Evening star., 1933-10-17
BY the Associated Press.


of an almost insanely excited Germany
other nations should strive to maintain
their self poise It Is true the
German leaders have been talking war
and preparing for it, but it Is clear they
have no present intention of bringing
on hostilities It was an amazing
display of egomania by Chancellor
Hitler.
New York Herald Tribune.-n wal
is possibility it is not yet here. Ger
many has not yet openly begun to re-
arm, and the greater the domestic
triumphs which Chancellor Hitler
achieves by his defiance, the less will be
the domestic pressure upon him to dc
so The attitude which this coun-
try wishes to maintain amid new pos
sibilities which are arising must be de-
fined now II 1t is to be made effective
New York Sun.-Today Germany's
moral isolation is almost as complete
war ended -" So long as the present
Hitlerite regime remains in power, SC
long as the popular mind in Germany
continues to be inflamed by hysterical
self-pity, there always will be posi-
bility that a single untoward incident
may precipitate reprisal of the utmost
gravity.
New York World Telegram.-The
world is drifting toward war; What can
America do now? We can only go on
working for peace and joint disarma
ment, even If we fail America does not
want war. America is not causing war
II there is European war, it will not
be our war.
Springfield Republican.-The League
must go on, the Geneva Conference
must go on, and Germanys secession
should put upon the statesmen of every
country a sense of the urgency of the
crisis. Historians are still arguing what
might have been done in July, 1914,
to avert the greatest catastrophe in his
tory; the thing that matters now Is to
head OF the threat of a comparable new
disaster before point Is reached at
which nothing can be done.
Boston TranscripttThere is no deny
ing that Germany has made worse the
itself, but talk about an inevitable war
IN the near future does not help matters,
and Is not justified by the condition
Of Germany. Therefore the world may
well give heed to the injunction Of the
British prime minister and refrain from
rocking the boat
Boston Traveler.-Does Hitler want
war? We doubt it. He wants to hold
his job. His anti-Jewish campaign has
brought upon him the whitening scorn
OF the world. The German people sense
the Scorn. Our guess Is that Hitler
hopes to revive his popularity by asking
the voters OF Germany to approve 0f his
latest deSpairing gesture Of defiance.
Christian Science Monitor.-The with
drawal of Germany from the Dis
armament Conference and her plan to
leave the League of Nations should
shock the nations-not excluding Ger
maryland help them to see where
they are going. The nations are not
on the path to peace. Yet all are
acting as If force were the only remedy
OF course, it isn't a remedy at all, but
an aggravation of the problem.
Louisville Courier Journal. The
German government broke with Geneva
because thumbs were turned down on
its demand for rearmament. = It
may, therefore, be assumed that the So
called third Reich is bent on rearma-
ment. These are difficult times
in the chancellories Of the world. Vienna
prepares for invasion; Paris talks
of right and might; Washington and
London watch and wait for an oppor-
tunity to prevent cataclysm. What
next?
Boston Herald.-Germany now stands
exposed to all eyes as the power which
would negotiate neither for disarma-
ment nor for peace Morally, she has
put herself at the mercy Of France
should France choose to strike her now
instead of awaiting her full eventual
rearmament.
Atlanta Constitution.-With the hot
headed and irresponsible Hitler capital
izing to the fullest extent the oppor-
tunity to inf1ame the German people
it Is impossible to know what will
eventuate. -" Only one sane course
is open to the United States-to steer
clear of any possible ENHANCEMENT In
another European mess.
Birmingham Age-Herald.-By using
the appeal to nationalistic pride. Hitler
hopes to bring to his support elements
which have not been with him. It Is
a demagogic stroke and a desperate
one, but it must not be forgotten that
even q dictator, SO well intrenched as
Hitler, cannot afford to be disdsinful
of the effort of disillusionment upon
the masses Of the people.
Miami Herald.-Why shouldn't Ger
many withdraw from the World Dis
armament Conference and League OF
Nations? Neither has accomplished its
AYo% co1y
Japan ripped the flimsy from the
ences on disarmament have meant more
cruisers, more fighting gadgets.
Detroit Free Press.-The sudden with
drawal comes close to being an ex-
hibitionist gesture Of Ajaxlike defiance
to the lightning. But the assertion that
the action has destroyed the conference
and the League is an exaggeration
which gives Hitler credit for more
power and influence than he possesses
Cincinnati Enquirer.-The thoughtful
citizen may well notice that the shares
Of various ornaments firms are boom
ing and that they began to rise some
days before the grim news came from
Berlin indicating the breakdown Of the
Disarmament Conference. One can only
estimate that sinister role Of the mu-
nitions industries in blocking the So
luton of Europe's problems. A
little more attention to this phase Of
international relations might explain
some of the delays and friction in evi-
dezce at Geneva.
Cincinnati Times-Star.-It is hard tc
believe that Germany will launch q
major re-armament program in the
face of French and British opposition
and italian disapproval. To do SC