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Show I'TAH THE SMITJIFIELD SENTINEL. SMITIIFISI P. 'Man Can Now Talk With God, ttruckarCs Washington Digest Peace Bought by Pieces of Nation Likely to Last Only for A While With the Franciscan Friars Says Noted Psychologist Much in Situation in Central Europe Has Not Been Told; Roosevelt and Hull Handled Affair With Fine Ability; Versailles Treaty Blamed for Trouble. By WILLIAM BRUCKART WNU Service, National ' Pma WASHINGTON. It appears that tha world is going to be spared a general European war for a while, and yet it should be recognized that the period of peace that has been bought with pieces of a nation is likely to be only "a while. From all of the information available in corners Washington's diplomatic combined with the Judgment of men who know European politics and ' European human nature it seems ; that the balance is so delicate as to permit a powder keg being fired by an inconsequential firecracker. Nevertheless, there is much that has not been told about the situation. Little has been said, for instance, about the basic problem in the cen- ter of Europe, nor has there been real frankness about the part which i American representatives had in the original setting of the present day I grief. American political conditions domestic politics obviously constitute one reason why there has been only infrequent references to the underlying causes of the trouble. A more important reason, however, 'is that if there had been much talk about our original interest, there would have been many more suggestions from abroad that Uncle Sam should come in and act as arbiter. Surely, there was no one in this country willing that President Roosevelt should do that Mr. Roosevelt foresaw that possibility early; so he confined American ts to earnest pleas for avoidance of war, for use of common sense methods of settlement i I think that Mr. Roosevelt and .Secretary Hull of the state department handled the extremely delicate situation with fine ability. The pleas which went out to contending iorees carefully avoided possibility of entanglements; yet, even the bull- headed Hitler must have felt the pressure that was represented by them, pressure on whatever machinery within him that he calls his mind and heart. More than that, public appeal by the United States certainly gave added courage to the Europeans who were trying to solve the problem without paying ten million lives and billions in money. Root of All the Trouble Lies in Vereaillet Treaty But let us quit kidding ourselves about the European situation. Why dodge around the bush concerning the underlying facts and the blame that attaches, including such blame as belongs to us? We must recognize these facts: 1. The root of all the trouble Is imbedded in the Treaty of Versailles. In that treaty, written in 1919, there were injustices that could only lead collision. It eventually to a head-owas in the Versailles peace negotiations after the World war that President Wilson coined the phrase, self determination of peoples. It was in those negotiations, too, that n Lloyd-Geor- ge of England, Clemenceau of France, and Orlando of Italy, traded Mr. Wilson out of everything before they would agree to his idealism, founding of the League of Nations. No one can say that Woodrow Wilson lacked sincerity; and it was this deep sincerity, ironically, that was preyed upon by the other three victorious nations. Mr. Wilson yielded when a majority of Americans knew at the time that he was being trapped. 2. Europe has been made, by fate, the abiding place of many racial and human types. They are races and types which have characteristics and traits, training and tradition that never have mixed, and never will mix. Central Europe is a melting pot where nothing ever Self determination of has melted. peoples would mean the segregation of each and every type and race. It Is a possibility, of course, to segregate them as Mr. Wilson theorized, but it is not at all probable. Bldg., Washington, D. C., to live again in the demagoguery of Hitler. He has used it for his selfish ends, to maintain his own power, to satisfy an ego that soma folks regard as approaching an unbalanced mentality. 4. The German people have been and continue to be a people requiring inflexible leadership. Hitler supplies it. He promised them new life, and he apparently has made good on just enough of his promises to provide him with continued powFew visitors to the old mission in Santa Barbara, Calif., know er. Most people who have been able that the friars who wear the cowled brown robes of the order of to study Hitlers programs at close St. Francis of Assisi, are not merely part of the atmosphere , but range declare the whole house of actually perform numerous tasks for the Church. Here ere teachcards eventually will collapse. But students end artisans, like Brother Panphinus Schmils (above), for the moment, there is action," ers, who is shown binding books. and the hope and the desires and also manufactures shoes He the expectations of the German peoand clothing, helping make ple provide fertile ground for the this Christian socialism one of dogmas and the demagoguery of a dictator. They will not be subji the happiest states of existence gated. in the world. s Hitler Through With Demands? Is the Question B. We must not be too confident about the purity of purpose of those who guided the affairs of Czechoslovakia. The glory that was Czechoslovakia was stained more, I am afraid, than most of us Americans know. It