Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-08-05
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
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TO SO-ln TACT, 6rltlSn fOrelSn Mln-
lister Anthony Eden said in the House
of Commons the other day that his
government "is not at this time ready
to initiate settlement of the Sino-
Japanese trouble" So that, in the
final analysis, China, despite guar
antees, will be left to fight her own
battles even though a foreign foe,
defying international agreements, has
invaded her territory.
To make the situation even more
ludicrous, the three aforementioned
powers have addressed their warning
and hope also to Climate China
which simply is trying to beat off
an enemy on Chinese soil!
Divergent Views.
Since about year ago when Adolf
Hitler and some of his advisers in
speeches at the National Socialist con-
gress at Nuremberg attacked Soviet
Russia, there has been anything but
friendly feeling existent between
Berlin and Moscow. Lately, one has
been able to detect, however, a be-
SlIullllS IL Oul lilC illulOctl
approaches suffered a setback a few
days ago when the international COM
mittee on non-intervention in the
Spanish civil war held a new meeting
in London.
On this occasion, Joachim Won Rib
bentrop, Germany's ambassador in
London, declared that the origina-
tor of the Spanish war was Soviet
Russia; Ivan Maisky, Soviet ambas-
sador, retorted bitterly that Herr Won
Ribbentrop had better place the re-
sponsibility where it belonged, and
that those who really were respon-
sible were Germany and Italy.
1t may be recalled that when the
civil war began in July of last year,
it was the fascist group-at Ceuta,
Morocco-that took the first step.
Five months earlier a government
had been formed as the result of a
liberal and radical victory at the
polls; the government was definitely
personification of the wishes of the
majority of the Spanish people, so
the statement by Won Ribbentrop APP
pears a bit far-fetched
And the War Goes On.
No further agreement has been ar
rived at by the states represented in
the committee on non-intervention,
and the British insistence that all
foreign volunteers be removed from
Spain before any arrangement be
made has proved a stumbling block,
for Germany and Italy insist that
agreement must precede removal of
volunteers At this point the negoti-
ators went into deadlock, for Meth
In the meantime, the war goes on.
A short time ago the rebels sue
ceeded in retaining the control of
Brunette, an important strategic town
about 16 miles from Madrid. For
few days it had looked as though the
government troops would be able to
hold Brunette, but that hope came
to naught. On the other hand, there
is as yet no evidence that the cap
ture of Madrid is imminent.
After a few weeks of relative calm
in northern Spain, the rebels last
week bombarded the city of San
lander; that was the city that was to
be taken ''in a jiffy' as soon as Gen.
eral Francisco Francois insurgent
troops had taken Bilbao. They took
it quite a while ago, but Santander
is not yet in their possession.
Naval Treaty.
About fifteen years ago certain of
the great powers sent delegates to
Washington to discuss the problem
tof naval disarmament-or rather,
naval limitation and reduction. A
treaty resulted, and it meant, from
a practical viewpoint, very little. The
realization of its paucity led the Brit
ish to suggest that another meeting
take place, and that in due time
became the international naval con-
ference in London, 1880. Here an
other treaty was drawn up and signed,
and that meant, from a practical
viewpoint, almost as little as did the
Washington treaty of 1922. Difficult
ties were encountered when Japan
demanded that her navy be as large
as those of the United States and
Great Britain, and when, furthermore,
Japan insisted that there should be
an all-around reduction of all great
power navies This demand went I'M
needed, and Japan signed the agree
ment. France and Italy did not, for
they could not agree on the respective
size of their navies
Then last year another conference
was held, again in London. Japan
withdrew completely when it was
seen that as little attention would be
paid to her renewed claims as in
1880. Remaining, then, were the