Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-03-23
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
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Guarantees and promises, this time
like so often before, were eXpediently
forgotten, and Hitler once more got
what he wanted.
Hitler Fear.
Reaction soon set in. Stung to
the quick by this most humiliating
collapse of his Munich peace"
Chamberlain told the British house of
commons that Hitler had taken the
law into his own Misunderstanding
he should have realized months ago
would have happened, for he knew
Hitler. Daladier demanded of the
French parliament complete dicta-
torial authority to deal with any
emergency-and obtained it. The
United States, having given no guar
antees and no promises but insisting
always on respect for the sanctity of
international treaties and other agree
ments, sent word that it was dis
tresSed at the manner in which Hitler
defied the sense of international de-
cency, and Soviet Russia, in a blister
ing note, informed Hitler that it
looked with stern disapproval on his
destruction of Czechoslovakia.
Extraordinary cabinet meetings
were held in various capitals, and a
tentative agreement was made be-
tween Great Britain and France that
they seek the aid and cooperation of
other democracies in supreme effort
to stop Hitler"
Good Enough at Last.
Soviet Russia had finally become
good enough to be asked for help.
At Munich last fall Great Britain and
France studiously avoided Moscow;
there was a very evident tendency
to make the Soviet people take a
back seat But now, all of a sudden,
the Soviet is badly needed-so badly
needed, in fact, that it is pretty gen.
eral view that Russia is the only Euro
pean power able to cope with Hitler.
Great Britain and France can't. Amer
lea, so far, won't, but with the aid of
Moscow these three other nations may
needed lesson. That lesson need not
take the form of war, for if Russia
aligns itself with the other democ-
racies, Hitler will hardly dare make
a move in the direction of armed
conflict. He has most healthy fear
of the Russian bear.
Diplomatic Relations.
To eXpress-at least tentatively
displeasure with Hitler'S CZecho-
slovakian conquest, the British and
the French governments have sum-
moned home their ambassadors from
Berlin, Germany promptly retaliating
| by recalling its ambassadors from
London and Paris. Some months ago,
for similar purpose, the American
government sent for its ambassador
at Berlin, and Germany summoned
its ambassador in the United States.
These things are gestures. They
do not amount to an actual breach
of diplomatic relations, but they serve
notice on an offending country that
| its actions are looked on with criti-
cism and a measure of anger. And,
eventually, they may lead up to a
breach-often the forerunner of a
war.
Next Stage.
Having completed his journey to
Prague-and after visit at Vienna
Hitler returned Sunday evening to
Berlin and started for the next goal.
That is Roumania. He did not make
an outright demand that King Carol
abdicate and that his country be sur
rendered to Germany, but he did in
sist that Roumania grant the Ger
man Reich very important trade con-
cessions in return for which he would
undertake to guarantee the Rouman-
ian frontiers. Now, Hitler guaran-
tee of another country's frontiers is
"a thing apart" for the reason that
all guarantees hitherto given above
his signature have been violated. And
there seems to have been not only the
promise of guarantee but also the
threat of aggression in case King
Carol did not submit.
The king from his castle at Bucha-