Show economic 11 highlights 1 I Ligh lights hillers Hit lers technique when he tecla feels the time is ripe for a now new german conquest la Is simple and invariable first bo be wakes makes strong demands for conce concessions from the country in question if these are granted ile be then makes still stronger demands this finally reaches a point where the demands become so sweeping that the country cannot grant them without becoming a virtual province of the new gerny germany 11 so bo hitler la Is refused and this pro with what llo ho regards a as a justification for military display awl and aggression littler used that technique with austria now he la Is using s ng it in an attempt to achieve lus his purposes in the democratic czech government does doca not want war it has made great and important concessions to hitler and to the internal nazi group led by konrad Hen henlein loin who shuttles back and forth fe tween berlin and prague and Is apparently in the closest with hitler goering Goerl ng goebels and other reich officials now lien lieblein lein with tho the open backing of germany Is making demands that it if granted would revolutionize both czechoslovakian foreign and and domestic policy and go a long way toward turning her into another nazi dominated totalitarian state these demands have been refused by president bones benes so much for tho the facts now tor for the possibilities in her newest adventure germany Is supported by poland sho apparently has no other ally of importance baklas chief ally Is france with whom she has it a treaty that makes french military participation automatic if she Is invaded and recent dispatches indicate that parts paris foreign office Is prepared to stand by this treaty to the limit france and england have lately entered into military cooperation with france virtually inescapable it if either Is forced or ed into war declared or undeclared and lastly russia Is lound bound by treaty with both france and czechoslovakia to hight on their behalf when der tag arrives thus germanys germanas Germ anys aggression ac tiou culminating on may 21 with the massing of troops near the czech border can call only mean one of two either sho she believes that the czechs czecho will succumb to a daring bluff blaff which does doca not seem likely now or she believes that she Is nearly nearing or has reached the point where wie she Is strong enough to fight russia france and england AU ali three of those countries are suffering from internal trouble of ono one kind or another in any event germanys germanas Germ anys latest action has bas complexly disrupter the brier and ominous quiet that has hung over europe since the annuch luss with austria it has again indicated what so many dents denta in touch with affairs have long said that war Is inevitable and that the ques question tion facing europe now la is not whether it can be prevented but how long it can be staved off certainly hillers Hit lers attempt to exert german control over czechoslovakia has increased the chance of a european war wac starting this year one place to watch now is england chamberlain Is grow growing ilig shakier and the recent cabinet shake shakeups ups have further weakened his bla prestige there have been a number of by elections since the resignation nation of E eden deir and in every one of them the governments candidate has been beaten even in constituencies that were regarded as sate safe some experts are saying that chamberlain la Is forced to call a general election which labor and liberal M P s are socking seeking now ahls government will fall should that happen there will of course be no more british with germany and italy and there will be re british support behind the league of nations the now new deal has hag won a new but somewhat questionable victory in oregon this states primaries have been watched by observers throughout the country who are trying to gauge the drift of the political wind Or egons incumbent democratic governor general charles martin claimed to be an administration sup poter however he has opposed various administration acts and officials has waged an aggressive war against what he regards as labor racketeering and la Is generally known as a conservative his opponent a per cent new dealer deahr was publicly endorsed just before the primary ty by secretary ickes and senator norris ile he beat the incumbent by a narrow majority on the other side of the picture the republicans nominated by an overwhelming majority a newspaper publisher who Is a relative newcomer to the state and while mr roosevelt carried oregon by more than votes in 1930 the republican gubernatorial nominee re cleved a considerably larger primary vote than did the successful democratic candidate outlook now liew la is that the november tight fight will be something |