Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-26
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Italian troops, and that the genera
stats Of the Locarno powers consul
one another in regard to the question
of averting armed clashes while tn
world is waiting for The Hague t.
speak. If Germany would accept al
this: the LocarnO powers, in turn
would be willing to discuss the Hit
Ter Seven Points, and thus pave thu
way for a world conference which i:
to consider the further problem o
general peace. When this is being
written, Herr Hitler has not given an!
official reply, but unofficially he ha:
said at meetings in Hamburg an(
Breslau that his troops are in the
Rhineland to stay, and that he is no
willing to admit that other power:
have anything to say in regard tt
what is-as for instance the Rhine
neutrality-suspicious. German soil. He
will not yield, he declares. If thai
attitude is maintained, the LOcarn(
powers will have to find some othel
way out, and in the meantime the
German troops remain in the Rhine
land.
Meeting I'm Rome.
While angry sentiments have beer
expressed in calmly concocted notes
exchanged between London, Paris ant
Berlin in regard to the Rhineland
Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy
has been busy in Rome. This weel
he is continuing a conference which
he started last Saturday with kur
Schusschnigg, chancellor of Austria
and Julius Goemboes, prime minister
of Hungary. The uppermost politica
problem at hand was that of AUSTRIA
independence, and the expected as
surances were given that Italy AM
Hungary would not permit any othe
power Germany is the only on
thought of in this cOnnection) t.
undermine that; then there are al
kinds of economic and commercial
questions arising from the fact tina
Austria and Hungary have been do
ing a rushing business with Ital.
since they refused to vote for League
of Nations sanctions against Musso
| liniS government.
Peace Possibilities.
Italy's war against Ethiopia ha
been almost completely obscured b!
the happenings incident to the Rhine
land situation, but it still goes on
evidently with changing auckland i
still remains a most stubborn prob
lem for the League diplomats to solve
This week it has been decided tina
Joseph Avenol, secretary-general o
the League, sound out both the Italian
and the Ethiopian governments OF
the question of arranging an arms
tice while peace negotiations are il
progress. Ethiopia is willing to discuss
peace possibilities but not in direc
negotiations with Italy-only through
the League. Italy is willing, lin prin
ciple", to talk peace, but it is expec
ted that Mussolini will make demand:
so exorbitant that there will be nj
dictatorial government and the prin
ciple of fascism, Mussolini has de-
creed that soon the Italian parlia
ment will be permanently dissolved
in it's stead a socalled cooperative as
sembly will be set up, consisting o.
representatives of % corporation:
which form the country's industrial
agricultural and economic machin
cry. Such a body will have no legis
lative authority-its function will be
restricted to that of an advisory
group. And Mussolini will continue
to do as he pleases.
Naval Agreement.
In London the more or less forgot
ten naval conference in progress be-
tween Great Britain, the United
States, France and Italy has brought
forth an agreement, not, however
signed by Italy-only by the three
others. 1t stipulates that no battle
ship must exceed $4,000 tons, M
cruiser 10000 tons, and that there
must be consultation among the sig
natory powers in case of threatening
war; also that in case of such wal
the agreement becomes invalid TIL.
results are pitifully meager when ont
remembers that the principal objec
of the conference was to reach al
| agreement about the limitation ant
reduction of naval ornaments. TIL.
maximum tonnage of battleships an,
cruisers is nothing new-and there
| is not in the whole document ont
single syllable that even whisper!
anything about the real object of the
conference, namely, naval disarma
ment. What has happened since thai
subject was discussed at London il
1880 is the very obvious event of in
creasing ornaments all around. II
may, for the sake of completeness, bt
added that it has taken the Londor
conference almost four months tt
agree that the way to reduce navies
&c fa inorooco fhapo1