The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-29
World Front
By HARRY CANNES :

| ny nARhL OANNBS ----t
Hitler's Eastern Aim
Path of German History"
Danish Cattle
| HERR GOERING'S trip to
IL Poland is not an isolated
Nazi jaunt. It is the high
point of complicated Fascist
maneuvers to try to rupture
the Soviet Unions efforts for
an Eastern Locarno pact, that
is, a move for the preservation of
peace in Eastern Europe.
Some of the threads going into
this rope which the Nazis believe
they are weaving to strangle the
Soviet Union will make this clear.
Early in January the Polish foreign
Minister Beck visited Copenhagen
and Stockholm, to sound out these
countries on their relation to the
Soviet Union. This itself was
inspired by war conference Of the
Scandinavian countries which con-
cerned itself with the Aland Islands,
a strategic Baltic base for attack
on Leningrad. Moving secretely
behind the scenes was British inn
perialism.
After Minister Becks visit. the
Finnish foreign minister, Hackzell
announced that he, too, was going
to Warsaw to discuss the Eastern
Locarno pact. The Finnish Fascist
1 government makes no bones about
the fact that 1t does not desire to
see the Eastern Locarno pact per-
fected, and gives great hopes to the
Nazis.
But all is not rosy for the Nazi
plans in Poland. Poland for the
German Fascists is the pivotal rock
on which they hope to smash all
Eastern European peace efforts. The
aim is to break the Polish Franco
! alliance, and to use Poland as the
largest eastern wedge against the
Soviet Union. 1t was the growing
criticism in the Polish press that
forced Goering to transform his
diplomatic mission into hunting
trip" And, of course, Goering's
great popularity in Poland inspired
the protective" measures unknown
in Poland since the last visit of the
Gear.
pOLAND is becoming nervous over
its Nazi alliance. 1t didn't pan
out in economic benefits which
Hitler had drummed up. Besides,
it is straining its relations with
France, Czecho- Slovakia and the
U. S, S. r. After analysing the
benefits" of the Nazi alliance. the
Polish paper "Veczer Warzawski."
exclaims, God preserve us from
such friends"
But the Nazis themselves place
tremendous Importance on Goe-
rings trip and all their maneuvers
in East Europe, in the Scandinav-
ian countries and the Baltic states.
The first 1885 issue of Der SA
Mann, storm troop paper. dealing
with the future foreign policy of
Hitler contains an article by Eugene
Schmidt on the territory which is
essential to the life of Germany"
THE great path of German his
tory runs from West to East" de-
clares Schmidt.
He goes on to explain:
THE new political constitution of
the East has struck us a severe
blow. The most valuable German
londs, the oldest colonized territory
belonging to Germany has been de-
tached from our State. This has
called for the rise of Hitler in Ger
many and of Pilsudsky in Poland. ;.
They alone can point to the goal:
united front against Russia"
fected, and givesvbvb?t
THE end of the Saar Plebiscite has
not brought any great consola-
ton to Fascism in Germany This
is particularly shown by the fact
that no celebrations have been pre-
pared for the second anniversary Of
Hitler's assumption of power in
Germany, nor for the return of the
Saar.
The main effect has been to spur
Hitler to pay all of his attention to
war maneuvres in the East-that is,
against the Soviet Union. And for
this end he has many irons in the
fire. One is an attempt to rupture
the peace pact of France and the
Soviet Union through Poland. Brit
ish Imperialism, also, is maneuvering
in this direction by discussing the
basis for the legalization of the ire
mendous and rapid arming of Ger
man fascism. The idea being, of
course, that if Hitler's colossal
ornaments can be guaranteed for
exclusive use against the Soviet
Union there can be no objections
, to it.
And what transpi-es in the Far
East is becoming decisive. Japanese
imperialism is moving along an
other path towards the Soviet
Union, which will be a great talking
point for Herr Goering.
DENMARK, which has a Social
" Democratic government, during
the past year destroyed 100000
cattle. Instead of being made into
food, they we're transformed into
fertilizer or soap More than 30
per cent of the cattle were sound
which is more than can be said fol-