Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-02
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
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Will hot even discuss them, dnC as TOT
other pOwers-well, the truth is that
they seem to think that Italy really
ought to get something out of her ETH
Opian adventure. In all discussions
of possible peace terms it has been a
cardinal point that Italy must, to
some extent, be rewarded for her in
vasion of Ethiopia-for committing
that crime of aggression which these
very powers, through the League OF
Nations, have condemned.
Although one SHOULD, be very care
full about making predictions, it is
quite plausible to forsee as the end
of the war the surrender of a part of
Ethiopia to Mussolini's government
That, really, has been more or less
plainly foreordained
Striking Back.
There is, of course, the possibility
that the Philippians themselves may
bring about that end of the war which
the finest diplomatic minds in Eu-
rope have failed to accomplish. At
least, right now the Philippians ap-
pear to have the upper hand in the
war; time and again reports of ETH
opian victories are heard, and on the
last day of the old year it was said
that in the north the Italians have
retreated from several important po-
sitions.
One cannot yet believe stories of
either Ethiopian or Italian victories,
but it is pretty widely prevalent
opinion that just now the Ethiopians
have the best of the argument; it
finds support in the undeniable fact
that for more than two months the
Italian army has made no progress;
it remains at just about the points
reached during the offensive of Oc-
tober. @ >
Diplomatic Breach.
Something like a world sensation
was caused the other day by the an
nouncement that the government of
Uruguay had severed diplomatic re-
lations with Soviet Russia on the al
legged ground that the Russian lega-
ton in Montevideo had been used for
the systematic fostering of South
America revolutionary movements.
Uruguay is the only South Amer
lean republic to ever recognize the
Soviet regime, and that fact accounts
for the sensation which the announce
ment aroused.
Russia instantly denied, the allega-
tion and made known her desire to
submit the matter to the League of
Nations with a request to Uruguay
that she produce the proofs of the
alleged violations of international
ethics
1t is limited in some of the dis
patches concerning this matter that
fascist in Uruguay, Brazil and other
neighbOring countries are behind the
move to Dust the Russian minister,
and that the severance of diplomatic
relations is merely one more link in
a world-encircling chain designed to
combat the policy exemplified by the
Soviets.
On Sea and In Air.
Next Monday the moribound naval
conference in London will reassemble,
and delegates from America, Great
Britain. France, Italy anG, Japan will
once more try to reach agreement
about the extension of existing trea-
ties governing the relative strength
of their navies. Ostensibly. treaties
of this type have for their goal the
reduction of naval tonnage; in real
ity, they have resulted in bigger
fleets. There is no reason to hope
that the present conference will
travel a different course, for most
of the powers, including those which
are taking part in the London con-
ference, have announced naval ex-
pansion on vast scale.
Also Italy is getting her navy ready
for actfon-some sort of action-and
Russia finds it timely to announce
that she has quadrupled her sub
marine and destroyer fleet since 1881.
while Japan is facing naval and
a military budget exceeding all those
of the past.
From Germany word comes that an
air fleet of magnificent dimensions
has been built up. 1t is true that the
Versailles peace treaty forbids Ger
many to have any military airplanes;
it is also true that the treaty, prac-
tically speaking, has been discarded,
first by the entente powers which
took no steps toward carrying out
their treaty pledge of limiting arma-
ments, and then by Germany which,
with complete impunity, during 1895
succeeded in shaking off the shackles
by organizing an army of 100000 men
and by laying the keels of navy to
correspond in size to about 35 per cent
of the British. Now, Germany COM
pletes her trip back to her coveted
Place in the Sun by announcing that
she has an air fleet which means
business.
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