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Show THE LEHI SIN. LEIII. UTAH BUSINESS: Brucharl't Washington Digest International Affairs Likely To Influence Party Politics Upon Turn of Events Abroad May Depend Strength 01 Lack of It Shown by Presidential Aspirants; Domestic Life in U. S. Will Feel Effects. By WILLIAM BRUCKART W NU Service, National Presi Bldg.. Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. There ts an in-teresting in-teresting offshoot of the lereral European Eu-ropean crises that has begun to attract at-tract attention among political leaders. lead-ers. It has been practically 20 years since International affairs figured fig-ured to any extent In our domestic politics, but they threaten to do so next year. And upon the turn of events abroad. It appears, will depend de-pend the strength or lack of It shown by various presidential aspirants. It may be that, in the short space of time between the writing of these lines and their publication In your local newspaper, another European crisis will have arisen and actual hostilities will have been started. It is possible, therefore, only to take a peek over the horizon and offer conjecture con-jecture as to the effect upon our domestic partisan battles. There can be no doubt of the Importance of the subject as a matter fur thought, however, because: (1) if there is a European v,ar, there will be the struggle between two very powerful forces to drag us In or keep us out, respectively: and (2) if there is no war abroad but a continued con-tinued threat and continued disturbance disturb-ance of international relations, our domestic life will be constantly feeling feel-ing the effects In one way or another. an-other. So, the situation shapes up that international affairs are likely to be vitally Important in the matter mat-ter of selection of party nominees next year, as well as in the election elec-tion of one of the major party candidates can-didates to the presidency. The condition warrants thought on the basis that it touches private lives. Private lives are concerned not only because of the ever-present possibility when war stalks in the world that there may be blood shed by some of our people. The effect goes as well Into our everyday affairs, af-fairs, the thing which the intclligen-cia intclligen-cia usually calls our national economy. econ-omy. When Political Leaders Took Wrong Side of Question One needs to go back to 1920 to recall what happened to political leaders who took the wrong side of a question the wrong side from a majority ma-jority of the people. President Wilson's Wil-son's followers stood by him, as they should have done In those days. They committed the Democratic party to a position on the League of Nations and the Versailles peace treaty that proved to be unpopular and a good many of them were engulfed en-gulfed in the flood of the unpopularity unpopular-ity of that side of the question. If there were complex conditions to be considered by voters and thought through In advance of the election of Warren G. Harding over James M. Cox at that time, the con ditions then must be regarded as simple to what confronts America at this time. Nor is there any possibility of simplification of those problems. The bulk of the people can say, as I firmly believe the m Jority sentiment to be, that we must stay out of foreign entanglements-must entanglements-must be isolationists and there still will remain the influence of those foreign conditions upon our own life and living and means of making living. But to be specific with respect to the political picture of presidential aspirants: The candidates now going about the country herding in delegate pledges or having their representatives representa-tives do so have thus far proceeded, quite naturally, upon the basis of purely domestic questions. These questions Include such as the Roosevelt Roose-velt money policies; the undoubted waste that has characterized the governmental spending; the regimentation regi-mentation of agriculture with its crop control in one place and crop expansion in another without apparent appar-ent rhyme or reason; the sudden changes in national plans and the consequent Instability and uncertainty. uncer-tainty. Others could be named, but these few suffice to illustrate the point. Jealousy and Distrust No Matter What Happens Now. let us assume that actual hostilities have started abroad and that they extend into next year. Of what use is the political strategy now being employed by those seeking seek-ing pledges of support? Or, assume that Hitler's rapacious plans have been satisfied. There still will be heat, abroad. There will be jealousy and distrust. There is the new pact between the slippery Stalin of Rus- j sia. and the blustering Hitler that neither will attack the other. There re now, and will continue to be, dissatisfied minorities in Central Europe, Eu-rope, peoples who want to break way or who feel they have been used as pawns. There will be all of these and other things to keep the fires burning. sort of an international interna-tional poison ivy case. Whatever the conditions may be a year from now, there is no way that I can see by which the United States an avoid consideration of policies to meet the circumstances generated generat-ed by these several influences. Why? Take