Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03

One of the chief factors in the pros
pect of averting serious clashes over
the plebiscite in the Saar Basin, to
determine future sovereignty over that
region, is the demand of war veterans
for peace The Saar has been await
ing the opportunity to vote its choice
among three possible determinations
to be joined to France or to Germany
or to remain under the League of
Nations. A large percentage of the
people is German, but there is some
opposition to the Hitler regime.
WAR veterans of both France and
Germany" says the Williamsport
Pa) Sun. ARE planning a demon
stration, in which they will express
their opinion that, whatever happens
in the Saar, it will not be worth fight
ing over" The Sun expects "a strong
rebuke to the militarists whose in
duence has brought Germany and
France into a state of excitement"
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
suggests that Statesmen seeking
greater power may not wish to re-
member that the last war was known
as war to end wars, but the veterans
will remember"
An unofficial announcement that
France has decided to quit its effort
to prevent a pro-German result" is
quoted by the Troy IN. " Record,
with the comment: Far better to
withdraw gracefully than to be forced
back in confusion. So, according to
the adviceS from Europe, France will
make no further effort to stir up
trouble-provided Germany will agree
to pay for the mines it will regain.
This was part of the contract; but
to its contracts unless they run in
its favor. So France will be glad to
exchange a peaceful plebiscite for
promise, guaranteed in some effective
way, that the other part of the
agreement will be faithfully carried
out. 1t is a good settlement"
THE least that can be said IS
that the Saar is danger spot" thinks
the Texarkana Gazette, while the
Pittsburgh Post-GaZette points out
that "HitleriZed Germany is going as
far as she dareS in pre-referendum
electioneering The Oklahoma News,
however, believes that "Hitler's noisy
determination to regain the Saar may
prove the one factor that will keep
the area out of Germany"
kv-a1 80 d. not o1n s.I%
the Fort Worth Telegram, ION
the point whether the League, or
France, may retain political sovereign
ty of the Saar, in the event that the
vote was favorable to Germany, until
the mines are paid for in way salts
factory to France. Germany is not
in a very strong position to plead a
provision of the treaty which the
plebiscite might convert to its adj
vantage"
Fear of Hitler on the part of those
who are to vote is emphasized by the
Gary Post-Tribune and the Adrian
(MichO Telegram, while the Young
StoWn Vindicator directs attention to
the fact that in the interval of Is
years since the treaty was signed "the
idea of neutrality-suspicious. under the
League has had an excellent opportu-
nifty to spread" The Roanoke World
News believes that "even the election,
however it may go, will not solve the
difficulties involved"
Pointing to Russia's hostility to Ger
many, with attempts by the latter
to overcome such opposition, the
Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald con-
cludes: "These hard-headed realists
are disinclined to relieve the Ger
mans Of any jot Of distress to which
they can be subjected. The League will
now be determining what position It
Is to take with respect to the obvious