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Plan No. 3.
AS Italian assent to the plan was
essential, and as it most decidedly
was not forthcoming, the diplomats at
Geneva formulated another plan.
That. too. s1ipulates that concilia-
ton negotiations are to be resumed,
but said nothing whatsoever about
abstaining from warlike actions.
Mussolini scored heavily on this i'm
portant point. While all the others
talk Cancellation, he can go ahead and
complete his preparations for the
war.
With reference to the League coun-
Gil interfering" Mussolini emerged
VIGOROUSLY once more, for Plan No.
sets forth that the matter of the
Italo- E hiopian conflict is to be sub
ected to further study, not by the
League council, but by Italy herself,
Great Britain and France on the pre-
text that these three powers are
bound by secret treaty of 1906 to
decide the fate of Ethiopia.
To avoid undermining the prestige
of the League council it was agreed
that the whole matter be officially
submitted to that body which then
will be asked to refer it to the three
powers.
Also in this plan are paragraphs
which prescribe the appointment OF
a fifth (neutraD member to the con-
ciliation comm ission, and which base
the Cancellation on the Italo-Ethiopian
friendship treaty of 1928. Here Mus
solini offered no objection, SO that
was carried.
AS a matter of pure routine Plan
No. was put to vote in the League
council. and unanimously agreed to.
Italy and Ethiopia both accepted
but Mussolini keeps on arming, and
the king-emperor of Ethiopia makes
it known that he has no faith in the
compromise plan thus arrived at.
So-just as before the League coun-
ell meeting-the world still fears a
war the consequences and ramifica-
tions of which are unpredictable.
"UnfOrtunate."
Between the governments of the
United States and Germany a minor
"silly-season" conflict broke out when
group of antinazists on July 26
tore down the German flag from the
bow of the German steamer, "Bre-
men," in the port Of New York. Ber-
lin at once protested in due official
form, and the Washington govern
ment now in note Of response has
termed the dissertation Of the Ger
man flag unfortunate"
Germany had merely protested but
had not asked for any formal apology,
simply requesting punishment of the
individuals who might be guilty. No
direct apology was forthcoming. but
a promise was given that the guilty
parties would be punished, at the
same time the American note pointed
out that the authorities in New York
had done all they could to avert the
trouble which, thus, was not due to
official neglect. And at this point it
Tempest in Teapot.
But Just as this matter was being
disposed of new trouble broke on the
eastern front. for all of a sudden a
New York weekly periodical pub
lished cartoon making little good
Eatured fun of the emperor of Japan.
Since the mikado In the eyes of his
people is a divine parsonage, this was
considered an insult, hot grew the
words that flew back and forth over
the cables between Tokyo and Wash
ington, and the Japanese ambassa-
dor. summering in Connecticut, hur-
ried back to his station where he
awaited instructions to protest FORM
ally against the alleged insult to his
monarch.
The matter probably will be judged
in the light of the motives back Of
the cartoon. and here there is a con-
flict, for the publisher of the maya
zine says that the drawing was mere
ly an interesting bit of work and not
intended as an insult" while the
artist who drew the cartoon asserts
he will continue his campaign
against Japanese Imperialism"
CamOuflage.
As the days flash by it becomes
increasingly evident that the ever
sterner methods adopted by the Ger
man government against Jews. Cath
olicS and members of the veterans
society. the steel Helmets" primar-
lily is intended to set up a smoke
screen to hide the financial crisis
which seems to be threatening Ger
many with new collapse. All accounts
from Berlin agree that the finances
of Germany are in a deplorable con-
dition: too vast sums have been swal-
lowed up by public works as well as
by rearmament; there is practically
no budget: the trade balance is grow
ing worse and worse; the cost of liv-
ing is soaring to new heights-as
is the national Indebtedness.
Conditions in Italy are closely SIM
liar: to divert the peoples attention
away from the financial misery. Mus
solini prepares a war; in Germany