The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-10

That is Hitler's reply to Il
at Geneva, the economic ST.
Italy, Japan, and other "havt
plain.
Today, therefore, as befC
relying on ornaments to win
defend what they have. Real
lists no longer believe the
League of Nations can keep
the peace of the world, how
ever useful it may be, and is,
in other fields.
France has taken up, more fever
ishly than ever, where the assas-
sinated Foreign Minister Louis
Barthou left off in 1884, in
her efforts to criss-cross Europe
with pacts to keep the peace and
pacts of mutual aid in the event OF
unprOVOKeo aggression.
Britain Hard at Work
But the most astonishing result
of Europe's fear of a new World
War is the startling transforms
ton of Great Britain.
Scared as she has been at nc
time since the Armistice, Britain
plans to spend every cent she can
raise in the next two or three years
on national defense. The total
outlay will depend upon how big
a sum she can raise for the pur-
pose. The figures likely will come
to light this month.
For the first time in Is years she
is playing the game with France as
France would have her play it
Hitherto she has scoffed at French
fears Of just such situation as has
arisen now on the continent. Her
attitude has been one of wait and
see" If and when danger should
arise she would consider the matter
on its merits. Meanwhile she paid
only casual attention to her army
navy and air force.
Russia Plays Big Role
Now all is changed. Not only
is she anXiously looking to her ar
maments, but no country in Europe
is more active automatically If
war breaks out, she wants all the
allies she can scrape together. And
the time to begin scraping, she OBJ
viously believes, is now.
Soviet Russia, bette noir of Brit
ish Tories for nearly two decades,
today plays an important role in
Britain's scheme of things. For
eign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff
scored major triumph for his
country while in England for King
Georges funeral.
British Foreign Minister Anthony
Eden is said to be Russian, at
least comparatively speaking. An
important diplomat told me that
Capt. Eden has committed Britain
to cooperation of a far-reaching
order with the Soviet Union. Thor
oughly alarmed at last, not only over
what may soon happen in Europe,
but what is already happening in
the Far East, Britain may find Rus
STA a very useful card to play
against Japan as we'll as Germany.
Graceful "Out" Sought
The bugaboo of war with Italy
is being allowed to wane in Britain
1t was always artificial in Britain
and it never amounted to much in
France. Here no responsible
statesman ever took very seriously
the idea of an unprovoked Italian
challenge of the British lion. What
France very much feared, however,
was some incident or accident
which might start the guns blazing.
What both Paris and London
now very much desire is a graceful
way out of the Italo- Ethiopian i'm
broglio. Both wish to concentrate
on the vastly bigger danger per-
Sonified by Reichsfuehrer Hitler
and his growing war machine
They accept literally Goebbers
warming that Germany will rely
upon guns" to do her talking from
now on.
Can European the world-head
off the only too clearly threatened
war? Since my arrival in Europe
1 have asked many diplomats this
q = -
when they answer Some frankly
do not believe it can. Those who
at first blush seem to say Eyes"
invariably add an IF" which really
means TO"
All Add an "If'
Sir Samuel Hoare says yes-"if"
the causes of war are removed:
that is to say, eff the disgruntled
nations can get what they want
without fighting.
British Labor Leader Landsbury
says yeS-''if" all nations are given
free access to raw materials, lands
for colonization and unfettered
markets.
EX-Premier Lloyd George, of Eng
land, thinks it possible-"if' the
question of mandateS-in other
words, colonies or room to expand
are reconsidered for the benefit
OF Germany, Italy, Japan and the
other have notS."
In effect, their composite answer
would be something like this!
Yes, Europe and the world could
head of war if we could bring our
selves to pay the price.
Chances Seen Remote
I'VE could head off war-if' the
colonial powers could reach that
degree of selflessneSS where they
would voluntarily turn over to other
peoples such territory as they no
longer need or can profltably use.
We could do tiff world from
tiers became like the boundary lines
belWeen the American states. s;f