Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1939 — Page 2
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BRITAIN CALLS 16,000 TROOPS FOR ‘TRAINING
Prepares for Any ‘Emergency’; Poland Offers TwoWay Defensive Pact.
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in two weeks, headed by Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, in an effort to offset the prospect of German economic and political domination.
italy Is Warned
4 Great Britain indirectly warned Ttaly as a result of reported Fascist military movements toward Albania that any infringement of the independence of that Adriatic coastal kingdom would violate the 1938 friendship agreement between Rome and London. 5. Mr. Hore-Belisha announced in the House of Commons that Britain was creating a new mechanized fighting corps, including armored cars and tanks, presumably for use on the continent in event of war.
Poland Says Aim Is
‘Maximum Security’ WARSAW, Poland, April ¢ (U. P). —The Government through news agency Iskra today declared that Poland's participation in the European peace front is intended to
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Back Roosevelt Stand, Roy W. Howard Tells Americans.
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do if you go too far to the right. With a crackup impending, Edouard Daladier took the
wheel from the idealistic but impractical Leon Blum and brought the nation back to slightly left of center, As Premier, M. Daladier has gradually settled the chaotic labor and industrial situation and restored the confidence of an internally shaken nation. French democracy has demonstrated its elasticity. It has successfully weathered excesses of both the Right and the Left. It has profited by experience. Nowhere is appreciation of this fact more apparent than in both Italy and Germany. Daladier’s sanely liberal course is equally disconcerting and unpopular with Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini. Insofar as immediate peace is concerned, France seems to be in a key position. That France and England must ultimately clash with ‘Hitler before a permanent peace is possible in Europe is generally ac|cepted as a tragic fact. It will con-
[tinue to be so accepted unless or
until the limits of the Fuehrer’s ter-
provide “maximum security” With-|yjtorial and economic conquests are out in any way attempting to “en- gefined.
circle” Germany.
With Italy, the case is different.
Poland, in order to become strong, The scope of Mussolini's program is
needs territory for relief of her] crowded population, the agency said, ! and “the key to Poland's coloni-| zation and emigration problem, as well as the Jewish question, is in| Englands hands.”
Germany to Decide Danzig, Official Says
DANZIG, April 4 helm Huth, Senate Vice President, declared today that this free city “will never sacrifice its vital rights to Poland” because Germany is watching over Danzig. “The fate of Danzig will not be decided by Danzig itself,” Herr Huth told a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and industrial leaders, “Germany is determined not to tolerate infringement on our interests.”
German Publications
Warn Great Britain BERLIN, April 4 (U. P)~—Inspired Nazi publications said today that Germany would take active measures to oppose any “stop Hitler” bloc which Great Britain might form. Both the Deutscher Dienst and the Diplomatic-Political Correspondence publications, which are considered authoritative, made the statement
ideal with the latter two. (U. P.).—Wil- go h
not so great that it cannot be met. His speech of last Friday stating that Italy is “thinking in terms of decades” is regarded as significant. II Duce is in no hurry. There is some advantage to him also in seeing how far Hitler's ambitions extend. Mussolini has more to fear and less to gain from Germany than from France and England, if he can And he can. That is more certain than lever, now that Chamberlain's position has been made more secure by his speech on Poland and his declarlations since. France Works Calmly
| Without hysteria or excitement, but rather with an ominous calm, | France is now pushing her work of perfecting the revealed weaknesses
in her military machine, especially
its aviation arm. The temporary near-idctatorial powers recently conferred on Premier Daladier are deeply significant of the new mood which has tardily seized France upon the realization that Hitler's course in the future cannot be haltled by any mere paper commitment. | Meanwhile, not since 1914-18 has | America loomed so large in the {European picture. This is inescapable. No statesmanship nor neutrality law can change the fact. Policies and laws are subject to re{vision overnight, but the tremen-
[dous potential strength of the United
Fuehrer Hitler, after a North Sea |oi ioc must always be a factor to
cruise in the vacation liner Robert Lev, returned to Berlin today.
U.S. TO INTENSIFY PRESSURE ON NAZIS,
WASHINGTON, April 4 (U.P). — Administration officials sought today to tighten economic pressure on Germany by which they hope in co- | operation with European democracies, to compel her to return to the] ways of peace or to explode eco- | nomically. { Secretary of State Hull indicated | that this Government was exploring | the possibility of negotiating recip-|
{be reckoned with. In this position, which it is impossible for us to avoid, it behooves us to watch our step. As the game is being played here, it is not one
{in which we can win anything. But
we stand to lose a lot. Less Name-Calling Asked Above everything else, it is important to remember that up to this time any war that may be in the making is not our war. It may however become impossible for us to escape involvement in some manner. So long as it is not our war. our chances of involvement will be reduced and our effectiveness in the interest of peace enhanced, if we have less intemperate talk and name-calling by Government officials who are neither
rocal trade agreements with other qualified nor designated to speak
countries of the Near East similar to | the one concluded Saturday Turkey. That treaty was considered
with |
for the American people. If or when it does seem that we are likely to be involved, it will be
Less Official In
Sober French Analysis of War-Peace Situation Called Example for U. S.;
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President Roosevelt
can survive alongside the dictatorships, America can Certainly maintain no neutral position. But it is unlikely that the problem will be so simple. There are so many collateral issues that it will be difficult, but necessary, to keep them separate. Germany got a bad deal at Ver-
sailles, and Italy was undoubtedly
|short-changed by the same docu-
ment, which failed to make good the promises made by the Allies in 1915. Some sort of military safeguards should be afforded to the territorial integrity of the small nations. There will be a minor problem of boundary revisions. But these and kindred ones involving economic and cultural tie-ups are not our problems. So long as America remains aloof, and doesn’t over-emphasize the importance of these lesser issues, ho one of them is likely to become a basis for war on our part. On the other hand, continued evidence of strong popular support of President Roosevelt's foreign policies, indicating that America will not sit quietly on the sidelines and see democracy destroyed, may prove the In the meantime, more important at the moment is the matter of our strongest single factor in preserving peace until some measure of sanity returns. While there is time to consider matters calmly America would do well to ponder in advance what her reply will be if the call for help comes from France and England. Discounting and evaluating = all
temperance Advised
the factors and the revised alignments, it is questionable whether today England and France, unaided, could defeat Germany any more than they would have been able to do so between 1914 and 1918. On the direct issue of totalitarian destruetion of democratic Europe, few are so optimistic as to believe that America would escape involvement. If European war comes, our action should be based on a logical appraisal of the issues, not on propa-ganda-created emotionalism. It will eventually be our war and our issues or else we should stay out. We will be a full partner and a joint guarantor or nothing. Most important of all, it must be recognized that whatever we do or whatever we toss in will be a contribution. We must never again be kidded into believing that we are making an investment. Modern wars pay no dividends except in death, disease and destruction. possible contributons toward peace. They can be very real.
