Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-04
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
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EurOnean Situation.

While the presidents speech was
well received despite its apparent
superficiality, it made a less agree
able impression upon the world that
Congress, now in session, will be
asked to appropriate $500,000,000 for
the construction of 102 war vessels
of varying type and size. OF course,
this is said to be for defensive" pur-
poses, too. But-just the same! Eu-
rope cannot feel confident about a
nation preaching disarmament on one
hand, increasing its ornaments on
the other.
Contributing to the feeling of I'M
rest is the fact that Franco-German
negotiations have broken down.
France will discuss German rearma-
ment claims and League of Nations
matters only within the framework
of the League, not through continued
direct conferences between Paris and
Berlin. To emphasize this standpoint
the French government ended the
year by rejecting flatly the German
claims for an army increase and also
the Italian Prime Minister Musso-
lini's proposal that disarmament be
reached through conferences of the
great powers. And then, as though
to show it meant business, France at
once went to work discussing with
Belgium extended Notifications along
the German border lines; invited
statesmen from friendly Central Eu-
rOpean countries to come to Paris
this month, and also King Alexander
of Jugo-Slavia as well as King Carol
of Rumania-all, it seems, for the
purpose of strengthening whatever
alliances or understandings exist be-
tween France and these countries.
AS a footnote to the above para
graphs it may be added that the re-
converting of the disarmament confer
ence, set for some time in January"
is not publicly referred to anywhere
just at this time. Whether the con-
ference will be revived now or not,
remains question.
TroyanOvsky Coming.
AT the last moment U. S. Ambassa-
dor to Russia William c. Bullitt
changed his plans for returning to
Washington for brief visit; instead
he left Europe that day, and with him
went Alexander Troyanovsky, first
Soviet Russian ambassador to the
United States. Mr.. Bullitt had urged
him to go along now, and Mr.. Troy
anovsky was glad to accompany him
his own plans.
At the congress of the executive
committee of the Communist party
in Moscow, Foreign COmmissar Max
i'm Litvinov and Josef Stain, head
of the party, last week spoke in rosy
colors of the future relationship be-
tween Russia and the United States,
pointing out, especially, the possible
Importance of their cooperation in the
field of world peace.
Assassination; Revolt.
In Rumania and Argentina the year
of 1888 had been a remarkably quiet
one, but it ended on a note of unrest
and tragedy.
Ion G. Duca, Rumanian prime min
lister. was assassinated just as he was
entering railroad train after a con-
ference with King Carol at the royal
castle at Sinaia; a university stu
dent, believed to have been affiliated
with the recently organized Ruman-
ian fascist group, was the murderer.
And in many of the provincial
cities of the Argentine republic open
rebellion broke out, instigated. it
seems, by a group of disgruntled
members of the radical party be-
cause they had been deprived of their