Evening star., 1938-10-09
Bv Constantine Br0tyn.

shares" there will be another army of un-
employed likely to cause internal troubles
This menace must be avoided at any price,
and the four men who met in Munich were
unanimous in their agreement that "it shall
not happen" Germany and Italy are re-
avoid q recurrence of unemployment on a
large scale by adopting plans similar to our
P. W. A. In Germany there is the four
year plan of Hermann Goering; in Italy
lavish program for slum clearance, land
reclamation, etc. But these projects are
not sufficient to provide with constructive
and remunerative work the millions who
will be let out of the armies and the arms
manufacturing establishments. Natural and
more productive economic channels, based
on international trade, must be opened up.
For this purpose a general economic con-
ference in which political issues will play no
role, as they did at the London conference
Of 1888, will have to be summoned to work
on parallel lines with the limitation of
arms conference.
Must Calm Political Jitters.
But, it is pointed out from Berlin and
Rome, the new resettlement conference
cannot be allowed to become the tragic
fasco Of 1888. Every political difficulty
which still exists among the European
powers must first be eliminated. It is this
necessity which prevents the European
statesmen from calling q general confer
ence during the remaining months Of this
year.
At Munich such a general parley was
discussed in principle. But it was agreed
that two factors must first be removed from
the European scene: l, Germany's demand
for colonies; 2, the civil war in Spain and
German and italian Intervention. Both
have received preliminary satisfactory
solution.
Hitler has agreed that he would not ask
Great Britain and France to part with any
Of their colonial possessions. But Chamber
lain has accepted the principle that man
dated colonies taken from Germany should
be returned. These include Tanganyika,
Southwest Africa, formerly known as Ger
man Southwest Africa; Togo and CAMERON.
These territories are now under British,
South African or French mandates. Dala-
dier readily agreed to give up the French
mandate over CAMERON and Togo, and
Chamberlain is reported to have promised
to do his best to obtain the consent Of his
cabinet and Parliament to the transfer to
the Reich of British mandates
There will be, Of course, inevitable opposi-
ton from some British statesmen to such
surrender" The resignation last Satur-
day Of Alfred Dun Cooper, first lord OF the
admiralty, as well as the hot debates In the
House Of Commons, is an indication that
there still are diehards in the British cab
met. But the present popularity OF Cham
berlain with the masses whom he has saved
from bloody war is certain to enable the
British Premier to put into effect this
further step Of his general appeasement
program. Chamberlain is one Of the few
elder statesmen in Great Britain who has
never shared the general belief that Ger
many should be deprived Of her colonies as
. punishment for the last war. His views on
this subject which so far he has never ex-
pressed publicly, have been attacked rs
being the views Of the City. But there Is
little likelihood that he will muff this op-
portunity to repair another blunder of his
predecessors.
Regarding the situation in Spain, it is
reliably reported that the four powers
shortly will submit a solution to both war
ring factions, which is likely to be accept
able to the Spanish people. This solution is
to be the proclamation Of some prince as
the King Of United Spain. Franco is re-
ported to be willing to accept this proposal
he is not in . position to refuse since
Mussolini has decided to withdraw his
Blackshirts. The hopes Of the Loyalist