The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-19
THE STORY OF 1884
3-Year Finds Europe Jittery Over Prospect Of
New War
It's way across her without

crashed It's way across her without
warning.
Germany was admittedly swarming
with trained soldiers. She was de-
manding that the Versailles treaty be
overridden and that she be granted
equal rights with other nations as
regards war equipment. Her neigh
bors. who were trying to make her
out the Big Bad Wolf Of Europe de-
spite her claims Of desiring peace, as
serted that she was building powerful
bombing planes apace, that she was
equipptng factories for the quick man
ufacture Of war munitions, and that
she had devised and was storing up
poison gases more terrible than any
thing Of which the world had yet
Dreamed.
Mussolini not only was looking care
fully to his military and naval ma
chimes, but started an intensive drive
to make his country military minded.
He decreed that even infants should
be tutored to this end.
Repercussions q Marseille
Yugoslavia and Hungary were at
grievious loggerheads. Hungary was
being charged with completely In the
October assassination Of King Alex
ander, Yougoslavia's soldier-monarch,
and thousands Of Hungarian subjects
were being expelled from Yugoslavia.
Italy was extending sympathy to Hun
gary.
Yugoslavia and Italy were at swords
points, having missed war by hairs
breadth ct the time Of Mussolini's in
tervention In the Austrian Nazi revolt
Of July. Europe herself never knew
exactly how close to armed conflict
she was at that time.
Mussolini, bent on preventing the
revolt from unseating the Austrian
government, rushed troops to the bor-
der, prepared to throw them across il
necessary. Yugoslavia. fearful Of a
threat to her security from the north,
likewise hurried an army to the Aus
TRAN border, ready to fight II Italy
crossed the Austrian line.
Submarines 1t vladivostok
Russia, with her vast standing army
and powerful new air equipment, de-
clared for peace but made 1t clear that
she felt she could take care Of herself
Meanwhile 1t was officially admitted
that France and Russia were playing
about with the idea Of an alliance un-
der which Russia would come to
Frances aid II the latter were attacked
BY Germany. In the troubled Far
East Russia was said to have heavy
concentration Of airplanes and SUBJ
marines at vladivostok, across the way
from Japan.
Most Of the small countries Of Eu-
rope were doing their busy best to pre-
pare for eventualities.
Japan had created q major sensa-
ton by announcing that she was abro-
eating the Washington Treaty, where
BY her naval strength was limited to
three fifths Of that Of each OF the other
great naval powers-America and Eng
land. Nippon was demanding the
right to equality, thereby causing anx-
iety In both Washington and London.
Delegates Of all three countries spent
uncomfortable weeks In London trying
to iron out the differences. The posi-
bility Of q costly race for naval SUI
premacy was freely predicted.
While this was going on, reports
were seeping into the seat of the
League Of Nations In Geneva that in
the Pacific Japan was fortifying for
n1er German Islands which had been
entrusted to her after the war. The