The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-09-22
TINS WEEKS SELLING DOWN THE

river Oh CZecnOSlOVakla ny European pow
e-s pledged TO ueIenu lne little country
against aggression was not surprising W a
nation when mas seen It's war and postwar
loans to THESE same powers go STALE A ma
ton, like an individual, which does not pay
It's ueDtS wnen able is not TO be trusted Ill
OLner ways.
NO one can blame country for not
wishing to plunge headlong into conflict
costing thousands il not millions In human
hives and perhaps billions IN damage TO homes
ana other property. ArblrraIlon 70 prevent
such destruction is lar preferable, out IL
Hitler can be said to nave arDlrraIed Eng
land and France into giving him Sudeten,
unen the diplomats or those nations must ue
regarded in a new light-tnat OF pltltul pok-
er players.
by their actions our allies in the last
war make scraps Oh paper OF agreements
to protect smaller naLlOnS dependent upon
them. 1t was Germanys scraps OF paper"
attitude toward treaties in 1914 thai nelp-
ed incense us to JOIN the allied cause.
1t IS easy to castigate foreign powers
for not going TO the ala OF country Amerl-
ca mas NOT considered aldlng-and with
WnOm we have no treaties promising prOtec-
tlon-but the probable anect upon future
world analrs Is more important. Apparent
ly 1t is inevitable that more and more Will
be demanded by the poWer-mad dlctators.
having gained IN power with each new con-
quest and with the confidence that each
''out-bluttlng" gives the blutter, they ma
turaly will proceed into broader nelds. 1t IS
natural too that having seen fellow small
nation deserted in her nOur OF need by dem
Ocratlc allies, the smaller Try OF Europe will
cater more and more to the fascist and nazl
poWers-Weakenlng still turuner the cause
OF democracy.
We who look upon European affairs
from afar do not relish such happenings and
are more thankful than ever tor the ocean
which lies between US. We recognize 100
that the increasing power of the dictators
is a threat to our future, particularly as they
curry favor in South America and as Japan
aspires to greater power. BE prepared"
taxes on more serious meaning in the face
OF world affairs as they stand today.
- a. -
= DISCOMFORTING ON FIRST thought
but heartening on second is the revelation
this week by Washington columnist that
America is preparing not only with battle
ships, planes and guns but has a wartime
scheme of government prepared in "house
tile' form, ready to be introduced and pass
ed by congress and signed by whoever may
then be president should the United States
become nVOlV6Q Ill announcer war.
Certainly the last war taught us much
in the matter of preparedness The long
delay in putting draft system into affect
the wild ordering of war materials which
made many war millionaireS, skyhigh prices,
boarding, labor troubles, the difficulties OF
financing operations-to mention only few
of the handicaps in the effort to deal quick
and deciding blow.
The time to make plans for any event.
uality is before, when plans may be weigh
ed and studied, schemes compiled and
amended as situations change. A "war
policy" is not out of place, even in time of
peace.
BRIGHTEST PROSPECT FOR PEACE
in Europe is that so much time is spent talk
ing about war. Back in the grades when
we had our kid feuds, if time out was taken
to talk about when and where the fight
would be held, it was almost certainty that
both parties were bit scared and the dread
full battle never materialized. When temp
ers were really set for a fight, time and
place were immaterial and no one hesitated
long enough to talk or get scared. When
war breaks out in Europe, as it will some
day-its impending danger won't be head
lined in the papers for weeks beforehand.
EVERYONE is SYMPATHETIC WITH
the cause of labor. Yet when labor seeks
too much through the demands of it's organ
izations, the backs of consumers Immediate
ly rise. That is what has happened in num-
berless instances in the past few years.
Grand Rapids Herald-Review.
SOME TIME AGO THE FEDERAL
government was paid one dollar by the city
of New York for an old post office building.
We can't help wondering just what the fed
eral government can do with dollar-Min-
neota Mascot.
THE INDIAN POPULATION OF THE
country has risen to $4,000 as against
only 100000 at the beginning of this cen
fury. Maybe some day there will be enough
of them to take the country back and run
it right.-Carlton Vidette.
THESE $50 EVERY THURSDAY