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Show Ready For Wax It is not a very reassuring picture that is brought back i to America by Henry Morgenthau, Senior, who was an attendant upon the hapless London Economic Conference as an economic advisesr of the American delegation. His words are weighty because he has had diplomatic experience, ex-perience, having been the American ambassador to Turkey during the World War days. "All (Europe is ready for war," says Mr. Morgenthau. "Conditions are similar to what they were in 1913 all over Europe. All the countries coun-tries are expending more for armament. arm-ament. All distrust each other." However, he adds one comforting thought: "Europe will not look to us for man power again, as she has all the men she wants, but one group or another would like a financial fin-ancial alliance, in case of war." "All European countries," Mr. Morgenthau continued, "are conserving con-serving their resources, and the unwillingness un-willingness on the part of some of them to go all the way in the matter mat-ter of wheat curtailment Is because of a feeling that they must prepare for war and in preparing for war they must have grains to tap and draw upon." Starvation behind the lines is a worse foe than the enemy's ene-my's bullets, and in the case of a blockade is just as much a part of the battle. Just because Mr. Morgenthau finds Europe ready for war doesn't mean that we will have one right away. Most European countries do not actually want war. France favors fav-ors the peaceful retention of her last gains. Russia is engaged in a large economic experiment and war would interfere. Poland, Jugo-Slav-la, Czecho-Slovakia, and some others, oth-ers, haven't had time to consolidate consoli-date themselves after their creation and need a little more time. Hitler wants to improve Germany's situation, situa-tion, but he would not risk war, except ex-cept as a last resort. Italy, If we can Judge from the past, would have to do a lot of bargaining before she would enter a conflict However, the European stage is set, to a considerable degree, as far as conflicting desires and contending contend-ing alliances are concerned. Some untoward incident might start tht blaze. |