| Show 1 New Cross Curr Currents Cross in Europe Editors Editor's note The following article by a British official o of high I position was 1 written Immediately e f f after t a visit to Germany Germany Ger Ger- many terminating in mid Undoubtedly the European outlook outlook outlook out out- look is much more cheerful Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many has a deep distrust of Italy since the Italian Anglo-Italian agreement and in consequence feels more isolated Also she will have her hands full with the reorganization tion of Austria for some considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable time yet While Germanys Germany's moral case is strongest as against Czechoslovakia in which country Germans have real grievance grievance grievance ance her really important economic economic economic eco eco- aims alms are in Hungary wheat and vegetable oils and Rumania oil and she must tread carefully there Hitler sees this and in order to give himself a afree afree afree free hand in negotiating a trade entente with Hungary and at the same time to try and win Italian confidence which is not per percent percent cent Scent cent with Germany he has promised promised promised prom prom- to stay at the Brenner In any case he must seek peace all this year if he p possibly can Another very important factor making in the same direction is the fact that Italy is in no position to back Germany in war owing to the failure of the important ItalIan Italian Italian Ital Ital- ian rice harvest and the considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable failure of ot the Italian wheat harvest Italy cannot fight this year Another peace factor is German uncertainty about Polish policy Colonel Beck the Polish foreign minister is supposed in Germany to be partly Jewish and the popes pope's personal influence in Poland where his holiness was formerly archbishop and enthusiastically supported Polish nationalism is Germany Also Polands Poland's policy of a neutral bloc of states to keep Germany and Russia apart is an German anti-German policy All this must be set against the fact that at least on the surface fear of Germany has made Polish policy apparently pro-German pro and against the pro-German pro tendency of the fears felt in Poland that the communist party in Poland- Poland aided by communist propaganda I rf organized by the Prague branch of the may may cause a Russian pro-Russian revolution in Poland Other powerful factors making for peace are the thel enormous and rapid scale of British rearmament rearmament rearmament ment the considerable French rearmament the improved political political po po- po- po lit cal situation in France the in increasing increasing increasing in- in creasing difficulty in Germany of procuring the particular metals rubber etc needed for the automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile industry increasing doubts in Germany of the value of the alliance with Japan especially in view of the losses being suffered by German trade in China and the internal success of the German German German Ger Ger- man economic sufficiency self-sufficiency I scheme in only those directions I which are least essential for war The division in the Vatican seems to be deepening The pope himself the Irish and certain other influences are increasingly German anti-German and increasingly bitter bitter bitter bit bit- ter although in point of fact the bitterness of the struggle in Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many itself between the nazis and the Catholics has much abated while the majority of the Italian cardinals are even more afraid of Hitler now that he is on the Brenner Brenner Brenner Bren Bren- ner and believe that the best hopes lie in association with the fuehrer Pacelli the cardinal secretary of state has been on the side of the pope all along and is so now but buthe buthe buthe he showed signs of wavering a afew afew few rew weeks ago at the time of the Austrian coup Austria is undoubtedly far happIer happier happier hap hap- pier and the union is Is' Is likely to prove a great great- success success The league is increasingly discredited discredited discredited dis dis- dis- dis credited even in France and En En- gland The Italian Anglo-Italian agreement has increased Italian credit and has helped England in the Near East and the Red sea countries It has also disquieted Japan by making it possible for the British fleet to go to the Far East if essary Opinion is divided about it in England but its popularity is increasing Germany is more prosperous than a year ago Her policy of not spending has increased bank balances and so increased credit Almost every German in Berlin seemed to have had a new suit this Easter rolling roIling stock has been much painted there is no unemployment unemployment unemployment more is being spent on luxuries and the violence of anti- anti Semitism seems to have abated Much of the house property in Berlin is still owned by Jews but Prussia dislikes talk of moving the capital to the south Russia is returning to her old policy of subsidizing revolutionary revolution revolution- ary communism abroad but is concentrating on England and France and leaving the dictatorship dictatorship dictatorship dictator dictator- ship countries alone Copyright 1938 for The Telegram 1 |
