Show weekly news analysis europe watches tiny ruthenia for next step in german march by joseph W la bine POLAND Q BERLIN 0 WARSAW GERMANY SLOVAKIA PATH TO efte UKRAINE THE UKRAINE to hitler md FIELDS p nul ditl antil old ucal pru van mit would aau bor da ud block HUNGARY RUMANIA THE dismembered CORPSE OF czechoslovakia CZECHO SLOVAKIA mr chamberlain interested in the funeral EDITORS NOTE wa opinions hi la abw caimano caimans cai mans in ot A news fad act ol 01 jbf europe died at the age of 0 20 born I 1 of i world nr lj war opportunism succumbed a victim of its own unnatural unity adolt hitler might place that inscription on the national tombstone of a nation he snuffed out partially he would be right but czecho slovakian slova kias unnatural unity might have become natural had not the flames of discontent been fanned by berlin and vienna immediate cause of death was a slovakian independence movement but good international ter physicians look behind the immediate cause to make their post mortem decision finding that czechoslovakian death agony conforms with diagnoses made throughout its short life birth on may 30 1918 czechoslovakia was born at pittsburgh pa attending physician was thomas G masaryk a modem george washington who pooled the causes of two depressed peoples until the war czecho czechs were dominated by austria and slovaks by hungary what could be more natural than a joint independence declaration though czecho czechs dominated the negotiations shrewd doctor masaryk foresaw trouble it slovaks were mistreated said the pittsburgh pact slovakia shall have its own administration parliament courts the slovak language shall be official but not until november 1838 did german pressure force the central prague government to grant slovaks an autonomy which had been denied because changing conditions demanded a solid national front another excuse may 30 1918 was a U S national holidays holi dayi hence the pact was not binding illness pride may keep the patient from admitting his ill health but sometimes the body builds physical resistance to a point where the ailment becomes unimportant gakias autonomy cry has been the czech nations headache tor 20 years but meanwhile both slovaks and czecho czechs found enough mutual delight in their newly won democracy to keep the autonomy movement well under cover even this novelty can wear off however and by 1938 czecho czechs slovaks germans hungarians Hung arians poles ukrainians and rumanians each found cause to complain of racial discrimination this was the era of national unity when adolf hitler was rescuing all good germans from foreign flags and when poland hungary and rumania followed the leader throughout last summer berlin fomented dissension among germans in the czech borderlands der lands at munich a defeated prague government deserted by london and paris ceded land A month later poland and hungary each took their share but debilitated czechoslovakia soon regained its feet one successful medicine was autonomy for both slovakia and ruthenia which gave the patient rest it not recovery another was the munich pledge by britain and france hia maje government and the french government have entered into the munich pact on the basis that they stand by the offer of anglo french proposals ot september 19 relating to an international ter guarantee of the new boundaries of the czechoslovak state against unprovoked aggression death see map that adolf hitler hopes eventually to control rus sias rich ukraine is no secret since munich his in czechoslovakia has aimed in that direction both slovakia and ukraine ruthenia held the father of their autonomy in high regard willing that he should build toward the day when german troops could use czechoslovakia as a corridor to the ukraine but one weak state is easier to handle than three young upstart nations hence hitler preferred autonomy to independence he also hoped hungary would dare not grab ruthelta Ruth enta to get its common border with poland since this might block the ukraine drive always an opportunist der fuehr er made the most of overnight developments slovakia revolted against prague ukraine declared ita independence and was immediately gobbled up by hungary and rumania remembering that bismarck once said he who controls bohemia Is master of europe germany forced what was left of czechoslovakia bohemia and moravia into the reich slovakia was granted independence the operation having been successful the patient died as expected czechoslovakia was no more in memoriam only a few days earlier london and paris were boasting that dictator appeasement was ended that star was rising and falling prime malster chamberlain and home secretary sir samuel hoare even proposed a disarmament parley showing their blissful ignorance of the situation when prague collapsed france and britain blandly declared it was no concern of theirs because 1 the czech guarantee had never been ratified and 2 anyway this was internal disruption not unprovoked aggression the real reason was far more cunning though it could be interpreted only as a continuation of the modern anglo french disinclination to face issues squarely eu ropes democracies realize that italy