agriculture, for example. Our crops long have entered into world markets, although the outgoing shipments ship-ments have sunk into insignificance lately. But our farmers still have hopes. Consider industry, manufac turing. Thousands of manufacturing manufactur-ing establishments seek export outlets. out-lets. The amount of their exports determine whether these factories can run at normal capacity, and employ normal quotas of workers, or whether only enough workers can be kept on to maintain supplies for the purely American market. Thus, the unemployment problem, and relief, re-lief, enter into the picture. It is far from being simple. One can despise and distrust his neighbor neigh-bor on the next farm or in the next block, but he still has to pass his house on the highway or go down the alley behind his house. Campaign Strategies, Plans Must Undergo Revision None knows, for example, whether wheth-er the agreement between Stalin and Hitler Is going to give the Russian lion a free hand In the Orient. That Is to ask: can Stalin's forces now align themselves with China and force the Japanese back to their Island Is-land homes? If so, there Is a brand new proposition for us on the Pacific side. We have wanted, and still want, the market of China. But we have to play with the Soviet If, by chance, the conjectured change takes place and Hitler abandons his connections with Tokyo. Thus, I think we are brought forcibly forc-ibly to the conclusion that the records rec-ords made by the two major politi-cal politi-cal parties thus far may constitute only a part of the things which the ever-puzzled voter may have to consider con-sider next year. It Is made quite plain, it seems to me, that campaign strategies, plans, hopes, will have to undergo serious revision in the next few months. How they are revised is going to be dependent almost entirely en-tirely upon the developments abroad. There is always the thought in the background that most people are interested In the things around them, not 3,000 miles away, and it Is not going to be easy for the political po-litical campaigners to know how much of a dose they showed attempt to offer. There seems to be no doubt that developments between now and next June, for example, will have vital effect upon Mr. Roosevelt's political politi-cal fortunes. Most sound thinking men seem to agree on that One hears discussions pro and con. Many wagers have been made around Washington that Mr. Roosevelt can not be elected, or even nominated, for a third term, but always there Is the reservation "unless there is a war.' Always, there is that reservation reserva-tion "unless." I relate this, not because be-cause It Indicates more than the views of those making the bets, but because it illustrates how closely linked are our affairs with those of the rest of the world. May Calt Congress to Revise the Neutrality Act There is talk that Mr. Roosevelt will call congress into extra session to deal with international problems and acting with Roosevelt suddenness, sudden-ness, he may have issued the call two hours after this is written. He has wanted the so-called neutrality act revised to meet his Ideas. You will recall that he could not even gain consideration of his program by the foreign relations committee of the last senate. They turned It down cold. But the question is due to come up whether in an extraordinary extraordi-nary session or in the regular meeting meet-ing next January, and it cannot be avoided. Who can guess what the political effects of that may be. I can not foresee them, nor has anyone any-one been able to convince me of their ability to see that far into the future. As I am able to examine the puz zle of the future, therefore, I can see only very difficult time ahead for those who want to have a voice in their government Of course, there is going to be a percentage of vot ers, as always, wnose convictions will be those of their political party. But there is an increasing number of voters who would like to know what they are voting for or against; why they are voting for one man over another. They probably constitute the blance of power in American polities, and if they do it is a splendid thing. Yet, I repeat they are going to have their hands full in trying to understand the issues is-sues next year. It is a tough proposition propo-sition to learn what proposed po 1-cies 1-cies will do for or to us when tho.se policies concern affairs close at home. It is just that much more perplexing when we are called upon to figure out what will happen when the issues of a campaign involve not only our own affairs but the affairs af-fairs of other nations, as welL And it strikes me that next year would be a good time for political leaders lead-ers to start being honest about what they seek to accomplish! (Released by Western Newspaper L'nftxt.) WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY MmY W. PORTER Germany Opens War on Poland; Acts as Warsaw Spurns Terms; Britain Mobilizes Its Forces (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions are expressed in these columns, they re those of the news analyst nd not necessarily of this newspaper.) piart by Western Newspaper Union. 