The Kusko times., 1937-07-02
TIMELY EDITORIALS Culled From Our Exchanges
DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP
(New York Times)

(New York Tmes)
 The fact that N. Leon Bum able last week to round out full year Premier of France-despite the prediction freely made when he took office that France headed for a dictatorship-is doubt largely the consequence of NJ. Blun's qualities good tae- tcian man of principle and timely advocate If cal reform But this in itself is not enough to er'an why the prophecies of dictatorship in France have gone astray years buffetng has shown that demae racy in France all its periodic crises much
 foundation than the prophets of it's downfall were prepared to believe year ago.
 To this day dictatorship failed to convert to it's single nation experienced n the ways of democratic government Where has scored it's victor es In Russia which lived for centuries under political absolutism and has returned it. after brief in- terlude lacking any of measuring the loss of something it really had. In Italy, which had fifty years of national unity before the but comparative Y little in achieving stable parliamentary sys- tenn. In Germany where democracy before the always something of conceang the authority of positions of real power, and where democracy, after the makeshft device ordained to failure by the adverses which vanquished nation It is great triumph for dictatorship have established it. self in these three nations. It is real triumph when dictatorship gains the upper hand in South Amer can State which has had little training in the ways of democratic government. But it would be very great triumph for dictatorship the people of nation which has really known the meaning of democracy deliberately scrap that system favor of dictatorship rhs has not happened in any one of the nations in which the ways of democracy have been put the test of experience: in France Belgium. in Switzerland Holland, in Britain any of her great dominions, in country, any of the Scandinavian nations.
 What do these countries see, in the present exper- fence of nations living under dictatorship which could lead them to believe that they have something to gain by swapping systems? They have been told that by rdding themselves of the superuous of consult ing the electorate they will discover of ganizing industry for production and achieving a 7rritI- p1+uv hjz in oF personal value to the would lose his right to strike to the farmer who would become cog in the machinery of State, the business who would find himself extermnated under dictatorship of the Left. ordered about every with steadily diminishing margin of profit under dictatorship of the Right?
 On the basis of the record it has written thus far dictatorship has nothing substantial offer compen- the sacrifices involves. Soviet Russia centrating primarily the problem of converting developed country into armed camp, has it's impressive army it's large ss-producon industries and few great power plants; real wages of the skilled Russian workman reached point which enables him approximate the earnings of the unskled worker in the democratic nations Italy has accomplished many ambitious public projects under the aegis of Fascism, and conquered empire in Ethiopia, but it is still the real problem of Italy raise the standard of living of the great masses of it's people Germany has stimulated her industries by the device of nating credit out there twenty million people in Germany who need food cards obtain meat anageabel prices and tho boom in the industries has been aptly described
 process using all the of the present. pedging much the earnings of the and spending the capital inherited from the past. To this point, the idence favor switch from democracy dictator ship is impressive.