Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ‘SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 241938 New French Policy Gives Democracies year as Italy's foreign minister and i duce’s No 2 man When In June 1936 Mussolini in tha Chigl palput his ace as foreign minister many fascists thought tha youthful count would certainly stub his toe and abruptly end hla spectacular rise to ' l ’ By FREPERIC W GANZERT Department of Historyand Political Science University of Utah France’s adoption of government by decree for the next three months affords food for thought in a world in which democracy Is very much oh trial Premier Edouard Daladier was recently voted authority by both houses of parliament to govern as an economic dictator fromApril 15 to July 31 parliament has gone home and the new premier is faced' with Jhe task of composing the differences between capital and labor X which became aggravated when Leon Blum’s popular front gov ernment beginning in June 1936 started its' assault upon France’s ruling oligarchy of “200 families" and enacted a' series of drastic social welfare measures Edouard Daladier has been given sents the substantial element In powers similar to those which Leon French society whether peasant or Blum asked for but was refused business man Parliament Was - The party stands for exploitation by the senate harassed by financial and labor of national wealth In a way that troubles The franc was falling will benefit the whole French peoworkers in the nationalized airplane ple The party does not advocate factories and armament plants were socialization On the other hand it strikes and opposes selfish individualism and engaged in the propertied classes were fearful believes in the state’s taking over of further reforms monopoly when it becomes abusive France is democracy’s bulwark in Individualists but United Are the decree powers given Europe French politicians are individual- to Edouard Daladier a step toward ists and will fight bitterly and tena- the Setting up of totalitarianism In ciously in defense of a principle but France? It may be a step toward when France is threatened they will a remodeling of the constitution in forget their differences for the while the direction of strengthening the and unite upon a government executive something the French Hitler’s" Austrian coup and the system needs badly but the present threat to Czechoslovakia have no move is not altogether new and doubt been strong influences upon need not be feared as fasclstic the side of temporary composition Raymond Poincare exereised dicof differences and the agreement tatorial powers for several months upon Daladier in 1926 and Pierre Laval in 1935 Daladier’s accession to the pre- was “given power by parliament to miership and the powers voted him issue deflationary decrees Finance signify also a swing to the right Minister Bonnet in the Chautemps For months France has been oscil- government cut French expendlating between socialism and capi- itures drastically and raised taxes talism and extremists of both the by virtue of decree power granted left and the right have sought to to Chautemps take advantage of the nation's diSome observers maintain that the vided mind fact that the French parliament A surge of strikes which has been willing to submit to the at one time found l000p00 workers temporary curb is evidence o£Mhe factories hotels and strength and pliability of French occupying other places of business attended democracy Leon Blum’s accession to power In Recent dispatches indicate that the summer of 1936 An interesting confidence is returning in French fact is that although this epidemic business circles following announcelasted longer than the one which ment of the Daladier program and visited the United States in 1937 the settlement of strikes in indusstrikes were settled virtually with- tries related to national defense out bldbdshed ' The essential problem of France Jhe opening of the- great Paris is the problem of the other demoscheduled for May 1 cratic countries which is to meet exposition 1937 had to be postponed twice be- the challenge of both communism cause of strike troubles and fascism by improving the sysThe communists for a while re- tem of distribution in each country fused to participate in the Blum The miracle of the modern capicabinet although they supported the talistic world is its capacity to propopular front government with their duce but the unsolved riddle is the votes because among other reasons provision of ways and means for of they blamed the Blum government increased consumption The task for not giving open support to the both political and industrial statesSpanish loyalists Blum followed a manship is to find a way which will policy of nonintervention from the accomplish this without destroying human liberty and individual beginning of the civil war Rightists Have Agitated The rightists on the other hand Flying Funerals Held have done their share of agitating SYDNEY (UP)—Regular montha radical soCamille Chautemps ly plane service to scatter over the