Show weekly news review british policy of expediency Re reverberated reverberates Rever verber berates ates around the globe I 1 by joseph W la bine international As A proprietor ot of the worlds great est empire great britain assumes a right ard and obligation to be ring mas I 1 ter of international diplomacy it if tuch such a duty Is incumbent during pence peace it becomes more pressing in time ot of stress th the e year 1038 Is one of stress and in november of 1938 great britain Is still the ringmaster but Is jumping to the lath of her own whip caught in the backwash of her own fatal conservatism she is desperately making an expensive peace with dictators and damoc eracles alike A roundup of these pon peace ce overtures with cause caus e and effect with reverberations ns and repercussions P ere that echo around the world looks something like ilka the tha following lo 10 wing GERMANY 0 november has become an international crisis month of moro more import than september reason Is that septembers czech german germa crisis had immediate effect on only a comparative handful of central europeans uro but in november germany has haa begun persecution of jews has moreover shown downright hostility toward all christian denominations in general and to tho the catholic denomination in particular ti this trent treatment ment has aroused worldwide world wide resentment against chancellor adolt adolf hitler ond and his italian friend premier benito mussolini who uses similar tac tactics ties against world jewry it has also daiv driven e n gho ghosts S t S f from rom th the e cl closet os C t of britaina Brit ains taino prime minister neville chamberlain bee because ause ho he tailed to get a german guarantee against jewish persecution when he negotiated at ed the sellout treaty at munich this autumn though christian great britain Is horrified by hillers Hit lers persecution it dares not slap germanas germanys Germ anys face not only tire are british banks planning I 1 I 1 g 6 s 1 I 1 1 vi I 1 1 11 1 1 s I 1 I 1 I 1 MI 11 X I 1 I 1 I 1 t I 1 al 1 aria 11 i 1 1 e I 1 V 91 1 it ry I 1 W 1 ka I 1 I 1 4 1 x I 1 r 1 ils I 1 11 1 1 4 t 11 I 1 1 1 V 1 01 v I 1 I 1 T e 1 l 1 I 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 4 U 1 I 1 e I 1 1 l ie 1 I 1 I 1 i 1 I S I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 61 0 ail I 1 I 1 S PIROW lie expressed britaina Brit ains sympathy loans to nazi controlled industries but london must also exhibit sympathy with germanys germanas Germ anys colonial demands in africa during the heat of jewish persecution berlin was visited by oswald pirow minister of defense and industry tor for the union of south africa although colonial secretary malcolm macdonald has indicated great britain does not intond intend to surrender any colonies mr visit can only mean that the union of south africa tears fears hitler and wishes to return germanys germanas Germ anys war lost colonies immediately med lately BALKANS RUMANIA among such southeastern european nations as rumania greece and turkey lies great britaina Brit ains last chance to resist german political and economic expansion pan sion slon and also to maintain a vestige of international prestige although social minded london once shunned shunil d Ru manias king carol for his love affair with magda lupescu daughter of a jewish junk dealer his recent visit to london with crown prince michael found english lish royalty only too glad to court his favor this is because his friendship for great britain can stop hit lers southeastward bound steam roller it if carol gets british export credit of about it if great britain agrees to buy rumanian oil and give carol a large loan rumania will close its doors on germany following this same policy p lo 10 london must increase her sway in other balkan states also encouraging turkey and rumania to return war won lands to bulgaria which stands alone outside the balkan entente and is easy prey pre y for german economic expansion ITALY 0 even while king carols visit was marking an effort to stop dictators smartly dressed lord perth visited the th a italian foreign office in rome and presented his credentials to the king ot of italy and emperor ot of ethiopia this constituted formal british recognition of italis ett ethiopian 0 O conquest which is now denied by only russia and the U S among great powers such recognition was a british capitulation and a few hours later lord perth returned to the foreign office to initial the anglo italian friendship pact it ww wran recalled that last spring prime