The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-03
HITLER BRINGS
RING OF FOES
FOR GERMANY
Safety Gordon Is Thrown
About NazlS' Land by
Rest OF Europe.
SUSPICIOUS AND AFRAID
Nightmare of Wilhelm II
Has Come True; Austria
Is Pulling Away.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMNS
Seripps- Howard Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON. Aug. 3.-Kaiser
Wilhelm lis nightmare-the en-
circlement Of peacetime Germany by
a ring Of foes-has become a reality.
The man who brought this about
was not Englands King Edward,
Russias Isvolsky. Frances Deicasse,
nor vet any of their successors. but
Germany's own idol of today, Chan
cellor Adolf Hitler himself.
The kaiser. in his efforts TO win
for Germany her place in the sun"
created the Dreibund, the triple al
lance composed OF Germany, Aus
tria- Hungary and Italy
Whereupon, as a counterpoise.
there was created the triple entente
between Russia. France and Great
Britain-the prewar circle Of iron"
about Germany.
Today. instead of having only
three hostile nations about her. the
new state created by Hitler and his
NaziS has at least a dozen-in fact,
all the rest of Europe.
Suspicious and Afraid
France. Poland. Belgium, Russia,
Czechoslovakia, 2umania, Austria.
Hungary. Jugoslavia. Italy. England
and others besides. if not hostile
are either suspicious or afraid of
Hitler and his followers-afraid lest
they touch of the European pow
der bawell.
For years Italy and France have
been at loggerheads over colonial
disputes and ornaments. Today,
they have reached at least tenta-
tive understanding because OF the
German menace.
Poland and Russia have been far
more friendly. But they Just have
signed a treaty OF non-aggresslon
and friendship because mutual dis
trust of Hitler.
Similarly. the Little Entente of
Frances allieS-Rumanis. CzechoSlo-
vakia and Jugoslavia-has been re-
newed because all three feel there
is danger in being neighbors of Hit
ler's reich.
Austria Is 'ulling Away
Austria, once on the POINT of
anneXing herself 10 Germany, is
now pulling away with all her
might to prevent the German Nazis
making her the tail of their kite.
There is even talk of restoring
the throne of the late Emperor
King Charles of Austria Hungary TO
his young heir. Prince Otto of Haps-
burg. TO prevent the Hitlerites TAX
ing over Austria. France, Italy ana
Jugosiavia are said TO be sounding
out each other with this in view.
The treatment of the Jews in
Germany not only has aroused the
people of this race within the Ger
man borders. but all over the world:
causing boycotts Of German ship
ping. German goods and everything
else Teutonic.
Safety Gordon Around Nation
The recently signed four-power
pact of Rome. engineered by Mus
solini. far from being an effort TO
break through the circle about Ger
many. was designed more 10 save
the peace of the world for ten years
and give Europe a breathing spell
in the hope that. after a decade. the
Hitler menace will have waned.
Prince Bismarck said the "zigzag
course" Of Emperor Wilhelm uti-
mately would end with Germany on
the rocks.
In chancelleries of both sides Of
the Atlantic opinion seems unan-
imoUs that Hitler. even more than
the kaiser. is "zigzagging" toward
eventual disaster
Hence the safety Gordon the rest
Of the world has thrown about pres
ent-osy Germany.