Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-02
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
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the effect that the American govern
ment is in agreement with its report
and action.
And at about the same time China,
having Indignantly rejected a Japan
csc ultimatum demanding that Chi
nese troops be withdrawn from Jehol,
recalled her minister from Tokyo.
This is the first actual step so far
taken in the direction of issuing
formal declaration of war. To date,
the Asiatic war, no matter how bloody
and grimly realistic. has been merely
unofficial" since neither power has
recorded any official declaration of
hostilities.
JehoI Offensive.
Japan, undeterred by what amounts
to sweeping world verdict of guilt,
proceeded with her systematic inva-
sion of Jehol-that territory south
west of Manchukuo which the Japan
csc government considers an integral
part of the Manchurian puppet state.
From Nanling in southwestern
Jehol-near the great Chinese wall
from Kailu and from Chaoyang three
Japanese divisions are moving i'm the
direction of Chengteh, the capital city
of Jehol. Chinese troops are pro-
ceeding along the great wall from
pose of reinforcing the defense of
Chengteh (often, in English, referred
to as Jehol City,. At various points
clashes take place between the in
vaders and the defenders, and al
though the Japanese advance has suf-
fered a setback now and then, it
goes on, relentlessly-wills simply not
stop before the goal is attained.
Localized Affair.
Although it is obviously impossible
to prophesy anything about the rami-
fications of the war, it is, at the pres
ent moment, the consensus of diplo-
matte opinion in London. Tokyo and
Washington that the conflict will re-
main localized, and that there is no
immediate danger of world con-
flagratiOn.
Russia seems less certain on this
point, for a few days ago Premier
MOlotov reminded the Soviet army
that it must keep itself in readiness
for any emergency" At the same
time he alluded to the fact that re-
Gently Japan refused to sign prof
fered nOn-aggressiOn treaty with Rus
sia-so everybody may draw his own
conclusions as to what NJ. Molotov
meant when he spoke about "any
emergency"
All attempts to stop the Asiatic war
have not been abandoned, for the
League of Nations elected a committee
of 81 to make further Investigations
and recommendations and gave it
power to invite the United States and
Russia to participate in further eff
declaring an embargo on exports of
arms and munitions to Japan.
Will Rule, Anyhow!
While the Manchurian war creates
international nervousness spite of
all calming words spoken by diplo-
mats-Europe awaits with suspense
the outcome of next Sundays cleo
lions to the parliament of Germany
and the Diet of Prussia. In reality
it may mean very little, for Chancel-
Tor Adolf Hitler has boldly declared
that he will continue to rule, re-
CARELESS of whether his fascist party,
the National Socialists, obtains ma
jority or not. At the same time he
has gone to the most sensational ex-
tremes in curbing opposition utter
ance, and his power, passively aided
and abetted by the now almost obso-
lete President Paul Won Hindenburg,
seems to be as completely dictatorial
as that of Mussolini i'm Italy. Con-
tinued Hitler influence is regarded
as menace to Europe.
U. s. and the World.
On Saturday of this week Franklin
ID. Roosevelt will be inaugurated as
president of the United States. This
is not merely a change of personnel,
but of spirit, policy and system, and
the outside world anxiously awaits
some declaration of principle. There
is a general tendency to believe that
the new American government in it's
dealings with foreign problems will
be somewhat more elastic, more fleX-
ible, than has been the Hoover re-
gime, and that it may show a less
rigid adherence to traditions and doc
trineS as such.
There will be no dearth of prob