The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19

M#M lister Ramsay MacDon:
M# aid and Foreign Sec
1865 rotary Sir John Simon,
representing Great
- - Britain, were willing
..e".er to. carry out that ma
r's"o'" TONS military obliga.
| lions under the Locarno treaty but
baked at further commitment In con-
tinental affairs.
Anyhow, they had promised to enter
into no new agreements without the
consent Of parliament, which cannot be
consulted until after the Easter holi-
days. Premier Flandin and Foreign
Minister Laval Of France sought to per-
suade England to line up with France
and Russia rather than with Germany.
and they presented as n argument a
new , mutual assistance pact they q
Just signed with Russia. Premier Mus
solini, solemn and pessimistic. handled
matters for Italy with the help OF
Fulvio Suvich, undersecretary Of for:
eign affairs. He had already warned
the world that the issue Of war or
peace probably could not be settled at
Stresa. .
OF course. the chief question was the
attitude Of other nations toward the
constantly growing Pan-Germanism of
the reich under Hitler, and the first
concrete problem taken up was
frances appeal to the League Of Ma
lions against Germany's reputation Of
the military clauses Of the Versailles
treaty. Mussolini and Macdonald were
inclined to accept Filters rearmament
II there could be an agreement against
further military expansion, but Flan-
din stood In opposition. The Italians
urged q horsepower alliance for protec-
ton against Germany. but England OBJ
jected and France was uncertain. All
three nations rather favored the re-
armament Of Austria, Bulgaria and
Hungary, and the Danube pact which
Italy especially has been promoting. =.
MUSSOLINTS pessimistic frame Of
AvA> mind was illustrated by an an
nouncement in his newspaper, Popolo
dItalia. that Italy. would keep 100000
men under arms until the horizon Is
well cleared. and give then all modern
weapons" Both the Italians and the
French are convinced that Germany Is
maliciously stirring up the troubles
that confront them In northern Africa
with the purpose Of weakening their
position. in Europe. This matter was
discussed privately by some Of the
participants in the Stresa meeting.
THE new mutual assistance agree
i ment reached by France and Russia
was at first supposed to be merely an
agreement on sanctions to be taken
against an aggressor once the latter
has been determined by the League Of
Nations. But Paris correspondents as
sert that It Is In effect q military ALI.
ance such as Russia had been urging
on France and that In certain cases the
signatories will determine for them
selves who Is the aggressor. without
waiting for word from Geneva. The
agreement L., Of course, directed pri-
marily against Germany. It is believed
In Paris that Russia will soon con-
clude similar alliance with Czecho-
sloyakia and the Baltic states, thus
completing a steel ring around Ger
many's land frontiers. This agreement
Is still subject to alteration and final
approval. -
That Russia still seeks ito maintain
md strengthen the general peace" was
shown. by the signing Of a Russo-Ger.
man trade treaty which 1t Is believed
will greatly Increase the volume Of
Russia's orders In the reich. Under
this accord the. Soviet will Increase
purchases in Germany by. 20O,O00.O0O
marks (about $4,000. OOO). a banking
consortium headed by the Deutsche
Bank and Discount Gesellschaft and
the Dresdner bank to grant import
credits for an average term OF Eve
years. The credits will bear interest
at the discount rate OF, the reichsbank
plus 2 per cent. The Russian trade
delegation Is thereby enabled to pay
cash for orders placed with German
firms. 81 4
"A ENCOURAGEMENT was made BY the
~ government that It had uncovered
extensive frauds In the immigration
and naturalization service from 1928 |
to- 1888, and steps were taken for the
ousting Of a number Of employees and
for criminal prosecutions. II was es-
timated that q ring OF bride takers and
fxers had received as much a 4 mil
lion dollars from persons Illegally en-.
.tering the country.