Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-04-18

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representing Great
Britain, were willing
rre"'e' to carry out that ma
r'ano'n TONS military ohllga-
tons 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 De
consulted until after the Easter holl-
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 han
Just signed with Russia. Premier Mus
solini. solemn and pessimistic. handle
matters for Italy with the help OF
Fulvio Suvich, undersecretary OF for
eign affairs. He had already warned
the world that the issue of wal 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 or
the reich under Hitler, and the first
concrete problem taken up was
Frances appeal to the League OF Ma
tons against Germany's reputation OF
the military clauses of the Versailles
treaty. Mussolini and Macdonald were
inclined to accept Hitler's rearmament
If there could be an agreement against
further military expansion, but Flan-
din stood In opposition. The Italians
urged a three-power alliance for protec'
ton against Germany. but England OBJ
lected 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.
M USSOLINI'S pesslmistlc frame of
w mind was illustrated by an an
UOuIlceUltul III uIS uCNSDdpNi AoBV'V
d'Italia. that Italy would keep 100000
men under arms until the horizon Is
well cleared, and give them 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
L 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 a 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 Is, Of course, directed pri-
marily against Germany. 1t Is believed
In Paris that Russia will soon con
clude similar alliance with Czecho-
slovakia 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
and strengthen the general peace" was
shown by the signing of a Russo-Ger-
man trade treaty which II 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 200,O00,0O0
marks (about $S0,OW, O00), a banking
consortium headed by the Deutsche
Bank and Discount Gesellschaft and
the Dresdner bank to grant import
credits for an average term of five
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.
a ENCOURAGEMENT was made BY the
"A government that it had uncovered
extensive frauds In the immigration
and naturalization service from 1923
to 1898. and steps were taken for the
busting Of a number Of employees and
for criminal prosecutions. II was es-
timated that a ring of brlbe takers and
fxers had received as much as a mil.
lion dollars from persons illegally en-.
tering the country.
Revelations so startling In character
have come to light that investigators
believe the actual extent of corruption
and fraud has been but partially dis
closed" said a statement issued by the
Labor department after a secret lnyes-
tlgatlon of alleged frauds In the New
York district.