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it will end, or what the results
may be.
Prosecutions Go On.
At this moment Germany's conflicts
are not with other nations but center
about the difficulties between Adolf
Hitler, chief executive of the country,
and various groups which oppose his
policies. He is making new and rath-
er violent attempts to drive Jewish
influence out of Germany; he an
tagonizes the Roman Catholics by his
demands that they must interest
themselves in no politics not of his
own special brand; he keeps on max
ing trouble for the Lutherans who
have refused to become obedient to
the doctrines of the natiOnal-sOcialis-
tic party; the other day he dissolved
all Masonic orders left in Germany
ON the ground that they taught their
members disaffection to the party in
power; officially, communism has
been driven out of Germany, still ne
mains there, however, but in such
form that it is not easy to make an
attack against it for which reason
Hitler displays contempt and defiance
of the international communist con-
gress at Moscow, and, finally, he is
much wrought up about the deScrip-
lions of life in Germany as they ap-
pear in the press of foreign coun-
tries.
Combinations.
There is now the possibility that
international communism may rush
to the aid of German Catholics
strange as it sounds; at the Moscow
congress it was agreed a couple Of
weeks ago that communists in Ger
many may now work together with
the socialists, and now the way is
paved for a combined cOmmunistic-
Catholic move. Back of such deciS-
ions is the fundamental communist
idea that fascism, whether it be Ger
man, Italian or anything else, is the
supreme danger of the present time
and must be fought on all fronts; any
seemingly unusual alignment with
other groups, therefore, will be JUS
titled by the recognition Of fasciSm
as the common foe.
French Troubles.
And the spectacle of powerful fas-
cism is becoming increasingly visible
in France where recent government
DEGREES, affecting all walks of life,
have reduced salaries and wages.
The result has been revolt in num-
erous cities, especially in Brest and
Toulon where some persons were
killed, many wounded.
Pierre Laval, premier of France,
is trying to stem the tide of increas-
ing dissatisfaction by making siren
uous efforts to effect a reduction in
the general cost of living to offset
the lowering of wages, and he has
let it be known that if violent dis
content does not subside very soon
dictatorship may be established.
This may be significant in view OF
the fact that French fascism during
the last twelve months has gained
much new ground-in fact. SO much
that fascism is no longer thought OF
as something unattainably remote.
Law for India.
In London an announcement was
made the other day that it will take
about thirty months to bring into full
effect the new law for India, passed
by the British parliament just before
it was sent home last week. The bill
while not granting to India that full
measure of political independence in
sisted on by ardent Hindus marks a
step in the direction of that goal
1t is, based upon three principles
a federation embracing the native
states and British India; a wide meas
ure of autonomy for the provinces
and responsibility at the center. But
of course, India still remains a part
of the British empire-with London
as its supreme capital. 1t is sur
missed that the law was enacted tC
stave off what might develop into
a mighty upheaval in India, and fol
that reason certain concessions were
given the people. But whatever in
dependence there may be granted is
and will remain for long time, quite
incomplete.
Strange Crisis.
An unusual ministerial crisis has
arisen in China where Wang Ching
wei, prime minister and minister fol
foreign affairs, has resigned. He
himself says that he quit because
of i'll health. But others claim thai
he was forced out of the government
because of his alleged Japanese lean
ingS. And this fact sounds plausible
when one is told that the japanese
government objects most strenuousl.
to Wang Ching-weis resignation; i
is even said at Tokyo that unless the
minister be reinstated. Japan viii
take a hand in the matter.
1t is not customary that cabine
appointments in any country ar
made at the behest Of foreign ma
tions, and that is what makes thi
newest Chinese situation quite pc
culiar.