7 1 '4 . sir . " "m w k 7 4Wt (X) v rv a i j. I I A self-explanatory map of the European continent, describing the strength of the Berlin-Rome axis with that of Great Britain, France and Poland. The strength In man power, plane and ships is shown by the inserted figures on the map. WAR! Hitler Strikes Adolf Hitler Issued a proclamation to the German people that war with Poland had started. He ordered the German army to meet force with force. His order to the army reads "The Polish state has rejected my efforts to establish neighborly relations, rela-tions, and Instead has appealed to weapons. Germans in Poland are victims of bloody terror, driven from house and home. A aeries of border violations unbearable for a great power show that the Poles no longer are willing to respect the German border. "To put an end to these insane Incltatlons, nothing remains but for me to meet force with force from now on. The German army will conduct fight for honor and the right to the life of the resurrected German people with firm determination. determi-nation. I expect that every soldier, mindful of the great traditions of the eternal German military, will do his duty to the last. "Remember always that you are representatives of the National Socialist So-cialist great Germany. Long live our people and our reich!" Just before he issued his order to the German army, directing it to meet "force with force," Fuehrer Hitler issued a 16-point "peace program" pro-gram" announcing that he had planned to submit it to Polish negotiators ne-gotiators If Poland had sent emissaries emis-saries to Berlin as Hitler had requested. re-quested. All air traffic above Germany was forbidden except for government military planes.- Berlin heard the noise of Nazi war planes droning above. All German ships were warned not to enter the port of Danzig. All ships. German and foreign, in the Baltic were warned to keep out of the Polish port of Gdynia, which was blockaded by the German navy. All schools in Germany were ordered or-dered closed until further notice because be-cause youths were needed for duties in civilian anti-air raid organizations. organiza-tions. The German army was massed on Polish frontiers from the Baltic sea to the High Tatra mountains (in Slovakia) and In East Prussia. Germany announced that all neutral neu-tral planes flying over the Polish corridor were "in a dangerous zone. In this zone neutral airplanes expose ex-pose themselves to the danger of being shot down." In announcing the union of Danzig with the reich, Forster's decree suspended sus-pended the constitution of the free city immediately. The German government announced an-nounced that the German-Russinn nonaggression pact had been ratified rati-fied simultaneously in Berlin and Moscow. It was understood that a Russian military delegation, including includ-ing members of the general staff, will arrive in Berlin to conclude a military alliance with the reich. GREAT BRITAIN Great Britain, standing pat on her pledge to fight for Poland's independence, inde-pendence, received the news of Germany's Ger-many's latest moves in the European Euro-pean crisis with the deepest gravity. Attention was attracted by the speed with which Hitler's army order or-der and the harbor blockade followed fol-lowed a German broadcast which said Hitler had proposed to Poland that Danzig be returned to the reich and that a plebiscite be held to decide de-cide whether Pomorze (the Polish corridor) should be Polish or German Ger-man territory. The British government took drastic dras-tic steps to put the country's fighting fight-ing forces completely on a mobilized footing after the already desperate international situation had taken an uglier turn. One of the greatest mass movements move-ments of population in history is under un-der way in Great Britain. It is the evacuation under government order of little children, invalids, women, and old men from congested areas. From London, Birmingham. Manchester, Man-chester, Liverpool. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Glas-gow, and 23 other cities the great exodu is going on. Three million nrr ttq j toni h) 1 -J ) "-f-t a. t .1 UMANIA persons are being taken out of the danger of enemy bombs. Nothing like It has ever been attempted anywhere, yet it is going on without mishap so far; indeed, without serious se-rious confusion. This sudden burst of preparations for war came after hopes of peace had been revived when it became known that an appeasement move was under way. The peace hopes were based on the belief that the Poles would send a negotiator to Berlin. The hopes for a peaceful solution, however, were shattered when Warsaw announced emphatically emphati-cally that no concessions would be made, thus setting in motion the new British war measures. High British officials did not view Fuehrer Hitler's 16-point proposal for negotiations with Poland as an answer to Britain's latest note in the exchange which has been going on between Berlin and London. Until Un-til their announcement on the German Ger-man radio the 16 points had not been communicated officially to the British Brit-ish government. POLAND The conditions of Fuehrer Hitler's proposals for settlement of the Polish-German dispute, such as immediate imme-diate return of Danzig to Germany, are unacceptable to Poland, a government gov-ernment spokesman said. The spokesman emphasized that Poland was determined to keep Pomorze (the Polish corridor) and her rights in