minister chamberlain promised he would not invoke the pact until S P ains civil war had reached a settlement with a new reb rebel el offensive just starting on tho the ebro that settlement has hai hardly been reached FRANCE 0 though friendly with great britain france has lo 10 lost much because its foreign policy h has as been following that of london what Is worse french finance could not bear tile the unprecedented expense of last septembers tem bers military preparations therefore the government has been crawling into its shell concerning itself more with domestic problems following its defeat at the treaty of munich its most pointed foreign gesture gestur has been a recognition of italis ethiopian victory but new troubles are looming from italis direction following but a few hours on tho the heels of the anglo italian friendship accord accordI having laving won british acceptance of its foreign policy italy has turned to britaina Brit ains onetime closest ally france tor for colonial thai demands the demands that franco france cede to italy tho the djibouti addis ababa railroad and the port of djibouti in french Somal Soma lland liland and share with italy the control of the suez canal and administration of tunisia not only are such demands to france but she now sees the fallacy of trying to appease the insatiable hunger of either germany or italy RUSSIA though tho the soviet paper hinves tin has urged closer russian cooperation with the U S tor for pro preservation go r of world pence peace and though dictator josef stalin la Is more interested te in his domestic development men t than in worldwide world wide expansion of communism no democracy can aff afford ord to disregard the fact that dussias Rus sias political sympathies are more closely akin to those of germany and italy strengthened by the Mill munich ilch pact germany must eventually fight russia or make peace with her it has been authoritatively reported that chancellor hitler has sent three peace offers to dictator stalin the latest of which suggests a division of russian german spheres of interest this possibility carries dynamite for once moscow and berlin make peace there here Is nothing to prevent each of these tremendous powers from expanding at will UNITED UNITE STATES et bat 0 at home the above Inter international natio nat developments have brought three ehrl e pertinent results 1 great britain has rushed to consummation her reciprocal trade agreement with tile the U S in which canada Is also involved constituting a climax to secretary of state cordell hulls reciprocal trade program the agreement Is an imbor tant effort to loosen and swell the how flow of U S canadyan trade not voiced but tremendously evident Is the tact fact that this treaty marks a new solidarity among democracies as opposed to dictatorial nations 2 U S indignation over ger banys jewish persecution has found expression in the plan put forth by joseph P Xen kennedy nedy U S ambassador to great britain its essen essence essency cd worldwide world wide operation cooperation co for removal of germanys germanas Germ anys jews to north and south america onar I 1 1 1 3 1 A 4 1 ov za 11 1 1 1 1 42 4 vie U x pa s I 1 1 L I 1 f 4 R 4 I 1 I 1 44 I 1 h V 1 1 IN X P X I 1 0 P A 1 r ac I 1 I 1 X 11 W t p I 1 1 I 1 1 k I 1 I 1 I 1 1 11 ak 1 I 1 I 1 V I 1 11 ll 11 I 1 41 A ax T V f 1 1 r 1 i I 1 K 7 I 1 1 k I 1 I 1 1 mr I 1 V 41 1 1 I 1 I 1 all I 1 11 1 Z K 11 I 1 1 4 I 1 I 1 1 1 Z I 1 av zv Vs 7 V ic I 1 at 1 1 U 4 Y S I 1 11 I 1 I 1 4 A 11 X now 1 11 1 11 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 F 7 at V I 1 Z pa f 1 1 11 F 1 I 1 I I 1 I 1 4 41 V ambassador KENNEDY for german jews a 4 solution and parts of the british french and netherlands sr empires great britain would arrange land for new settlements while V U S jewish and vote vate groups would provide money 3 rather than accept french and russian bids for leadership in world peace movements president roosevelt has bas invited 20 sister republics in the western Verni hemisphere sphere to unite in a defense against european or asiatic aggression this new U S foreign policy Is evidenced by 1 the presidents outspoken denunciation of germanys germanas Germ anys jewish persecution 2 his recall of hugh R wilson U S ambassador to germany 3 his announcement of a multi billion dollar defense program to protect not only the U S but all western hemisphere nations 4 U S interest in the pan american conference opening december 8 at lima peru and 5 an apparent effort in washington to steer away from european