Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-08
International
News Review
BY GEoRG sTRANDvoLD

II 1NCWS l0CV1CW
BY GEoRG sTRANDvOLD
To offset whatever potential dan
gers the Anglo-French policy of Ger
man enlightenment may create, Hitler
is busy neutralizing those of Ger
many's borders which might, other
wise, become sources of danger. Typ
ical of his policy in this respect is
the German-Danish treaty of nom
aggression, signed in Berlin on May
81, and ratified by both chambers of
the Danish parliament three days
later; it stipulates that 'the German
Reich and the Kingdom of Denmark
under no circumstances will resort
to war or any other form of violence
against each other" and, shat should
third party take action against one
of the parties to the pact, the other
party to the pact will in no way sup
port it."
There is also an explanatory pro-
tocol stating that if one of the parties
to the pact not involved in a conflict
continues to trade with the third
party-that is, the aggressor-it shall
not be regarded as giving the third
party any such support as might be
considered contrary to the terms and
the spirit of the treaty. In other
words, supposing that a war between
Germany and England break out,
Denmark would not, because of this
treaty, have to stop her trade with
England.
While this treaty was being de-
bated in the parliament of Denmark,
Prince Regent Paul of Jugo-Slavia
was Hitler's guest in Berlin and was
given a definite guarantee that the
Jugo-Slavian border would not be
violated; this means that almost in
one stroke Hitler neutralized his
northern as we'll as part of his south
ern frontier
Negotiations Continue.
While Hitler acts, Great Britain and
Russia keep on talking. The British
government is exceedingly anxious to
form military alliance with the
Soviets, and France, already closely
allied with Great Britain as we'll as
with Russia, is exerting great pres
sure on the British to accept the Rus
sian terms which involve absolute
reciprocity. Neither party has de-
clared its unwillingness to keep on
negotiating, and there is even some
talk about Lord Halifax, the British
foreign minister, being sent to Mos
cow in an effort to reach an agree
ment.
Alliance with the Russians is mat
ter of supreme importance to Great
Britain-now; few months ago the
British tried consistently to ignore
the existence of Russia. It is OF
importance not only because Great
Britain and France in the case of war
would not be able to withstand ag-
erosion on the part of the dictator
| governed states but also because il
has been officially limited in Mos
cow that if the British don't hurry
up, there is possibility that Rus
STA would approach Germany, and
that some form of agreement might
be worked out between these two
powers, normally at loggerheads.
Should that come about, Anglo
French influence on European affairs
would be fearfully reduced. So, it is
thought that quite soon full-fledged
Anglo-Russian alliance will supple
ment those already existing between
England and France, and Russia and
France, and in such case, the re-
Gently signed alliance treaty between
Germany and Italy will mean COM
paratively little.
| Speeches.
There have been more speeches;
last Sunday Hitler, speaking at Kas-
sci, reiterated his demands for the
restoration of the war-lost German
colonies; repeated that all Germany
wanted peace, and that it was pre-
pared for War-far better than in
1914-if fight it must. At about the
same time Edouard Daladier, head
of the French cabinet, speaking in
Paris, declared that France would
surrender not single square inch
to the dictators; that the French peo-
pie wanted peace, but that it had
now entered the front row of the
great powers as a most important
factor, should war come.
And also at that time Pope Plus
XII announced that as result of
very quietly undertaken diplomatic
manoeuverS he was in position to say
that the outlook for peace was bright,
but he wanted more definite assur-
ances from those nations which might,
conceivably, disturb the peace.