The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-04-05
TREND OF WORLD AFFAIRS
Prepared by Lucy Meacham Thruston

The weight on every mind today
is GERMANY What will be the |
result of her broadcasted statement
that she will rearm, that from the
100, 900 soldiers allowed by the |
treaty of Versailles, she will go to
800, 900, to 100000, some say to
500, 900, thus having the largest !
single army in Europe. What will
be the effect of Germany's casting
aside the Versailles treaty upon
Austria, Hungary, Roumania, like
wise limited by the Versailles pro-
vision? What will be the result of
breaking one article of the Treaty?
If this is done successfully how
about demilitarized zones, territory
granted by Versailles Treaty? There
is Schleswig, granted to Denmark by
Versailles, EupenMalmedy to Bel
GUM, Danzig, free city under
mandate of the League. And the
Polish Corridor Not to mention
African possessions and mandated
islands; The world is full of ques-
tions. Germany, says critic, has
set the world back twenty-five years.
Yet the present crisis has long been
brewing. Germany has seethed with
rebellion against what was to her an
unjust treaty and Hitler has capital
lied that feeling to attain power and
that at time when proposals based
on the terms considered early in
February seemed to promise stabili-
cation of Central Europe.
For the questions weighing the
world two answers are possible:
First, the one of Germany swagger-
ing into war; scond, and one which
Germany is putting forward, that
that country, having proclaimed her
self on basis of equality, and not
having to bargain from point to
point, will herself work for the OBJ
jective of peace, will possibly return
to the League of Nations.
No one could predict the awful
ness of another war, aircraft de-
struction, gas destruction-des
ton of civilization, since another
war would wipe out towns, cities,
populations, men, women, children,
not alone fighting forces; and the
wealth of the world, so terribly
needed to meet the depletion caused
by the World War and to benefit
humanity will be turned to it's de-
s.ruction.
History writes slowly. The answer
to these questions will not be made
for months. Yet history in itself is
but a record of human deeds and the
deeds a equalization of human
thoughts into human activities. Is
not the greatest question of all what
are we doing within ourselves to pre-
vent such cataclysm and destruction?
The Afrikan Bible has been trans
lated into this tongue for little more
| than year. In this time nearly
100000 copies have been sold and
as many as 10000 have been ordered
in one week. This makes 672
translations of the Bible. Soon the
673d will be added, when the Bav-
erda edition is completed. The
Baverdas are tribe of the Northern
Transvaal and up to this time they
have had only the new testament and
the psalms in their own language.
The primary need at this stage in
our economic history is a larger
flow of funds through consumptive
channels, rather than the more
abundant savings, states the last re-
port of the Brookings Institute and
adds that in 1929 the income Of
l21% of the American families was
under 81 900 and that AN % of the
bottom had no more to divide than
| sof 10 of those at the top.
| England is devoting 100000 to a
complete history of her Parliament
The history is supposed to be from
1854 to 1918 and not to be COM
pleted until l945. The first three
volumes will soon be off the press.
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Any species of animals get aoag
together without siaughtering each
other except man.
Ones morals may be what they
may; but at leas: his public behavior
should be decent.