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INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
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Many Slain.

Reports from Hendaye in France.
supplemented by estimates coming
from Geneva, Switzerland. place the
number of dead at $4,000, but this is
thought to be too Enthusiastically high.
The fact of the matter is that at the
present moment it is impossible to
form any idea as to the loss of human
lives but it is very probable that hun
dreds are involved.
In the capital city of Madrid the
government officially reports that the
rebellion has been crushed, but that
is not the case in other cities, as far
as can be learned, for the insurgents
seem to be in control of large terri
tories in northern as well as southern
Spain.
AS the situation changes from hour
to hour, it is quite impossible to pre-
dict the outcome of the fighting, but
during the first three days of the
week it increased in intensity, and re-
ports generally agreed that. with the
exception of Madrid, most of the cities
affected had temporarily yielded to
the revolutionists.
European Problems.
| Much discussion has been taking
place concerning the date, the place
and the necessity of meeting of the
socalled Locarno powers, that is,
Great Britain, France, Germany, Bel
GUM and Italy. France has felt that
the Locarno treaties of 1926 were vir-
tually nullified by the German occu-
patton of the demilitarized Rhineland
last March, and concluded that it
would be desirable to have a con-
ference. So Brussels was decided upon
for that meeting, and date was fixed.
Difficulties then arose, for Germany
was not invited to attend, and Italy
wouldn't; Furthermore, the date did
not suit all the parties, and Great
Britain preferred to have the confer
ence held in London.
Some sort of agreement appears to
have been reached now, but one must
hastily point out that there is nothing
definite about it. According to the
plans announced during the first two
days of this week Great Britain,
France and Belgium are to hold what
they consider preliminary confer
ence which-probably- begin to-
day Thursday. Then little while
later, the five-power conference will
take place, provided that France con-
sents to inviting Germany, and that
Italy reconsiders her present refusal
| to &c, OF cd
the cynics among observers Of world
events agree that it does not matter
much whether the conference be held
or not, for experience has shown that
agreements arrived at as the result
of such discussions are respected only
until the moment when some one of
the signatory powers finds it to its
advantage to ignore them.
Ones pessimism in regard to the
ultimate outcome of the probable Lo-
carno conference No. 2-whether it be
at Brussels or London-is deepened by
reason of the fact that Adolf Hitler
realizes that back of such a confer
ence is the unyielding French desire
to throw wet blanket on Germany's
ambitions, and, further, because all
the world knows by this time that
Hitler never will accept anything that
menaces his country's position as
great power.
The immediate object of the so
called preliminary conference is to
show Germany that Great Britain,
France and Belgium are united in
their views upon German policy-and
back of that object, one needs not
doubt, is French insistence, which has
become even more unflinching than
before since the Austro- German agree
ment, referred to last week, was con-
summated; for in that, France sees a
step taken in the direction of the