Evening star., 1938-11-29
nazis Held Pushing
Campaign Against
Demotraties
HitIer's Anger Rises as
Tide Of Public Opinion
Grows in Britoin
BY SIR ARTHUR WILLERT.

0roWS IN britoH1
ID BY SIR ARTHUR WILLERT.
LONDON, Nov. 20 (N.A.N.A., by
Wtreless) Prime Minister Cham
berlain's plan to visit Rome next
January is merely the latest indi-
cation Of the persistence of his be-
lief that appeasement by negotiation
with the dictators is still possible.
Nothing new has happened to
prompt 1t.
Anglo-Italian relations have not
improved since the Anglo-Italian
agreement was put into force. No
more italian fighters have been
withdrawn from Spain. Italian and
German airmen and artillerymen
and other experts are as numerous
there as ever. Gen. Franco still is
refusing to evacuate the foreigners
on his side until he is given bellig-
erent rights. The dictators show no
intention Of modifying their OBJ
vious determination to control Spain
when and If Franco wins.
But, If Anglo-1talian relations
have not improved, Anglo German
relations have definitely deterio-
rated. The best information is that
the recent anti-British press out
breaks in Germany are directly due
to Chancellor Hitler's irritation with
Chamberlain. Hitler thought that
Chamberlain's attitude at Munich
meant that British policy was def
nitely on the run. Therefore he has
become progressively more annoyed
with Chamberlain as plans for the
intensification of British rearma-
ment were launched and he saw
that Chamberlain was unable to
muzzle criticism Of Germany.
Trade Pact Laid to Jews.
Then came the outburst of the
English-speaking nations against
the martyrdom of the Jews and, last
but not least. the Anglo-American
trade agreement. Hitler is report
ed to believe that the agreement
was brought about by international
Jewish finance as part of a sys-
tematic effort to range the United
States and Britain against Ger
many.
All this obviously renders negoti-
ations with Germany impossible for
the present. 1t is doubtful, indeed,
whether negotiations for an Anglo
German trade agreement, which
ought to start after Christmas as a
result of an agreement reached last
summer when Germany undertook
to honor part of the Austrian debt
to Britain, will not take place
Hence, Chamberlain is thrown
back upon Rome and the vague
understanding reached between him
and Mussolini at Munich that he
should visit II Duce.
1t is not thought by diplomats in
Paris and other capitals of Europe
that, as things stand, anything posi-
tive can come from the meeting.
More importance is attached to
rumors which, while they cannot be
absolutely confirmed, are regarded
as probably true, that Germany
Italy and Japan are concluding an
agreement which will strengthen
still further the triple alliance al
ready existing for practical purposes
among them in the shape of the
anti-comintern pact. Another thing
which impresses those whose duty
it is to guess what Germany is going
to do next is an announcement in
Nautics, the German naval annual,
that Japan now is building two bat
tleships of from 10000 to $4,000 tons
1t had been suspected for some
time past that Japan was building
on about that scale and that the
first more or less official announce
ment should have been made in Ber-
lin is considered, like the story of
the new triple alliance, to stress the
fact that the Munich agreement has
accentuated rather than weakened
the main lines of German policy, of
a continual diplomatic, economic
and strategic offensive against the
democracies.
Her offensive, indeed, obviously
continues on three fronts. In the
Far East her ally, Japan, continues
to weaken the positions of the West
ern democracies and Russia; in the
West, the offensive, which, if sue
cessful, would put Germany and
Italy in control of Spain and en-
able them to control the Mediter-
ranean against France and Britain
is, as already said, as strong as ever;
in Central and Eastern Europe, Ger
many is driving hard toward domi-
nation. Then, when the Mediter-
raean and Central European offen-
sives are successfully concluded. she
will be in strong position to de-
mand colonies or otherwise assert
herself as world power.
Poland Doubtful of Aid.
Fear of dynamic expansion and
despair Of aid from the Western
democracies lie behind the sudden
effort of Poland and Russia to i'm
prove their relations. Moscow, there
Is some reason for believing, after
discussing the possibility of coming
to terms with Germany, decided to
approach Poland. Poland was re-
ceptive because she fears Germany
may treat her as Czechoslovakia was
treated. German propaganda is ac-
tive among her Ukrainian popula-
ton and also among the Ukrainians
of Russia.
There are about 100000 Ukrai-
mans in the two countries, mainly,
of course, In Russia. Germany is
playing upon their sense of nation
alty. It is feared by Warsaw and
also, presumably, by Moscow that,
sooner or later, Germany will try
To stir them I'D as she stirred I'm