Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-07
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the apparent fact that back of the
commercial New Deal" as between
standing about the necessity of curb
ing Adolf Hitler's too ambitious, too
arrogant, Germany.
Alliance Plans.
Nothing officially is known as to
the result of the private talks, but
"circumstantial evidence" points al
most conclusively to the fact that the
foundation for a defensive alliance
against Germany has been laid.
Franco-Russian friendship will, II
this is so, mean that Germany will
be isolated, squeezed in, as it were,
between France in the west and
chain of states, extending from the
Baltic to the Adriatic sea, in the east
"a chain strengthened immensely by
the support of Russia. Charles
Alchand, French ambassador in Mos
COW, has intimated, although not
officially, that this is really the goal
of the negotiations which are now
in progress.
Then and Now.
Under these circumstances
many others have been pointed out
in these columns within recent weeks
Europe begins to assume almost ex-
actly the same political shape as it
had before the outbreak of the World
war in 1914. Then, as now, it was
an isolated Germany that vainly and
vociferously insisted on place in
the SUM-
A short time ago the "Germania,"
influential Catholic German news
paper, emphasized as a fact the prob
ability that an actual entente was
being formed between Russia, Poland
| and France. 1t was, in measure,
a revival of the old alliance between
czaristic Russia and republican
France which opposed the interests
of the Triple Alliance Germany, Au-
stria and Italy,; Great Britain, be-
fore 1914, remained neutrally in the
| background, with leanings toward
France, however, and Italy was a
rather unreliable member of the
Triple Alliance.
Now, in 1888, there seems to be a
similar constellation: France and
Russia, with Poland-non-existen in
| 1914-for good measure, against Ger
many; Great Britain nearly neutral,
and Italy sphinx-like, ready to jump
| in wherever and whenever it may be
to Italian advantage to do so.
Disquiet Everywhere.
Whether or not all the rumors
| about new alignments of Europea
powers rest upon facts-one thing re-
mains certain, and that is that this
summer there is quite unusual
measure of unrest in the Old World.
1t is due, in the first place, to the
| ascendancy of the Hitler Nazi star,
also to disappointment at the failure
of the Geneva disarmament and the
London world economic conferences.
Hitler, quite evidently, is bent on
re-creating pre-war Germany in all
it's glory, with the added power which
annexation of Austria might bestow
upon his government. In recent
speeches that serve to keep European
nerves jumpy, he has asserted that
Germany is wherever German speech
is heard, wherever German thoughts
are thought" He wants the Saar dis
trict back; he wants part of Silesia
back; he wants Danzig released as
the German port it was before the
war; he wants the lost German col
onies in Africa and Asia restored.
There is no mistaking him. Only a
few days ago he predicted that the
Germany of 60 million citizens now,
soon will become a Germany of 80
millions.
Demonstration at Nuremberg.
To lend force to all this he ar
ranged last week and during the first