entanglements entangle ments other than those with france britain and other democracies I 1 labor shaggy john L lewis has lost much prestige the last two years because his committee for industrial organization initiated the wave of sit down strikes also because many of C 1 I 0 fl most outspoken members were radicals tion lion flared up in time to defeat many C 1 I 0 endorsed candidates in tile the november election and by the time mr lewis organization opened its constitutional convention in pittsburgh a week later the handwriting was on the wall C 1 I 0 now the congress of industrial du organization has made at least two important bids for con lve support first the con bention has adopted a resolution to preserve the sanctity ot of collective bargaining contracts thereby attempting to appease C 1 I employers second C 1 I 0 3 much 1 I mei ingvi I 1 d k I 1 6 av N t v 14 az 1 n 11 Z 4 1 I il Z 11 1 U 41 I 1 I 1 11 4 i I 1 ri I 1 X k cje J i aa v 1 1 I N I 1 1 T I 1 U a i I 1 4 e e t I 1 J M ai W v A I 1 r k 4 11 I 1 0 e wv 1 k 4 I 1 41 1 11 1 1 I 1 F I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 ili 1 1 I 1 I 1 k I 1 7 f 1 1 r 1 I I 1 m I 1 1 I 1 4 1 1 I 1 1 1 ALIEN HARRY BRIDGES even C 10 7 0 became hostile publicized harry bridges alien west coast labor leader was figuratively bounced from the convention when he attempted to secure official endorsement dor of so called radical political views this was mr bridges second blow of the day for at indianapolis din di a demand tor for his deportation was issued simultaneously by stephen F chadwick commander of the american legion now permanently organized C 1 I 0 has charted a finish tight fight with the older more conservative american federation of 0 labor the battle will not only be one of tion principle but it will also on en tall the future status of unorganized american workers though C I 1 L 0 boasts a simple and democratic constitution observers checked the figures and found that five members of the executive board will speak for or of the members C 1 I 0 will remain substantially under the thumb of mr lewis sidney hillman man of the amalgamated clothing workers and philip murray of 10 e steel workers committee white house louse attorney general homer S cummings retirement from the roosevelt cabinet was not unexpected for the 69 year old californian has often sought refuge from washing ton the past 12 months though et efforts have been made to attach political significance to his move he is the first new deal cabinet member to retire voluntarily it is understandable that mr cummings should desire to return to private law practice but his retirement does arouse speculation about oth other e r cabinet changes secretary of the navy claude A swanson has been ill and may be succeeded by assistant secretary charles edison madame secretary of labor frances fr a n perkins has lost the good graces of both C 1 I 0 and A P F of L and many observers predict her resignation secretary of commerce daniel L roper though unpopular with business has made it plain he will not resign meanwhile washington whispers say that harry hopkins administrator and defeated gov frank murphy tire are both considered as potential cabinet timber agriculture the 1938 farm program P ram was not put into effect until many U S producers had their crops under wa way 7 this has been one explanation of its failure and next year the agriculture department plans to give the plan its first complete test details the program will involve minimum bounties to operating cooperating co farmers include 30 cents a pound on cotton 14 cents a bushel on corn 27 cents a bushel on wheat 22 cents on rice 3 cents on potatoes 3 a ton on peanuts compared with this years acres program will be con fined to about acres in the hope of reducing surpluses biggest slash of all will come in wheat which was harvested this year from acres and which would be restricted to acres next year for soil conservation payments the government has a ha half if billion dollars available w with th a another n for price adjustment payments only catch to this program Is that congress new republican minority may interfere politics to elect 8 new senators 81 house members and 13 new governors in the november elections U S republicans public ans had to pile up a large total vote figures now available show that in 24 states the G 0 p had per cent of the popular vote compared 0 amp a red with per cent two years a ago go not included in tho the survey thus far are 5 southern ou th ern st states a te 3 traditionally democratic |