mincialist like the present prime ocean the ashes of cremated perin Blum June ister succeeded Leon sons has been established by a of last year Sydney undertaker The first of Like the recent change this was these flying funerals occurred when Interpreted as swing toward the a plane was chartered to scatter reconvened right When parliament the ashes of 10 people last November Premier Chautemps senatold the shocked deputies and tors that a French "Ku Klux’’ band the "Cagouiards” or "hooded men’ ' were plotting to overthrow the and set up the Due de Guise Bourbon pretender to the (Continued from Page One) French throne of Egypt Although 26 persons were arrested and examined the public took the Italy agrees to withdraw gradnews calmly and there was strong ually the reinforcements it has reason to believe that the alleged sent to Libya in the last few conspiracy had a close connection months - a gentle blackmail with the desire of Camille Chauagainst Britain and France These temps to make it appear that his withdrawals will occur periodcabinet was saving the nation ically until the garrisons are reThe right has had a leader in the duced to the normal standard person of Jacques Doriot a sort of which is sufficiently large to enFrench Huey Long for a time gage In preliminary operations mayor of the Paris suburb of St urttil reinforcements are once Denis An admirer of Hitler he more rushed from the mainland There has been no mention of the bought a Paris newspaper La and tried to convince his fel- -' naval and air bases which the low citizens that he was destined Italians have erected in the last to save France He lost ground af- few years in the Mediterranean ter ' Chautemps with his moderate and which have been a thorn’ in the side of admiralty program had come into power Italy undertakes not to infringe Have Held to Middle Ground territorial on Spain’s integrity The present premier appeals to either in Europe or in Africa— the Morocco midObservers who the passionately Individualistic Spanish dle class Frenchman because his send regular reports to Washingpolitical philosophy and that of his ton on Italy’s activities in Spain party the radical socialist epito- say that Italy never contemplated mizes what ns traditional in hoisting flags in any of Franco’s French republicanism The radical territories But this does not presocialist ideology has been described vent Italian and German speas neither socialist communist nor cialists from fortifying the coast Spain and building as quickly capitalist but as that expressed In of the slogan of the original French as possible new air bases at revolution: "Liberty equality fra- Franco's ports on the north Afriternity” Since the World war the can coast as well as in continental radical socialists have held to the Spain Italy also agrees to withdraw great middle ground which repre son-in-la- w r sit-do- sit-do- r Lib-ert- ie h m i -- Sergeant Forrest Mott welter gives Memphis kindergarten children a lesson In safety Since 1923 when school safety classes were started Memphis has not had a school child trafflo fatality In 1922 there were ' 29 Commissioner Calls Memphis ‘Safety City’ By HARRY P SNYDER MEMPHIS Tenn UP) — The man chiefly responsible for making Memphis "the nation’s safest city” (citation of the National Safety council) is Commissioner of Public Safety Clifford Davis whose father’s leg Was broken In an automobile mishap in 1922 This is the story of how he did It The award was made on a basis of achievement in safety organization education engineering and enforcement as well as for actual fatality reductions tho council announced Although Milwaukee with 108 traffic deaths in 100000 population and Hartford Conn with 83 bettered the Memphis record of 13 the council pointed out that Its award went to the city which the judges considered "came nearest to doing for safety the maximum that could be done practicably in that city” Davis a young attorney when his father was injured has been hammering at traffic safety since In 1923 at the age of 25 he was elected city (police court) judge Me recognized but one fine for convicted speeders— $50 the the law maximum Davis went from city 1933 1934 1935 under judge to the 1 936 1937 able-bodi- itary police which would have the dual role of keeping in order and Franco MussoSpain lini has promised to withdraw his forces But he might simply release them from military service —demobilize them In such an eventuality there Is hothing to prevent Franco from hiring these “veterans” in the Spanish service and thus defeat the provision of n the agreement But while this is the truth behind the much ballyhooed agree--methere is no doubt that there Rome-Londo- nt but such a ing with pain gnawing appetite penalty paid for gratifying it I What a picture! And how uhnecessary thanks to VON’S PINK TABLETS No magic about it—just common sense knowhow ways of relieving human suifering that VON’S PINK TABLETS quickly demonstrate Not on sal at Drug Stores Call at our office or— feSmt Micovi ’InatsAdd ' SAM HIANCIHCO VON CO Fsetfle Building 