The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

BY LEMOEk r. rANlON
NEW YORK. Georges Bonnet,
~ Frances new foreign minister,
has been vigorous advocate of
h-French-American alliance.
He is regarded as
French May more in accord
Join Four with the Chamber
Po,uer Pact lain policies than
his predecessors.
With the downfall of the Left gov
eminent, the conclusion of an Anglo
Italian agreement and the appoint
ment of M. Bonnet, interpreters OF
European politics see an advance
toward a four-power pact, possibly
five-power, with Poland in, and the
further isolation and immobiliza-
ton of Russia.
The abandonment Of the
French-Soviet treaty is expected
to be an immediate issue in what
Is regarded as sharply clari-
flying outline of dominant cOnser-
vative policy in France and
England. N
M. Bonnet, shrewd, suave, dressy,
is a somewhat rakish figure, with
his hat usually on the back of his
head, but parsonage of power and
dignity in the political forum. He
is of the younger school of French
politics, and, in that connection, one
of the best Jai Alai players in
France.
At his country place at st.
Georges de Didonne, he spends
much time making
M. Bonnet incredible kanga-
Cuts DidOs roo leaps, playing
ON Estate pelota basque, as
they call it there.
But, in craftsmanship, he is no rub
ber-heeled bounding basque. He
is rather a wary and adroit fencer.
When he was appointed ambas-
sador to the United States in Janu-
airy, 1887, he brought with him a
years supply of truffles and pate
de foies gras. He had to take
most of it back, however, as, in
July, he was recalled to save the
franc in the Chautemps cabinet.
He was supposed to have
saved it, but, as usual, it didn't
stay saved, and, in the turn Of
the Ferris wheel, which is
French politics, he was down.
under and up again.
He is an economist, but also
philosopher and author, in the cham
Der of deputies. from southwest
France at the age of thirty-six and
a former minister of budget, PEN
sions and finance. He budgets
few wisps Of hair carefully across
his bald pate and surveys the world
warily through gold-rimmed spec
tacles. IA.
TAPAN'S strongly authoritarian
- government, with its feudal car
ry-over,l has never fitted exactly into
any of the molds of ultra-modern
absolutisn. The
Spotlight w." intensifying issue
NotU on Jap .. of fascisn which
Strong Man may force out the
aa u e !l present govern
ment spotlights several likely-look-
ing ''strong men" as possible sue
cessors to Premier Konoye.
The only one with apparently
clearly formulated ideas, and a flu
ent lire Of totalitarian talk is War
Minister General Hajini Sugiyama.
After several years Of Euro
pean postgraduate studies in d. 4
rect action, he returned to talk
of national renovation, I" "de-
cadent parliamentarianism,"
"unity and discipline" and the
like. More than any other lead
er, he employs the standard
Technology Of fascism-if that
means anything ss .EsQ- -sl
OnaMay q, 1887, he gave the diet
quite a lacing and said that itwould
Sugiyansa 9 r 3s We V viii Hsa dissolve Ue
Tells Diet it." Since he was
70 Rehape4 thenAa member of
the ruling military
triunvirate,r this was no casual iedi-
torial "we." 81
While he is fifty-eight years old,
he hits big-time politics with
strong momentum, not contender
for high place until 1896, and hence
not track-sore, like some of his RI
walls. He did not become a general
until 1896, after the army revolt
early IN that year. He had been
Westminster of war and head of
the military air force. I'll
His heavily undressing face, rest
ing, reckless, on a heavy torso, is
symmetrical, with one eyebrow al
ways cooked, one side watchful and
the set of Benda mask of a dicta-
tor. He is Of the army caste, gradu-
ated from the national military col
lege. He represented Japan at the
1925 disarmament conference at
Geneva, remaining in Europe for
several years thereafter.
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Elephant Remembers
An elephant walked along q road
near Rangpur, Bengal, a man in a
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