Askov American., 1938-02-24

population is said to be German. To
Austria he made merely passing ref
erence, saying that a satisfactory
arrangement" had been made with the
Vienna government.
He took pains to point out that his
sole objection to Great Britain was
that it had not done anything to
satisfy his colonial ambitions, but
he added that both the British and
the French newspapers had engaged
in a systematic campaign of lies
against Germany, and he wanted that
stopped!
Hitler, finally, expressed the wish
that the friendship between Germany
and Italy be intensified.
Anti Climax.
The Hitler speech was the climax
of drama of international politics,
in progress for some time, and it had,
as all true dramas must have, it's
anti-climaX.
That was the London announce
ment that after a series of extra
ordinary cabinet meetings Anthony
Eden had resigned from the post of
foreign minister of Great Britain
He felt that his chief, Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain, had been will
ing to concede too much to fascist
nations, especially Germany and Italy,
and since he could not possibly en-
dorse possible British desire to
recognize the Italian conquest of
Ethiopia or acquiesce, at this time,
in the German colonial demands, he
preferred to quit, AS these lines are
being written Mr.. Eden as we'll as
his former boss are appearing be-
fore the British house of commons
to justify their divergent attitudes,
and there are indications that a new
political set-up may be organized,
with Eden, Lloyd George and Winston
Churchill as its leaders; at this precise
moment, this is, however, merely con-
lecture. The general impression is
that British democracy is about to
yield to continental fascism, thus
making it possible for Hitler and
Mussolini to record new triumphs for
autocracy.
Widening Dictatorship.
Whether by design or accident one
cannot say-but on the very day
when German dictatorial ideals
caused a crisis in British democracy,
King Carol of Roumania announced
that he personally had gathered all
the reins of government of his coun-
try in his hands; for the time being,
Roumania is to be ruled by the army,
headed by the king. Whether this
points the way toward a closer ap-
proach to Germany and Italy, re-
mains to be seen.
The Two Wars.
European and Asiatic war develop
ments during the last few days were
all but obliterated by the news from
Berlin and London. But the civil war
in Spain and the japanese war of
aggression against China are still
proceeding.
Rebel General Francisco Franco in
Spain reports glorious victory"
at the city of Teruel, the object of
so much terrific fighting during the
last couple of months; the city is
now once more said to be in Frances
hands.
Bulletins from China agree that
Chinese resistance to the japanese is
stiffening, and that the invader finds
it difficult to advance appreciably.
Much fighting still goes on along the
important Lunghai railroad line, but
it does seem that the japanese are
making very little headway against
the Chinese guerrilla warfare.
One new note in the Far East con-
flict is the fact that-for the first
time-actual opposition to increased
war appropriations and to continued
mobilization of manpower and in
dustry has broken out in the Japan
ese parliament. That such opposition
in the end will be successful cannot
yet be said. It may be-but it is
not very likely that it will.