Possible Contributions Listed
First among such contributions
would rank the modernization of our own armament. Without adequate armament to back it up, nc nation’s opinion counts today. Second I would rate evidence in Congress and in the American press of a united support of our foreign policy as expressed to date by President Roosevelt. The intimation that any man with his knowledge of history would plunge his nation into a foreign war under presentday conditions, for the questionable satisfaction of a possible third term, is an insult to the mass intelligence of ' America and dangerous propaganda material for the press of the dictatorships. Third I would list the importance of American economic recovery. Every American politician, publicist, financier, industrialist or labor leader, regardless of past differences or conflicting interests, if he is possessed of either vision or conscience should face the fact that, just as certainly as all differences would be shelved if we were at war, they should be minimized or dropped temporarily in order to prevent war. As has been said before in these articles, American unemployment is the most effective weapon in the kit of the totalitarian propagandists. Restore American prosperity and the claims for the cardboard economy of the dictators will collapse. Finally, turn the floodlights on the sham battle that is being waged in America under the names of communism and fascism. Both are of the same breed of pups—wolf pups. Neither can stand the light. Both are sworn enemies of democracy. Neither knows the meaning of, nor has the slightest respect for, the liberalism and tolerance which let them thrive under the protection of our bill of rights. Once raised to power, they are equally vicious and reactionary. Once in power, the shades of difference between them are imperceptible. As a precedent to the success of either must come the destruction of the democracy whose protection they claim. Meantime, regardless of party or difference of opinion as to its methods of getting results, the brooms principles of the New Deal, looming in importance above its failures, are still America's best answer to the challenge of totalitarianism and to the dictators’ claim to be the real champions of the world's under privileged,
TIMES ITALIAN ALPINE ARMY COMMAND IS MOVED NORTH
Two Cities Reported on War Footing; Artillery From Germany Rumored.
ROME, April 4 (U. P.) —The War Ministry announced today that the high command of Italy's crack Alpine corps had been transferred from Rome to Trento, 70 miles from the Austrian frontier, 135 miles from the Jugoslav frontier and about 180 miles east of France. It had been reported in recent days that Premier Benito Mussolini had put Trento and Gorizia on a war footing, ready for mobilization at any time. Gorirzia is 20 miles from the Jugoslav frontier, 40 miles from the Austrian frontier and about 310 miles from the French frontier. Italian military quarters said today that the transfer of the Alpinists’ high command was a “normal operation” and said it had no pearing on the strained European situation. Trade Pacts Approved Premier Mussolini reported to the Cabinet today on the international situation, and fixed the next Cabinet meeting for April 29. An official communique said the Cabinet had approved trade accords with Great Britain and Hungary. As the Cabinet met it was reported that Germany was sending heavy artillery to Italy. Usually well informed military quarters said that heavy artillery was arriving from Germany, and from the Czech Skoda works as the result of Adolf Hitler's annexation of Bohemia and Moravia.
At the same time it was reported
without confirmation that Italy was sending artillery “replacements” to
Libya, between Egypt and French Tunisia.
Nazis Inspect Defenses
Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Nazi 2 and commander-in-
chief of the German Air Force, is expected to end his vacation at San
Remo tomorrow and visit Libya.
It was understood he would inspect
all defenses. Later he was expected to come here to talk to Sig. Mussolini. Paul Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Propaganda Minister,
Turkish coast, to inspect defense works there. Posters in the streets told Romans
that there would be a series of big!
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IDANISH DEMOCRATS | SLIP, KEEP POWER
COPENHAGEN, April 4 (U, P.).— Social Democrats will have 64 seats in the new Parliament, returns in Sunday's general election showed today. “This was a loss of four seats, but the Social Democrats remained ale most a majority party. The National Socialists, previously unrepresented, elected three members, including Dr. Fritz Clausen, their “Fuehrer,” in the North Schleswig district which belonged to Germany before 1919.
TRUSTEE FREE ON BOND
PORTLAND, April 4 (U, P).— Russell Tare, Jefferson Township trustee for eight years, today was free on $7000 bond on seven indict ments charging embezzlement of township funds and conspiracy to embezzle $2708.22. The indictments were voted last week by the Jay County Grand Jury. Tare pleaded not guilty to the charge on arraignment and immediately posted
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