Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-07-13

garia whose prime minister was the
honored guest of Hitler for three
days. To Germany it is matter of
supreme Importance to form a "bloc"
in southeastern Europe, consisting of
Bulgaria, Hungary and Jugoslavia.
And-it may be (some accounts indi-
cate it) that Bulgaria will consider a
proposal to join the Berlin Rome
axis: but-for price. Germany, it
is understood, must promise to do
what it can to recover for Bulgaria
most of the territories lost to Rou-
mania, Jugoslavia and Greece dur
ing the world war when Bulgaria was
German ally, and Hitler also must
undertake to give Bulgarian trade a
direct outlet to the sea.
These seem to be the terms which
Bulgaria has placed before the Ger
man government.
If they are accepted, and if Ciano
is successful in his talks with Franco,
then Germany and Italy suddenly will
have increased their power to point
where the democratic" front will
need all the strength it can possibly
command. And that prospect ex-
plains the anxiety of the British to
get through with those treaty con-
ferences in Moscow
Danzig Problem.
In sober truth, there is not visible
on the European horizon any source
of immediate danger, but-there is a
lot of hot newspaper talk and gov
eminent propaganda. Of course, there
is the problem of Danzig-a German
city which was torn from Germany
by the Versailles peace, handed over
to the League of Nations and by that
group placed under the guardianship
of Poland for the admitted purpose of
giving that country a-then-needed
direct access to the sea-
Poland, somewhat arrogantly claim
ing ownership of Danzig, has repeat
eddy declared that any attempt of
Germany to recapture Danzig would
be met by force of arms. Great Brit
ain and France have jibed in, speci-
flying, however, that they would rush
to Poland's aid only in case Hitler
tried to take Danzig by force.
Now, during the last few days,
Poland has strengthened its attitude
by declaring that whether Danzig is
taken forcibly or peaceably, it will
be considered reason for war. Pol
ish ambassadors in London and Paris
have been energetically trying to i'm
press this on the British and French
governments so as to make them
promise to fetch their guns for Po-
lands defense without regard to the
manner in which Hitler chose to
annex Danzig.
Chamberlain Statement.
With apparent reluctance Cham
berlain early this week stated in the
House of Commons that if Danzig
were taken in any manner, Great
Britain-and, it is understood, France,
alSo-Would consider it a cause for
war, provided, however, that Poland
still looked at it from such a view
point. At the same time whispers are
heard through all diplomatic corri-
doris of Europe that Chamberlain is
trying to talk Poland into making
some kind of peaceful arrangement
with Germany, and in Berlin it has
become known that there is no i'm
mediate hurry about the matter.
It must be considered extremely
unlikely that Great Britain and
France will plunge Europe into an
other major war for the sake of pre-
venting a German city-even Cham
berlain admits that it is German
from returning to the country to
which it actually belongs. Unless
complications not. yet imagined arise,
there should not be ground for the
fear that Danzig will cause war.