the Free City of Danzig. Of Hitler's proposal for a plebiscite plebi-scite in Pomorze, one reaction here was "Germany can begin with Czecho-Slovakia If she is interested in a' plebiscite." (Germany last March established a protectorate over the Czech in habited lands of Bohemia and Mo ravia.) In reply to Hitler's terms as an nounced by the German radio, it was stated Poland will insist upon full restitution of her rights in Danzig. "Hitler insists on Poland yielding Danzig and Pomorze as a prelimi nary to negotiations," the spokes man said, "Poland has not given up Danzig and Pomorze, and will not "Britain, In a second reply to Hit ler, has maintained her unyielding position without change." (Britain is bound to assist Poland In war under the terms of a recently concluded mutual assistance pact) The spokesman emphasized that Poland always has been interested in a peaceful settlement, but that the conditions of the proposals could not be accepted. FRANCE An unexpected meeting of the cabinet cab-inet suddenly was called, but out of this meeting there appeared only an announcement that France would abide by her pledge to assist Poland Po-land in the war. After the cabinet meeting, Premier Pre-mier Edouard Daladier conferred with Finance Minister Paul Rey-naud Rey-naud and with the minister of marine, ma-rine, Cesar Campinchi. Then Daladier Da-ladier had a long talk with Georges Bonnet, foreign minister. Following these conferences, the rumor spread in diplomatic circles that France and England were standing firm on their positions and refusing to nibble at the so-called totalitarian peace bait, part of which came in the form of Hitler's 16 point proposal to Poland. ITALY Italy speeded its preparations to put the nation on a war footing as Pope Pius XII issued an eleventh-hour eleventh-hour appeal to save peace. Meanwhile reliable diplomatic sources asserted that Britain, France and Poland had turned down last-minute offers made by Fuehrer Hitler through Italy. Return Re-turn of Danzig to Germany and negotiations ne-gotiations on all other issues were the terms of Hitler's suggestions, it was said. UNITED STATES President Roosevelt directed that all naval ships and army command be notified at once by radio of German-Polish hostilities. Outlook Good War conditions are accepted today as a nominal business factor rather than a series of temporary economic shocks as has been the case in the past, according to the magazine Banking. The magazine reported a general hopeful outlook for business in spite of the war conditions. "Business is beginning to see daylight day-light and solid ground, although still wary," it stated. "Improvement has been fairly general, but statistically, trade still falls short of levels reached two years ago." The magazine cited four factors which, it said, are responsible "for quite a noticeable spirit of hopefulness hopeful-ness on all sides." "Of these," it stated, "one is the perfectly obvious change for the better bet-ter that has come over public opinion opin-ion regarding business. A second factor is the unexpected nature of the improvement and consistent activity ac-tivity of the summer months. Third on the list of encouraging Items is the low point of most inventories," it said, adding that the present busi-ness busi-ness reaction to war conditions as a normal business factor constituted the fourth. U. S. ARMY: Weakness Recent army maneuvers at Platts-burg, Platts-burg, N. Y., revealed such serious deficiencies in training, equipment leadership and administration of the nation's armed forces that Lieutenant Lieu-tenant General Drum declared conditions con-ditions were inexcusable and deplorable. deplor-able. General Drum's citation of errors er-rors and mistakes made in the field included the following: 1 Extensive additional training is needed by the National Guard, the ...3s i . nil LIEUT. GEN. DRUM Criticizes army. organized reserves, and the regular army units in large-scale actions where they function together. 2 The army Is dangerously under manned and the shortage of modern arms Is critical. 3 There is a serious breakdown of supply services essential to the maintenance of an army in the field. 4 Staff work has not been speeded speed-ed up to cope with the speed and great territorial range of mechanized mecha-nized forces. General Drum found that neither officers nor men receive enough experience ex-perience in operating as parts of a large unit The staff work was particularly poor as a result PANAMA CANAL: Safeguarded Extraordinary steps have been taken to guard against espionage, and possible sabotage at the Panama Pana-ma canaL the nation's lifeline of defense. de-fense. Washington officials stressed that the assignment of additional guards at strategic locks and control con-trol houses is purely precautionary and that there has been no indications indica-tions of foreign plots against the canaL The safeguards coincide with start of a huge defense program, including construction of another air base, extra anti-aircraft and coast batteries, enlarged garrisons and supplementary locks. The posting of extra guards at vital spots along the canal is part of the general pre-paredness pre-paredness developed by the army and navy to meet an emergency Details of the new vigilance measures meas-ures are being treated as military secrets. Similar steps to guard against foreign spies and sabotage have been taken during recent months in aircraft factories, arsenals and other oth-er government or private plants engaged en-gaged in manufacture of war materials. mate-rials. INDUSTRIES: War Program The war resources board is making mak-ing an intensive study of America's plan for industrial mobilization in case of war. Edward R. stettiauj. chairman cf the board and top man of the United States Steel co?rr" tion. Is charged with the responsibility responsi-bility of seemg that the nation's industrial in-dustrial machine can be swiftly changed over from meeting the needs of peace to meeting the need, of war. Helping Stettinus are set! eral prominent industrialists. (y'..