would never push her mediterranean demands against france without german help and digestion ot his new conquests will keep der fuehrer bu some ime but most important germany moved its theater of activity away from western europe and toward the borders of hostile russia france and britain forlornly hope hitler will march blindly into the ukraine engaging russia in a war which might spell death tor both nazllem and communism but both hitler and dussias Rus sias joseph stalin are probably too smart to invite such chaos even as hitler DICTATOR STALIN hitler after prague marched into prague the eighteenth communist congress was meeting in moscow dictator stalin sent a prominent ukrainian delegate to the platform with this unpleasant message whoever dares cut our frontiers will be destroyed like a mad dog fascist ringleaders ring leaders send secret agents to our country but let them know that we will annihilate them like loathsome creatures careful observers see one of three solutions listed in order of likelihood 1 hitler aul wul reconcile differences feren ces with russia via a trade and military pact holding tearful implications for world democracies 2 the entire russ german issue will be dropped blocked by polish hun garian rumanian unwillingness to surrender ruthenia as a german path to the east 3 a middle eu rope campaign will be started to nationalize all Uk raines inevitably leading to a russ german war people discovered at work in an english motor works 22 year old grand duke vladimir claimant to the russian throne reason russia will need our practical experience selected as U S ambassador to russia laurence A now ambassador to peru succeeding joseph dadles who was shifted to belgium last may congress said virginias beep clifton woodrum house economy leader who was ousted as head ol 01 the relief subcommittee 1 I have not changed my belief that the amount appropriated was sufficient to carry through the year however I 1 am open to conviction answered president roosevelt who has repeated his request for more funds the responsibility rests with congress spending Is the woe of most V S senators and representatives yet the early march economy bloc which threatened to wreck administration financial plans has already reached an amazingly effective stalemate reasons 1 by placing responsibility for an economy inspired business slump on congress shoulders president roosevelt washes his hands ot the consequences quen ces thereby causing ent wary legislators to backwater 2 both the president and congress realize that while the legislative branch will fight new spending pro the whitehouse can similarly exercise veto power over anti new deal legislation facts of the impasse debt mr roosevelt is willing to drop his request for a boost in the public debt limit from to but the alternatives offered by secretary of the treasury henry jr are little more inviting 1 increase the bond limit over its present to be reached by september 30 2 borrow funds tor the treasury through reconstruction finance corporation or other agencies not falling within the general budgets scope 3 issue SECRETARY allu alternatives were uninviting in notes and bills all that remains before the limit is reached on these types of securities white house insistence on one course or the other indicates the unlikelihood of shaving expenditures taxation though repeal of capital gains and undivided profits levies is a major congressional aim this session the normal tax rate must then be boosted unless a substantial budget clash is effected the new burden would tall most heavily on the smaller firms out of some corporations which pay federal taxes one of the few alternatives is to lower income tax exemptions which would mean political suicide tor congressmen relief though in deficiency fici ency funds were voted in february to maintain until june 30 the president has twice requested restoration of the remaining on pain of discharging workers white house estimate if the is not forthcoming must be dropped april 1 another may 1 another in june this would also have major political repercussions miscellany probably lost by chicago jews their vote la Chi cagos mayoral election april 4 which is observed strictly by orthodox jews as the first day of passover headliners Head liners leigl CARDINAL MAGLIONE the new 62 year old papal secretary of state Is a lifelong friend and onetime one time classmate of the ormer eugeneo cardinal pacelli who appointed him after being elevated to the post of pope pius XII ordained in 1901 in his native italy cardinal maglione imme entered the vaticano Vati cans dip service going to land in 1918 and madalono palestine in 1920 aa archbishop of caesaria his first was in switz erland but it wag in france that he gained such appreciation that he won the grand cross of the legion of honor in 1935 when created be received his alretta from the hands of the french president since then he has been in rome as head of the congregation of the council his appointment to the papal state is considered alg of the vaticano Vati cans contin aed strong position concerning to tali states since the italian government has registered dis pleasure over the appointment |