Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-08-31
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Diplomatic Move.

Diplomatic Move.
There can be no doubt that the real
purpose of this treaty is to guarantee
Austria's continued existence as an
state, in other words. to
minimize German influence and to
attempts to "Nazify' Au-
Stria.
Prompted by the same motives is a
statement by the French premier,
Edouard Daladier, who said:
I'VE must be on guard to see that
decisions of the League of Nations
and the Hague court of arbitration
are observed and maintained. They
have notably proclaimed and defined
the political and economic independ-
ence of Austria. We are resolved to
guarantee it,
Under these circumstances the
most conspicuous diplomatic move
now in progress in Europe has for its
sole aim the preservation of an Au-
stria independent of Germany. and the
question is: Will Hitler have the
courage and the power to defy what
is now every day becoming an in
creasingly firmer opposition to his
Austrian plans?
MussOIini's Position.
Mussolini, himself the founder of
the Fascist movement and thus, when
all is said, also the instigator of its
German branch, NaZism, is in rath-
err peculiar position: He is, of course,
very favorable to German Nazism
since the system so closely resembles
the structure which he himself has
built up in Italy. He is a close
friend of Gremany, at the same time
also on a very friendly footing with
Austria, but he firmly believes that
the spreading of Nazism into Austria
might become very serious danger
signal.
Consequently, he considers it OF
first-rate Importance to use his in
fluence against the German schemes
at the same time moving cleverly
enough not to offend German sensi,
bilities.
U. s. and Disarmament.
Aside from the Austrian problem
the possibility of war will keep or
existing as long as no actual steps
have been taken in the direction OIL
reducing and limiting armies ant
navies. With the world more heavily
armed than at any other time in its
history, the danger of war cannot be
said to have disappeared, for expert
ence has always shown that elaborate
ornaments provoke warfare-in fact
exist for only that very purpose.
On October 16 the international dis
armament conference will again con
vene at Geneva after having been ad
journed since the early days of June
What it will accomplish depends
largely on the attitude of the United
States which is battling so man!
European observers; they cannot re-
concile President Roosevelt's disarm
ament note to all other governments
with his eager anxiety to expand an(
modernize the American navy.
European Problem.
A few days ago the president ha(
conference with Norman H. Davis
head of the United States delegation
at Geneva, and told him feasible plan:
were to be supported, but that the
delegation must not under any cir
cumstances take the initiative i'm any
matter having to do with disarma
ment.
1t appears to be the view of the
American government that disarma
ment is almost exclusively a Euro
pean problem in which the United
States need not be intensely inter
ested.
This opinion is causing consterna
ton among European diplomats wht
feel that as long as America stands
aloof there cannot be any hope o
disarmament. While European ma
lions among themselves may some
time arrive at a definite disarmament
arrangement, it would be ineffectiv,
as long as the United States is not ;
party to it.
No longer does any one believe tina
the United States cannot carry OF
warfare on European soil; the exper
fence of 1917-191S exploded that idea
Therefore, they reason in Europe tina
heavily armed America will consti
tute most serious threat to a partl,
disarmed Europe.
Russian Famine.
Once more rumors about an exten
sive famine in Soviet Russia ar