Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-01-05
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
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Japanese ReinfOrcementS.

quite GVNcuIly WOiiNtu ny Tile Ic-
cent ''rapprochement" between China
and Russia, Japan has ordered rein
forcements sent to Manchuria, evil
IDENTIFY to strengthen her hold on the
territory already conquered, and to
prepare for an attack on Jehol, with
view of Incorporating nearly all of
Mongolia in her new province on the
Asiatic mainland.
Outwardly Japan and Russia are
friendly to each other, but as they
are quite thoroughly familiar with
each others most secret motives and
ambitions, there is no mutual trust,
and it takes but bit of accidental
or premeditated-care on
the part of either to precipitate a
conflict. The mere fact that the Rus
sian and Japanese spheres of in
terest" in Manchuria are almost over
tapping, justifies worry about further
developments in that part of our
world.
French Loan to Austria.
When the French Chamber of Depu-
ties the other day voted to empower
the Joseph Paul-Boncour government
to make a loan of IA million dollars
to impoverished Austria, a great deal
of prOtestatlOn was expressed by
members who thought it was a rather
queer deal that their country, almost
Immediately after refusing to pay part
of the money it owes the United
States, would turn about and gen.
erously let it's erstwhile foe help him
self to IA millions.
There is an explanation: Whenever
France has helped some of the minor
powers in Central Europe. she has
secured at the same time commercial
and economic advantages and has
also seen to it that her own politica!
influence among that group of states
was not merely strengthened, but ex-
banded.
And. sure enough-hardly had the
Chamber counted the votes authoriz-
ing the loan before official announce
ment was made that a commercial
treaty between France and Austria
had been signed!
Marines Leaving Nicaragua.
In viewing a few of the events de-
veloping in Asia and Europe, one
should not overlook the fact that
things are stirring in the Americas,
too.
OF considerable interest is the Iinal
withdrawing of the United States ma
rines from the Republic of Nicaragua
this week. They were sent down
there in 1926, ostensibly to protect
American lives and interests" and to
train the Nicaraguan national guard
for future duties.
1t will be recalled that good
many of the marines were killed in
action in Nicaragua, and that for a
while it certainly did look as though
hostile American detachment had
invaded the territory of foreign and
Independent country But, in diplo-
macy everything can be justified, and
when it looked as though Congress
might proceed with an Investigation
for the purpose of finding out why the
national executive committed war-like
actions against another country with
out authority of Congress the situa-
ton adroitly was pictured as the re-
suit of petition from the Nicaraguan
president for military aid.
There has always been left in the
minds of good many Americans a
lurking suspicion that such a petition
VIZ hnI ,fo,.
Nothing Definite.
At the beginning of. the new year
the world faces, as said above. several
unsolved problems. 1t may be char
acteristic of the age and of its men
that most of the movements, poten-
TALLY far-reaching in their effects.
bear the quite decided mark of I'M
certainty. 1t is necessary to mention
but two instances:
No date has yet been set for the re-
sumption of the international con-
ference for the reduction and limita-
ton of arms.
No date has been set for converting
the world economic conference of the
nations in London.
And this, too:
No further action in regard to the
Japanese Chinese conflict is indicated
anywhere.
There are observers who believe
that hesitation may, to some extent,
be traced to the attitude of the United
States, now for two more months un-
able to take any definite steps in any
direction because of the impending
change of president. And it may be
that such conjectures are correct.
But the fundamental reasons for
nOn-action probably are fear of ac-
ton; doubt as to it's effects; unwil-
lingness to admit that most of the
time-tested economic and political
theories have failed-failed, as it now
seems cnmnlafo1v