Hit
Ter must consolidate his own political
fronts just as Mussolini found it nec-
essary to do when he launched his
fascist ship of state for Italy. Fur
Their, 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 it 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
a desire to attain destiny" such as
has characterized the aspirations Of
many a 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,
MacDona1ds is doing 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
complete destruction of the treaty Of
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 now 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
ms 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 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 .ad-
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
err 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 ia
being said of him or to him. That
fact has not made the problem easy.
President Roosevelt got really big
laugh out of advice given to his Sec
rotary of the treasury, William H.
Woodin, at the annual dinner of the
White House Correspondents associa-
ton. Mr.. Woodin composed, among
other productions, the Franklin De-
lano Roosevelt March," 1t was played
for the 956 members and guests of the
association at the dinner by the United
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