4th aeS Market Suite S64 Deet KX n (1 FERER n flT'Rt K "booklet "THB PROBLEM dcocrtbtng your horn treatment Ak ’ 1 L OK THE SUF about Guarantee I T 7 0 some definite advantages which do not appeam the treaty itself Great Britain Is rearming as speedily as she can Her progress is somewhat handicapped by the fact- - that her sources of supply from Spain have been reduced Furthermore the city stands to lose at least $400000000 in the event Franco decides at Mussolini's suggestion to take over the mines in which British capital is copper vitally interested The mines of Rio Tinto the mercury mines of Alamden and the iron ore mines of Bilbao until 1936 were only nominally Spanish The bulk of the capital—and the profits — were British The possibility of a nationalization of those Important sources of wealth has been troubling the city and the British government considerably The government needs them for the rearmament divprogram and the city idends While Eden was ftr the high sliding down- hill just as fast as he came up has a brilliant future before him Grooming la Apparent That Mussolini is grooming him as a possible successor is apparent That Ciano spurred on by his am bitious wife is preparing himself for the post is also plain to everyone But many Italians who have witnessed tha rlae and fall of other "sucoeseors" still retain a certain degree of skepticism Ciano'apparently has all tha fascist requisites for success — ' youth courage enterprise In addition he is intelligent loyal simple genial His critics accuse and him of two faults — insufficient force of character and a tendency to ape without success tha gestures of his father-in-la' But those who know him best say that experience is tempering hia character When he first took over Jhe foreign ministry he tried to Imitate hia more forceful “boas” In manner of speech and gesture His attempts to throw out his chin and blow up his cheeks (in imitation of the duce) brought down laughter on his head He now acts more naturally His followers are increasing Job No Sinecure Ciano’e job has not been a sinecure He took over the foreign office at tha close of the Ethiopian war which left In its wake a staggering number of delicate international problems England still had most of its home fleet concentrated in the Mediterranean The world with the exception of a few countries tyaa hostile to Mussolini’s annexation of Ethio- ? xlx - MX Commissioner Clifford Davie When he says ’safety’ he means it of the National Fire Prevention as- sociation Only 34 persons were killed in traffic accidents here in 1937 compared with 50 in 1936 and 48comfor pared with an average of more than a decade a reduction of toll 319 per cent tti the annual An even more drastic reduction total traffic accidents was effected despite a new reporting system requiring records even on fender scraping i Commissioner Davis praised Police Judge Marion Speed Boyd who despite his middle name has shown speeders no mercy He also praised the man in the street and on the police force Davis’ report to the safety council cited the fact that the Memphis motor vehicle inspection bureau — which he sponsored in 1934 as the first city compulsory testing station — achieved maximum efficiency last year that streets were improved and lighting facilities extended grade crossings eliminated traffic signals renovated and all equipimproved pia The league’s economic sanc- tions against Italy had destroyed most of Italy’s trade treaties with foreign countries Italy had few friends and they were not very strong Germany for its own political reasons was the only big European nation which had shown any sympathy with Italy during the Ethiopian war It was therefore toward Berlin that Mussolini and Ciano first cast their eyee when they began looking for allies to counteract Franco-Britis- h tents Visited Hitler In 1936 Italy and Germany soon found themselves fighting side - by - side with Franco’s nationalists in the This led to Spanish revolution closer political and economic relations In November 1936 Ciano went on his first important politi- - -t- - all Jts divisions from Spain In due course — that Is to say as soon as Franco becomes the ruler of the whole country Here ag£in the whole question depends on flow Mussolini has crossed his fingers when he signed that provision The British and the French ' have been worrying over the possibility that a larger portion of the blackshirts will remain in Spain after the war is over There were reports about a pretorian guard which Franco wiU be urged to form a 'foreign police force to supervise the pacification of Spain Spanwhen all the iards return to constructive work in the mines and in the fields These reports Indicated that Franco might be compelled to hire a portion of 'the fascist blaca milkshirts as his gendarmerie starts unexpectedly J w ment Traffic Accidents per 100000 Population They guessed wrong Tho count then 33 is now two years older and a much wiser and stronger man He has consolidated his hold on No 3 position and unless he good-looki- Davis is convinced