-A'.-.w.v.-rtW.v.'v.v.--v r r ' J( ) ' d :,...,,!. t 4 k y JwN WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON NEW YORK. On his record, it would appear that Gen. Edward Ed-ward Smigly-Rydz, Poland's strong man, might be more Inclined to fight Germany with-Polish with-Polish Leader out Russia's aid Started Career to JSl c. ... c a made his career Fighting Soviet fighting the Bolsheviks, Bol-sheviks, and news dispatches of the last few weeks have hinted that he has been considerably embarrassed at being drawn into the new apparently appar-ently broken fellowship with Russia. It has been clear that being saved by Russia was the least and last of his ideas. He is beyond doubt the ablest of Poland's military leaders, and, once the bell rings, there Is no question that he can and will fight, as he proved in the campaigns to free Paland and in his forays against early-day Bolshevik Russia. He never has quite come through as a dictator. In 1936 there was one of those "ideological" "ideologi-cal" build-ups in which he was to emerge as the bead of reconstructed re-constructed Poland. Handsome and imposing, of dominant bearing, he looked the part, but be couldn't seem to manage the big talk necessary for the job. The best they could get out of him was something to the general gen-eral effect that nobody would ever be allowed to take a single button from Poland's robe. On August 6 of this year, when it appeared that Germany might just take the robe and leave the button, he was expected to make a sizzling speech at Cracowl His audience was howling for a knockout punch, but the speech was mostly shadow-boxing, shadow-boxing, with nothing specific about what he proposed to do about Danzig. Fifty-four years old, with an engaging personality, he has - been a popular dinner guest and holds the honorary presidency of the Polish academy of letters. The old Marshal Joseph Pilsud-ski, Pilsud-ski, nearing the end of his life, anointed the general as his successor. suc-cessor. He has been supremely efficient in his army job, but, as a strong man, has been somewhat overshadowed by the showier, more facile and adroit Josef Beck, the foreign minister. minis-ter. But fighting is his main business and knowing observers figure that, talking little, he is more apt to fight. A MICHIGAN friend of this writ-er writ-er reports that Gov. Luren D. Dickinson's war on sin may turn out to be good political medicine out there. While big-town political leaders are said to be crm fttuk n 4 aim War on Sin May Be Very Cute Politics barrassed by the aged governor's alarmed discovery of wickedness in high places, the word is that his forces have been intrenched and widened since he let loose about the drinking and dancing orgies of the Albany conference of governors. His Bible class at Eaton, Mich., is crowded to the doors and he is besieged with requests for lectures and participation in revival campaigns. cam-paigns. Currently he tells a gathering gather-ing of Chicago and Detroit "pupils" that this Albany conference was pretty much like Belshazzar's feast and that our Babylonian wastrels will drag us down if we don't mend our ways. For 25 years, Mr. Dickinson has held in fee simple the antl-sln antl-sln vote of Michigan. It has held steadily around 200,000 votes, undivided in its allegiance In his repeated forays against evil, chief of which has been his stiU continuing prohibition battle. bat-tle. He Is a spare, bald evangel of righteousness, his friendly eyes glinting behind his octagonal octag-onal rimmed glasses when he Is aroused, his meager frame shaken with pietistic fervor. He employs much of the lexicon of tte late Dr. Parkhurst of New Xork, in assailing sh,, and some of his phillipics seem to voice gain the pious horror of the author of "New York bv Ga-W Ga-W written 60 year, lst nPC t Mtive of New Yk. born M Lk port to Kiajar. 5 iunt MchP T "m0Ved t0 Eaton, Mich, when he was a small boy. Bib? J? 1118 Meth0st church XvC aSS- mo" recently with the state of Michigan and happjy for his peace of mind, in a "tion of what a mixture of g?a discontent and old-time reE may amount to. fa GwerWDfck inson. compact voting IS" 8methh that ganuation appreciates all this. PHOTOGRAP Of luur rtiZ I.".1 !... J Make Quaint Doll A Toy or Decorati( ? nvc Mar b3pPf rs call rbt Of tan cai tragec d wi' wiv r. je stre Gary's lacetr 3-Jt the :e Mary ;;ed Up Hither Pattern 6433. She's bound to be the belle i the bazaar this charming ot' fashioned doffi She does equal well as decoration or toy and isi easy to make. 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