is hard to believe all of the things, all of .the methods of oppression, charged against the Czechs. Information concerning their treatment of the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia was distorted by the Germans. There can be no doubt of that, because the propaganda machine of Dr. Goebbels was There was working overtime. Above is Brother Wendelin, enough leaked through, however, to show that the Prague government the tailor, braiding cord for the was guilty of some harshness. It robes of padres. At left is Broth, may have been that the Sudetens, er Jumper, helping prepare a themselves, brought it on. Of that, meet for Hie entire community there can be only a guess. On the other hand, we have seen enough of of fathers and brothers. the pulling and snarling, the sniping and trickery of other minorities to have a reasonably good idea of what could have gone on within the confines of Czechoslovakia during its 20 years of life. What of the aettlement? Is Hitler through with his demands? 'Are there other underlying motives and conditions yet to be dealt with and outside of the desires of the German minority to get back to the Reich? The answers to these questions explain why I said at the outset that foe peace appeared only for a while." The Czechs probably have been sold down the river" to save the continent of Europe. I have no faith in the man. Hitler; almost as little faith in Mussolini, the other dictator. The Czechs are going to be unhappy a long time; they will be resentful, and maybe they will start something. Hitler doubtless Daily routine of life begins at 4t40 a. m. end lasts until 9tlS still wants the German colonies takp. m., with but a half hour off for meals, during which absolute en away by the Versailles treaty. It silence is maintained. This schedule is much the same as when the would be strange, likewise, if he did mission was founded. Above are students preparing tor the min-istrnot want the Polish corridor" reattending an advanced theology class. Many lectures end stored to Germany. Each ambition class discussions are in Latin. y, constitutes a festering sore. Hitler Plans to Make Germany Self-Sufficie- nt Underneath all of the problem, too, lies Hitlers program to make to make the Germany nation of foreign independent sources of supply. The Rumanian oil fields, rich and productive, are coveted by more than one nation. England and English oil interests maintain a rather definite control, but it is a control that can be broken easily. On the other side of Rumania is the dictator, Mussolini, who displayed the true character of his soul by his rape of Ethiopia. Put these things together and draw your own conclusion, mindful always that to the north lies a great Russian bear, governed by an individual with different concepts, ruled by a steel boot, a people who can be fired with hatred for the Hitler type of government. Some say even that Stalin is only awaiting an opportunity to jump astride Hitlers neck. Anyway, just remember that Stalin is over there, Mf. Wilson supplied those people with a new idea and then allowed the big three of the Versailles too. conference to capitalize on his aims. Finally, in Britain and in France, There has been some measure of there are differing groups. Prime fighting about it ever since. Minister Chamberlain. Daladier. I wonder if two men, especially, with Creed and Vengeance regard to Chamberlain, ever carried Short-Sighte- d Policy a greater burden when they went to S. The greed of the allied powers meet Hitler; when they were seekand the vengeance which they ing to prevent a catastrophe by what sought to wreak on Germany now the Czech partisans called, selling is proved, as it was charged in 1919, the Czechs down the river?" Politito have been a policy, cally, both Chamberlain and Dalacapable of establishing peace only dier will have to fight for their lives until Germany recuperated and re- within their respective nations of gained some strength. Of course, England and France. One or both the victors were determined to pre- may sink into oblivion as a result of vent Germany ever again from at- the courage shown. And who knows tempting te destroy the world and what underlying motives existed in promote her own selfishness, but addition to a fear of a general war? their efforts in that direction dis- Their trip to Munich on September played only the tendencies of hate, 29 was a fateful trip, one which we none of the indications of caution or in the United States may have to far vision. Even though it be an- wait several years fully to underother generation' and new leaders, stand. no virile nation, including our own, And so, the final question is: can would fail to fijght back if the op- Hitler bring his own people back portunity ever presented. Germany from the brink of war. from the ferhas been seeking, therefore, only a vor of war preparation, to the life restoration of some kind. It ap- and economy of peace? That is a pears that the buried hate among very real problem. them has been exhumed and made 0 Waetern Newxpapcr Union. short-sighte- d As in the outer world, Monday is washday at the old mission. Brother Seraphin Silva is shown hanging up the weeks laundry. Hour periods of recreation are enjoyed by the student priests here. Some of the work is very hard. Brother Aloysius, head fanner for the miuion, plows in the am dent vineyard. Santa Barbara is one of three Ctdifornia missions stUl cans. administered by Francis- Clerics, adranced priesthood students, broadcast each week. |