Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-04-06
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
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1, at 10 o'clock in the morning and
was maintained until seven that eve
ming. Fascist storm-troop soldiers
urged all persons to stay away from
shops, stores and offices owned and
conducted by Jews; on the front doors
of business places were signs daubed
with bit of yellow color, to indicate
utter scorn and contempt setting out
the fact that this business is owned
by a Jew; do not trade here; reeks
of Jerusalem; keep away; protect
German industry =" and so on.
Only one act of violence was re-
ported through the censored press
dispatches young Jewish lawyer
in Kiel tried to protect his father, a
furniture dealer, and, i'm doing so,
shot the soldier who was standing
sentinel in front of the store. The
soldier died, the lawyer was hustled
to a hospital. and here an Infatuated
mob forced its way in and killed him.
FOur.POwer Plan.
While Germany's foreign policy in
the near future remains an unknown
quantity" there is no denial that the
attitude of Hitler engenders fear and
anxiety. His emergence to the chan
cellorship lis authoritatively reported
to be one of the principal reasons for
MacDonald's recent visit to Rome
where ne and Mussolini discussed
what was to become known as the
Mussolini plan for the preservation
of European peace. In general way,
the scope of the plan was outlined
at the time of MacDonald's visit, but
the details were not released until a
| few days agO-and then were given
out in Paris instead of. as had been
expected, i'm Rome or London.
Many of these details are technical,
but the general idea back of them is
the intention to eliminate the smOuld
ering hostility between France-and
French-influenced countrie sand
Germany-and the countries under
the political influence of Germany.
| Macdonald has conferred with Mus
solini of Italy and with Daladier of
France So far-and that may have
significance all its own-he has not
seen Hitler; nor has MussOlini taken
any step in the direction of arranging
conference with the German chan
cellor, and Daladier, the premier of
France, has likewise remained aloof
from him. That Hitler has ap-
preached the prime ministers of the
three other great powers is most i'm
probable.
AS the situation is now, England
and Italy have agreed that continued
peace is predicated on a thorough re-
vision of the Versailles peace treaty,
thus supporting German claims.
France has accepted the plan, lin
principle" as it is carefully called
that is, France agrees with the main
thought, but reserves the right to eX-
press her definite viewpoints later on.
Germany has said nothing because,
quite evidently, Germany has not yet
been asked for statement.
U. $. Interested.
Since, obviously, the peace of the
world hinges on economic problems
and the manner ir which an approach
is made to their solution, the question
of an international economic confer
ence has been revived. During the
last few days, Norman H. Davis and
Howard S. Gibson, special represen-
tatives of the American government,
have been cOnspicuously active in
regard to this conference, and have
had quiet talks with Macdonald as
well as with Daladier. it, is pre-
sumed that some time next week a
date for the opening session of the
conference will be set.
Important is the apparent fact that
the new American government is
willing to discuss with other coun-
tries some of those very essential de-
which its predecessor refused
to deal with, such as, for instance,
duty on imports, disarmament, even
war debts This fact is of import
ance because the officially proclaimed
unwillingness of the Hoover admin
istration to talk about some of these
fundamental causes of the world crisis
is supposed to have been one of the
principal reasons for the delay in
calling the conference.
Disarmament.
But while bit of progress is Wis
ible i'm the field of world economics,
stagnation at the international dis
armament conference continues. 1t