Evening star., 1933-10-17
Press Analyses Hitler Move
Some Editors Think He's Bla6ing; Few See Posi-
baity of Early European War as
Result of Crisis.

would provoke at once q bitter race
for armamentS, If 1t did not bring on
that preventive war; which the chan
Cellories Of Europe have been SO busily
discussing lately. There is q vast dif-
ference between talk Of war and actual
preparation for 1t.
Milwaukee Journal-There Is world
crisis today. but not because there Is
danger Of war tomorrow. It IS worse
than that. The world Is deciding
whether it will turn its face toward war
as its only course-noW that four Of its
great nations are out Of the league for
peace-Russia, Japan, Germany and
the United States.
st. Paul Dispatch.-Germany has
done these things because France de-
clined to concede to a German nation
under Hitler the equality Of rights IN
national armament, which, in principle,
was offered to Chancellor Bruening only
last December France fears NaI
Germany.
Omaha World Herald.-Nad Ger
many. in high dudgeon, sequestered
herself from the rest of the world -.
disarmament by the victor powers In
return for German disarmament has
been cynically violated. And So Hitler
is afforded q corking good excuse for
duluth Heraid.~1f Germany insists
upon defying the Versailles treaty, 1t
will probably create q serious situation
in Europe, but public sentiment in this
country is Overwhelmingly against
American participation in any more
European conflicts, regardless Of the
efforts Of some European politicians to
embroil us.
Des Moines Register.-Those powers
(major allied powerS) did not disarm
downward toward the German status as
the world was given to understand in
1920 that they would do They are
faced today, therefore, with race tired
Of pandering and humiliation, unwill-
ing to palaver and beg any longer, and
prepared to risk the most desperate
calamity against the restoration Of ma
tional pride and economic equality.
Chicago Daily News.-Germany again
appears before the bar Of international
opinion as the bad boy who threatens
the peace of Europe. while France.
almost universally censured for its mil
itarism, appears vindicated In its in
trasigence. Perhaps Hitlerism
would never have triumphed in Ger
many If France had shown more liberal
ity toward the Socialist Democratic ele-
ments which first tried to reconstruct
the Reich.
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.-The
isolation from the common effort Of
Europe which Germany has decreed for
itself Is calculated to foster mistrust
and suspicion and remain. as long as
it is persisted in. factor for estrange-
ment and il-will. But recognition of
this ought not to lead to exaggeration
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menace to world peace.
Philadelphia Inquirer.-It would be
too much to say that all the hopes
which have clustered about Geneva
have been destroyed. If the other
powers stand firm something may be
saved from the wreck. But this
is more a hope than an expectation.
With Germany In her present mood,
what nation can afford to dispense
with its preparations for defense
Philadelphia Public Germany
has now definitely reacted. In this re-
action will be seen ample confirmation
Of the distruSt which Germany has dur
ing recent months aroused. It will now
be regarded as unescapably clear that
Germany is not to be trusted.
Germany has again become q very real
danger to world peace and order.
As01CA6A NINs vi &NCWB Sk0 OOs
server.-n Germany has gone mad over
nationalism, 1t Is at least possible for
Americans to understand how 1t hap
pened. Having taken the lead
in developing this spirit Of nationaNsm,
which dominates the world today,
America cannot stem the tide. But 1t
can change its objectives. Fortunately,
those at the helm Of the Federal Gov
ernment are sincerely devoted to the
cause Of world peace.
New Orleans Times-Picayune.-Fr
acceptance of the refusal of some Of
the governments to reduce or limit their
| respective armaments might conceiva-
bly, be more useful to the disarmament
| cause than indefinite continuance Of
the parleys. Conversations get nowhere
and inspire false hopes In millions Of
breasts
Wichita (Kans.) Eagle.-Germany has
a lot OF manpower, but Is not imple-
mented for war. France, as principal
enforcer Of the Versailles treaty, has
seen to that. There Is a good deal Of
bluff to Hitler.
Dallas News.-Germany's action In
Withdrawing from the League Of Ma
tions is in conformity with the spirit
OF Hitlerism. Doubtless Hitler hopes to
find a profitable precedent In japan.
but Germany Is In very different DO
sition.
Los Angeles Times.-As for the Ieaaue
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