Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-08-01
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
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NNoHtitiueu from rage -
Holland was to become a Ger
man prOtectOrate, and Belgium
likewise, with the difference that
King Leopold might be restored
on the throne, owing allegiance to
Hitler; all the occupied part of
France-with the exception of
Paris-was to remain an integral
part of Germany, and Norway
was to lose forever its standing
as an Independent country and to
be reduced to the humble status
of a German province.
These were the principal terms as
reported In stories connected with the
latest peace Vancouver.
1t is obvious that the British gov
eminent would never even consider
them, were they true. And one does
not know whether they are or not.
Official denials once in a while con-
firm such reports.
Still Going On.
Of course, the war is still going
on, and there are daily German bomb
ings of England, Scotland and Wales
and British bombings of military sites
in Germany and occupied territories
The intention evidently is to try to
undermine the resistance and sap the
strength of the enemy before major
operations begin.
But it is very peculiar fact
that practically nothing is re-
ported about the damage done, the
number of persons killed; gen.
orally the party doing the bomb
ing says that the other fellow
suffered terrific losses, and the
bombed party says that the losses
were SO small that they were not
even worth mentioning.
During the preceding world war
most observers thought that official
censorship and the art of studied
silence had reached the very acme
We are now learning that the propa-
gandists of that war were mere anna
teurs compared to those who now
direct the flow of permitted news
information. For never in modern
times has the world known so little
about the goings-on in the field of in
ternational affairs as right now
Words have become nothing but a
confusing smoke screen hiding the
facts that are anxiously awaited.
More Grabbing.
Something did, however, come out
of Berlin few days ago when the
German press authorities released
the story of the latest land grab.
Foreign ministers of Rumania, Bull
garia, Hungary and Germany met at
Salzburg and Immediately thereafter
at Berchtesgaden where Hitler joined
them.
He did not take part in any con-
ference. He merely gave an order
And that was to the effect that Bal
kan states had better hurry up and
settle among themselves the question
of whether Rumania should cede a
part of Pennsylvania to Hungary and
a part of Dobrudscha to Bulgaria.
1t was made very clear that
Hitler insisted on these territOr-
ial transfers being made so that
there would be no Balkan war
to upset whatever plans he may
be nOurishing in connection with
his British campaign. And there
could be but little doubt that the
smaller states would yield.
AS will be remembered, Russia has
already seized Bessarabia and north
ern Bukovina, and now when Hun
gary and Bulgaria, aided and abetted
by Germany, help themselves to addi-
tional slices of Rumanian territory,
there won't be much ruling business
for King Carol to worry about.
Agreement at Havana.
Attempts by European dictators to
create dissension on the western
hemisphere have failed as the result
of agreement signed Tuesday of this
week by representatives of twenty
one American governments, meeting
at Havana. They demonstrated the
unflinching solidarity of all the coun-
tries on the two American continents.
First of all, the conference
made it clear that the Monroe
Doctrine applies to all American
republics, and they served notice
on Europe to keep hands off:
One American enemy would in
stantly become twenty -One Amer
lean enemies!
Agreement also was reached con-
corning economic cooperation between