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a pledge that he would not build for
in the Rhineland; he
hasn't said that he would nor has he
promised that he wouldn't. But the
Locarno powers assembled in Geneva
had found in the Hitler speech Of Mar.
Z something that might be used as a
basis for further negotiations, name
ly, his plan for keeping the peace of
Europe intact for a period of at least
twenty-five years. That, however, re-
quires closer study, so the powers
agreed to wait until some later time.
Next Monday Hitler celebrates his
birthday anniversary, and it is under
stood that it will become the occasion
of a magnificent military display,
but it is expected, too, that Hitler
may repeat some of his earlier declar-
atoms to the effect that he is far
more deeply interested in the cause
of peace than in that of war. The
more you rattle your sabre, the more
fervent your peace declarations be-
come-and that is something that APP
plies not only to Herr Hitler.
Asiatic Troubles.
Africa and Europe have their
troubles; so has Asia where Japan
and Russia are competing for leader
ship. Again there have been reports
of armed clashes at the border OF
ManchukuO and Outer Mongolia
clashes which, in themselves, would
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a great deal of Importance when it is
recalled that back of these two socalled
states the real factors are those of ia
pan and Russia. Pessimistic observ-
ers see in the repeated border con-
flicts an almost certain indication OF
Russia and imperial Japan, and if
that develops, the odds of the experts
appear to favor Japan. Since, how
ever, Russia consistently maintains
she does not want war, and since ia
pan-thrOugh Kiko Hirota, her new
prime minister-has stated that in
Tokyo there is no desire for any war
it is quite likely that for some time
to come there will not be any real
threat of a bloody Far-Eastern con-
flict. Naturally, one never can make
definite predictions, but just at this
moment it does look as though the
pending issues may be peacefully dis
posed Of
Politics.
While the United States is expert
encing what seems to be the begin
ming of an unusually violent presiden-
tial election campaign, politics are
uppermOst in the minds of several OF
other peoples, too. In May, for in
stance, the French are to elect a new
parliament, and one question is al
most certain to come up for popular
approval or rejectiOn-that of the
Rhineland occupation. A very consid-
cradle element of the voters are
urging the government to go to even
extreme limits in it's effort to make
Germany promise that she will not
fortify the Rhineland. Also, one hears
again distant rumOrs of the question
of the payment of French wartime
debts to the United States coming up
for consideration - former Premier
Edouard HerrioI last Sunday limited
that this problem could not be killed
by silence or Indifference. Also in May
the Spanish people will elect a new
president to succeed Niceto Alcala
Zamora who, quite roughly, was ex-
PEELED from his high office a couple
of weeks ago. In Mexico, the Lazaro
Cardenas government disposed very
adroitly of one of it's most influential
opponents, former President Plutarco
Elias Gales; he was uncerimoniously
dragged from his bed into a waiting
airplane, flown to Brownsville, Texas.
and instructed to stay away from Mex
leo. Callas is considered a reaction
airy politician, from the viewpoint of
the present government, and his pre-
sence in his native country was
thought to be menace to peace and
order. They do have such cute, real
istic ways of disposing of political
enemies in certain countries, But
they wouldn't work everywhere.