Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-10-20

of smaller territory than was asked
for. You see, Hitler doesn't want to
let other nations get too much. There
may come a day when he will want
some of it himself, and that might
cause an undesirable conflict with
Hungary.
Colonies.
Repeatedly Hitler has declared
that when he had achieved certain
goals, he would demand no further
territorial expansion in Europe. That
remains to be seen. Just now, he
appears satisfied. But not so when
he thinks about the colonies which
Germany lost as result of the world
war. It is clear now that to regain
them is his next objective. Linked
to that ambition is the desire to I'M
dermine British foreign trade by
penetrating into territories where
Germany may find large markets, and
that movement is now in progress
so far, with serious losses to British
trade.
1t is expected that formal demand
for the return of the colonies will
soon be made, but for a while yet
that issue may be used as good and
effective bargaining point, so there
is no immediate hurry about it. Hit
Ter rarely moves until the ground
has been thoroughly prepared, and
until all fear of failure has been COM
pletely eliminated.
Palestine.
One result of the abject humilia-
ton which Great Britain suffered at
Hitler's hand recently is loss of Brit
ish prestige. Even in far-off Pal
estine that loss makes itself felt, for
London diplomats and generals to
date have been powerless to stop the
warfare going on between Jews and
Arabs. AS matter of fact, it is
getting worse and worse, and that ex-
plains the reported possibility that
Great Britain may either give up its
mandatory power in Palestine or stop
all Jewish immigration to that coun-
try. This is exactly what the Arabs
want; they want no more Jews, and,
! if rumors are true, the British gov
eminent is about to capitulate, and to
agree that the Jewish influx must
cease.
No Mediation.
During the greater crisis developing
in central Europe sight was almost
| lost of the Spanish civil war. AS a
matter of fact, no important military
engagements have taken place for
months, the entire situation having re-
duced itself to a stalemate. There
is said to be an agreement to the
effect that Italian soldiers are soon to
be Withdrawn from the Spanish rebel
armies, but it seems that the plan has
not yet been carried out; however,
there is still possibility that all for
eign volunteers will leave Spain in
a comparatively near future, and with
that in mind several foreign govern
ments have proposed mediation.
In reply, Julian Negrin, premier
of the legitimist government at Bar
celona, has said that mediation is not
wanted; General Francisco Franco
from his headquarters at Burgos sends
word that it would be ridiculous to
accept offers of mediation ''as long
as victory is just around the corner
AS matter of sober fact, that vic
tory still is far off.
New Tactics.
Japan's war against China also has
been devoid of sensational develop
ments for some time. However, it
has become evident that it will take
long time for the japanese to con-
quer the territory around Hankow,
China's provincial capital, so they
have begun to use new tactics. A
few days ago japanese armies invaded
southern China, evidently for the
purpose of capturing Canton and thus
cut off the rest of China from that
very important seaport through which