Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-14
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
By GEORG STRANDvOLD


spite of impressive warnings by other
great powers, and in spite of the new
alignments now forming in European
politics, Germany persists in its at
tempts to harass the Austrian govern
ment by systematic propaganda de-
signed to give the Austrian people the
impression that Chancellor Engelbert
Dollfuss in Vienna is backed by
Jews and foreigners; in one speech
broadcast from Munich the frank
statement was made: 1T is not now
necessary to conceal the fact that we
German Nazists are in reality wag-
ing a war against the Dollfuss gov
eminent"
Under these circumstances it sur
prises no one that the former entente
powers have permitted the organiza-
ton of an Austrian national guard
which eventually will increase the
number of soldiers, now set by the St.
German peace treaty at 10000, to
100000. Nor is it surprising to hear
that Dollfuss in recent weeks has
taken steps to guard practically every
spot along the 200-mile German-Au-
strian border with military detach-
ments fully equipped with steel he'll
! NETS, rifles, bayonets, machine guns
| and bombs.
Isolation Policy.
Along the western border lines of
Germany, France and Belgium have
recently built new, and improved old,
Notifications, and the military isola-
tion thus begun has been quite eff
fectively reinforced by a diplomatic
move which aims at cutting Germany
off from every possibility of trying to
attain some of the goals of Chancellor
Adolf Hitler's ambitions.
Recent dispatches make it appear
that friendships are being cemented
in Rome and in Moscow for the chief
purpose of putting quietus on Ger
man arrogance, and French, Italian
and Russian diplomats are forging
a chain which even Hitler may hest
tate about attempting to break. Con-
versations going on in Russia between
government officials of that country
and Edouard Herriot, former French
premier; the signing of the Russo
Italian amity pact; Josef Stains
cordial invitation to his erstwhile foe
Josef Pilsudski, dictator of Poland, tt
come to Moscow, and Italy's firm in
sistence that Germany must not dis
turb the independent status of Au
stria are merely few of the indica
tions of the organized opposition fac
ing any imperialistic hopes which
the present rulers of Germany's des
TIMES may be nourishing.
Danger of Policy.
While attempts to isolate a power
like Germany may have its importan
advantages, history is replete with ex
amples illustrating the dangers in
herent in such policy. This fac
was once more brought back to publ,
attention last week when Viscoun
Grey of Fallodon died; Sir Edward
Grey, as he was then, in 1914 wa
British foreign minister, and it wa
his successful attempt to isolate Ger
many that became if not the prin
cipal cause of the World war, the
at least a contributory cause. Hi
chief efforts were directed towar
|, building up such a close friendshi
with France that when the Germa
legions began their march against tn
latter country, it practically bee am
obligatory on the part of Great Brit
. ain to go TO war;
There are a good many impartia
historians who charge Lord Grey wit
the direct and personal responsibility
, for the outbreak of the great wal
! and they feel certain that if it ha
not been for his secret diplomac.
his intrigues with French statesme
y unknown to his colleagues in tn
' British cabinet-the war might hav
been localized, might, indeed, nj
' have expanded into the world cor
U flagration it became, largely as a re
3 suit of British pressure.
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