The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-02

greeted Admiral Horthy. But Adolf
Hitler had more than benign friend
ship in mind.
Hungary lies directly in the path
of Germany's ''drive to the east"
in which she would swallow Czecho-
slovakia, Rurnania and Jugo-Slavia,
thereby unifying all central Europe.
As Nicholas Horthy closeted himself
with Hitler, rumors of proposals be-
gan flying. Rurnors: (D Joint pro-
posal by Italy and Germany to in
corporate Hungary in the Rome
Berlin axis; (2) proposal that Hun
gary leave the League of Nations,
declaring the Trianon treaty of 1920
void; (3) offer by Italy and Ger
many for extended Hungarian mi
nority rights in Czechoslovakia, Ru-
mania, Jugo-Slavia; az German
Hungarian economic unity.
What made Regent Horthy feel
like a sought-after maiden was an
other offer, this one from foreign
ministers of Czechoslovakia, Jugo-
Slavia and Rumania, whose Little
Entente met at Bled, Jugo-Slavia.
Their offers included a nonaggres-
sion pact and military equality.
War
In Paris, Premier Edouard Dalai
der jolted France from it's vacation
s1uggishness to demand abolition of
the 40-hour week Gin the interests
of military and economic Defense"
In Germany, Adolf Hitler's giant
war maneuvers entered their second
week. In both Rome and London,
eyes focused. from distant China to
nearby Spain, theaters of 1885 two
wars. The war picture:
o Having set Britain's Neville
Chamberlain back on his ear by re-
fusing a proposal for evacuating for
eign soldiers, Insurgent Generals
sino Francisco Franco opened his
drive to end Spain's civil war before
a third winter sets in. Aimed at
loyalist Barcelona were crack Nav
arese and Italian troops, while over
head rebel planes rained death.
Along the Ebro river front, 5000
government militiamen were cap
tured. But biggest news of the Span
ish war came not from Spain, but
from Switzerland. Z
At Zurich, Premier Juan Negrin
arrived for conferences with the
duke of Alba, Franco envoy. After
three days of hide-and-seek in which
neither Negrin nor Alba could be
found, observers wondered whether
Spain's two enissaries were hid
ing from each other or had agreed
on terms.
D While China's Chang Kai-Shek
led his troops in defense of Hankow
last week, Former Premier Wang
Ching-Wei threatened to supplant
him as leader of what little govern
ment now remains in that battle
pocked country. Tired Of war, ia
pan modified 100000 men and
looked to Italy for help.
Britain has already refused negoti-
ations with Japan unless her rights
in China are safeguarded. But after
two months of secret mediation, It.
ally came out in the open with plan
to establish Wang Ching Wei as head
of revised Chinese central govern
rnent.. That Germany belonged in
this picture was apparent; one of
Wang's chief aims would be adher-
encssto the Gernan-J p-Italian pact
against communism. ,.lsg q" Y
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Labor ,4qia
president William Green of the
American Federation of Labor had
two reasons to be happy last week.
Smallest reason was that Franklin
Roosevelt agreed the Wagner labor
act must be amended. Biggest rea-
son was that John Lewis Commit
tee for industrial Organization was
embroiled in several family quar-
rels. az, &
Several weeks ago, Homer Mar
tin, president of C. I. O.'s United