education offers the chief solution to the traf1 fic problem “That’s why we spend so much office of police and fire commi- time with school children” he said ssioner later changed to publid safe- “They will form safety habits and ty commissioner eventually pass them on to others A year ago the city won not only When it becomes antomatic for a traffic safety award but also the person to walk to an intersection United States chamber of commerce before crossing a street then we’ll award for fire safety It tied Los have advanced in preventing peAngeles for the first place award destrian accidents” 3 are DUE TO GASTRIC HYPERACIDITY Tender and inflamed scotched by adds burn- u power Finances Held Behind Agreement 't 2- By STEWART BROWN ROME (UP) — Count Galeazzo Ciano husband of Benito Mussolini’s favorite daughter Is completing with flying colors his second ' r - 4-- II Duce’s Understudy Rises Swiftly Critics Admit Ciano Has Met Tests Starting ‘Safety9 Early Country Made Up of Individualists Who Unite in Times of Stress Confidence ' ' s'' Reported Returning in Business Orcles ‘r- II priest of Britain’s foreign affairs an attempt was made to win Franco over to the British side as far as these natural resources were concerned and the Spanish generalissimo was promised a substantial amount if he gave a def- -- aon-ln-la-w cal mission when he visited Adolf made to Hitler in September 1937 On Germany's invitation Hitler in Berchtesgaden Italy antiThe Rome-Berli- n axis was forged joined the Nippon-Germa- n The two next communist pact at this meeting For the triangle entered a new years this axis was to be the dominating factor in Italian foreign pol- phase when Italy disgusted over icy Originally forged to obtain the league's refusal to recognize Germany’s help in Spain and the the conquest Of Ethiopia withdrew Mediterranean the axis eventually from Geneva in December thus folobliged Italy to sacrifice Austria to lowing the example of Germany and Germany Japan Before he had finished his first Mussolini's foreign policy of sucsix months ih office Ciano had which Ciano has been the faithful ceeded in getting Italian foreign interpreter scored another' success trade stagnant since sanctions when Neville Chamberlain British moving again as a result of new prime minister in the interest of relations forced the trade treaties with a number of Anglo-Italia- n countries resignation of Anthony Eden whom the Italians opposed for his alleged Tour Made - Diplomatic To protect the 4driat‘c flank Ciano set to work to make friends with Jugoslavia which he had ac complished by March 1937 He also visited Belgrade Vienna and Buda-pe- st In the meantime the Spanish crisis had become more acute and Ciano consolidated Italy’s relations He prestill more with Germany pared the visit which Mussolini r" CERTAINLY TEEL SATE RIVING IN THIS CAR NEVER" inite understanding that British interests would re'maln untouched' SAW BRAKES ACT SO QUICKLY flat AND SMOOTHLY Mussolini's pressure was rapidly applied and the negotiations fell Now the city ia turning directly toward il duce for assurances that the "nationalization” operations will not be as thorough as the city fears Mussolini is willing to talk business Ethiopia is the black pearl of Italy’s crown but it 1s not mounted It would require hundreds of millions of dollars to set that pearl to the taste of Jll Upper photo shows Count Galeazzo Ciano Italian foreign minister' at his desk Count Ciano in the lower and Mussolini's photo is shown when ho piloted a bombing piano in the Ethiopian I" antifascist sentiments Political negotiations with' England long de-- i sired by Mussolini were Initiated in March of this year Critics Admit Talent Even Ciano’s severest critics ad' mlt he has displayed unusual diplomatic ability in the delicate negotiations which the duce has en trusted to him during the past two years “don't TORCET you're RIDING HI AN OLDS MOBILE WITH POWERFUL SELF-ENERGIZI- NG BRAKES THE FINEST THERE ARE I AND THAT'S ONLY ONE OF MANY SAFETY FEATURES THAT MAKE OLDSMOBILE AMERICA'S FOREMOST CAR FOR SAFETY FIRST I SUPER-HYDRAUL- IC Mussolini and King Victor Emanuel The city was given to understand by Count Dino Grandl that a comprehensive loan for the development of Ethiopia would soften Mussolini’s heart in regard to Britain’s vital interests in Spain and the city could thus kill two birds with one etone: Maintain its investments in Spain and reap a modest profit from its Ethiopian development loan It is reported privately that this part of the Itahan-Britis- h agreement which so far has received little publicity is probably the most constructive element in ' the entire set-u- p Copyright for The 1938 Tribune Home Building in Britain LONDON (UP)— A total of 3500-00- 0 hew houses have been built in Great Britain since the war Sir Kingsley Wood health minister reveals In the latest issue of the 'Home and Empire" He declared the figure ‘has not been equaled or even approached in any other couh ' v Stress ‘Three RV try - 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