Show weekly e J news ws analysis dictator a C 0 states maneuvering to 10 T 1 0 S split p great britain atair france by joseph Ip Ba IN ln ilsa dille BS fiBBe J editors i NOTE T when w opinions expressed in these s c columns they if ire e those joyse of the news v ana analyst and not ly ol of the r jn 1915 italy signed the treaty of london adon with great britain and rance france joining the allies on a promse e of equal share in germanys germanas Germ anys lucan at rican territories at versailles this BB romise naise was forgotten and until 1935 franceane france ance and italy remained at swords aids ds that year found premiers mus kiani and laval signing a friend frien duni slip va pact among its points lahat 1 that italians ta lians ans born in frances african tunisia isia would remain italians until would then become french subjects 2 that ital italy could buy 25 per cent interest in the djibouti RENCH effta I 1 N DJIBOUTI DIS A SA AFRICA AFRICAN SORE SPOT area in italian shaded area black blach area french by annexing djibouti or all french somali and nd italy would gain a railroad outlet 0 the sea from addis ababa any british sh sm sympathy pathy niah italian demands is foolhardy since italian pos assion of french Soma liland would leave british Soma liland entirely surrounded rounded by italian property faddis addis ababa railroad see map 3 that ithac italy should receive two small strips of african territory an island between the red sea and the gulf of aden and the triangle in the eastern sahara desert T t though this french concession brought public repudiation of any further italian territorial claims it f did no more for european peace 1 than any other treaty england was because france acted with p out her advice still later in november f fv of 1938 italians began an if i unofficial clamor tor for french tunisia corsica nice and savo savoy Y thrown in for good measure were demands for italian participation in suez canal control and a better shake on using the addis ababa djibouti railroad as an outlet to the sea that mussolini and foreign min ister count galeazzo ciano are whipping up italian enthusiasm has 1 long been evident first open sign was italian repudiation of the mus laval treaty next it became known that strong italian garrisons are pressing against the back door of french Soma liland still later f t italy demanded that tunisia be rei moved from direct french control I 1 and established as an international area like tangier which is directed j by britain france spain and italy i thus the precarious position of i france and britain even in their II 11 I relations with each other again 1 1 pops to the surface whichever way he turns britaina Brit ains prime minister neville chamberlain will hit rough waters following I lis ilis january visit ito 5 to rome it he agrees to press tor for french concessions to italy which mussolini is sure to demand chamberlain will certainly cause a breach an in franco british relations if he refuses to help I 1 mussolini lus the italo british friendship pact will collapse and britain will have both italy and germany on her neck moreover hitler and mussolini would r regard gard a stiffened chamberlain a attitude as a provocation 11 which aich might have dire consequences iq quen m ees ces cha chamberlains in ibraina only salvation is to turn the he italo franch problem over to some mediation board 1 thus far hinted are 1 settlement by the hague court or 2 a j reassembly of the big four who r cooked aze czechoslovakian territorial goose at the treaty of munich last september domestic highlights of the U S post office 1 departments 1937 38 fiscal year rei pealed by postmaster general james J Far parleys leys annual report receipts expenses loss cause S of 0 loss was the spent on carrying tree free mail for congressmen i government departments and blind I 1 persons plus airmail subsidies and non nim postal functions mail planes had bad their busiest year flying miles better roads and faster vehicles made possible consolidation of rural routes and establishment of 1 i 63 more serving more cami i lies transportation last winters congress tagged the railroad issue too hot to handle and a adjourned d loureed in the face of a labor C sis since then the crisis has beer n smoothed but only on an the premise to both railroads and their ij employees that the new congress will give better operation cooperation co first step in the right direction was the report of a six man management labor committee which asked 1 regulation of all trans transportation por tation by the interstate commerce commission 2 creation of an independent transportation board to handle all other regulations 3 creation of a federal transportation court 4 repeal of the controversial long and short haul clause As congress rolls up its ale sleeves acs once more as observers discover the only unanimity lies in undesirability of government owned railroads four men make rail news either cither by speaking or by keeping quiet president roosevelt the administrations much advertised 1939 legislative isla tive motto is let congress do it which means that less white house pressure is being exerted on law makers though the president appointed the management labor committee though its report was made to him he apparently believes broad recommendations are enough details of U S transportation reorganization are being left for joint senate house ironing sen burton K wheeler chairman of the senates interstate commerce committee Alon tanas wheeler is the individualist who fought president Roosevel ts court reform bill definitely a nonconformist mr wheeler has promised to operate cooperate co with the white house but he calls the management labor report merely a wo working r T big basis planks I 1 in the wheeler rail program 1 no repeal of the long and short haul clause which prevents roads from charging a lower rate for a long haul than for a short haul over the same route in the same direction Q 2 financial cleanup of railroads even though it necessitates drastic measures to scale down top heavy structures 3 no government loans to railroads at 2 per cent unless similar concession is made to other industries dus tries rep clarence F lea farsighted far sighted and willing to listen Cali fornias lea as chairman of the house interstate ter state commerce committee is r k 1 fi I 1 N e I 1 JOHN A HASTINGS coast to coast for a sa 5 bill introducing broadly drafted railroad relief legislation on the stipulations that it must not be rushed that it shall be reworked after lengthy committee hearings the lea idea that competing transportation media provide a tar far more basic problem than the railroad issue alone that freight traffic should be diverted into the most economic channels john A hastings not seriously considered but signifying how far afield railroad relief proposals can go is the plan for transportation por tation evolved by former new york state senator hastings and introduced last congress by north dakotas rep william lemke the hastings idea application to passenger and freight services of the rate principle successfully sought and profitably employed for a hundred years in first class mail carriage the U S would be divided into nine railroad regions with five types of passenger service from new york to san francisco by coach would cost 5 sample fares by class from manhattan to chicago coach 1 parlor car fa 3 local sleeper 5 express reserved 10 de limited 15 religion from its inspiration in nazi germany european persecution of jews Is spreading to new fronts the latest czechoslovakia german patterned ghetto laws will soon go into effect jews will be clin eliminated drifted from politics civil service teaching journalism and radio A few will be allowed to continue practicing law and medicine danzig Dan ziff though allowed to take their wealth with them in contrast to german methods danzig jews are arc fleeing in anticipation of the F free ree cites union with the reich liechtenstein containing 65 square miles populated by people of germanic origin this prin ci is ousting all jews who arrived after the world war |