Show WEEKLY NEWS NEWIS ANALYSIS BY HENRY fal W PORTER roosevelt appeals to germany and poland to try for peace england and france mobilize EDITORS NOTE when opinions arc expressed in these columns they licy are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper re released asad by western newspaper union in a desperate effort to avert the holocaust of war which threatens to anulf europe president roosevelt appealed directly to chancellor adolf hitler of germany and president lenarc Blos cick to refrain from hostilities for a reasonable and stipulated period and attempt to settle their heir difference by 1 direct negotiation 2 submission ol of these controversies to an impartial arbitration in which they can both have confidence or 3 agree to the solution of these controversies through the procedure of conciliation selecting as conciliator or moderator a national of one of the traditionally neutral states of europe or a national of one of 0 the american republics which are all of them free from any connection with or participation in european political affairs EUROPE near the abyss through the doorway 0 of historic 10 downing street stepped neville chamberlain prime minister of great britain dressed in somber black and more grave faced than he has been for months not even the cheers of the crowd which lined the streets as he made his way to the parliament building drove the gloom from his features standing in the house of commons called in emergency session for the eighth time since the world war the premier twisting his hands and speaking in a strained voice made a speech heard by millions of listeners all over the world no longer an appeaser neville chamberlain told the members of parlia 7 4 c Z Z 1 F 51 4 i NEVILLE imminent peril of war ment that germany was in a condition of complete readiness for war that great britain found itself faced with imminent pe peril ril of war and that a german attack on poland would mean certain and immediate war the understanding we gave poland was given before any agreement was talked of with russia and it was not in any way dependent on any such agreement being reached lt he said how can we with ith honor go back on an obligation which we had so often and plainly repeated As he be went on in a cold firm voice reviewing the treaties which formally define our obligations but do not in any way vay alter add to or subtract from obligations of mutual assistance which have already been accepted his listeners realized that he was telling them that britain would go through with the present crisis to the bitter end even if that end meant war and the men who heard him appeasers appease rs who had cheered his other crisis announcement that he was flying to munich to talk to adolt adolf hitler now cheered his pledge that there would be no appeasement now chamberlain opened his speech by the declaration that new and drastic steps are required by the gravity ot of the situation and that he hoped it would be possible for the emergency powers defense bill giving his government dictatorial wartime powers to be signed by the king immediately after its approval by parliament before that time the king had held a privy council at which lie he signed an order authorizing the government to mobilize the navy naval reserve and the terri rials home guard when necessary meanwhile the ominous tramp tramp tramp of armed men was vas sounding in other countries directly involved in the crisis in poland more men were mobilized bringing the total force under arms up to in france men were called to the colors on this side of the atlantic dent roosevelt cut short his north atlantic fishing cruise and hurried back to washington to confer with will secretary of state cordall hull and am undersecretary sumner welles his hi first step was to send a personal persona message nes sage via ambassador willian william i Phillips to king vittorio manuel emanue E aj 9 vf italy expressing jip the hope that tha settius SctT ius I 1 king would find some way of c exerting his influence in behalf of the maintenance of peace five hours later pope pius XII I 1 supreme head of the catholic church went on the air with an urgent appeal tor for peace twelve hours before great brit aws ains parliament met in emergency session to give neville chamberlain dictatorial ta tat orial torkil and wartime 77 powers another meeting was held in the massive V walled kremlin in moscow its purpose was vas to put the finishing touches on an act which had brought europe to the brink of the abyss of 0 war ri bentrop chief figures at this meeting were joachim von german foreign minister and M molotov soviet premier and foreign commissar they were there to sign and seal in the presence of dictator stalin the pact between their countries a secretly negotiated agreement which provid r y ed cd one of the most J I 1 iv sensational political bijj h 11 developments in eu n 1 rope since the world ab Y V war under its terms these two nations which have tv been bitter enemies for years have agreed not to go to war against each A A other for at least 10 molotov years not only did it free germany from fear of having to fight enemies on the eastern as well as the western front as she did in the world war but it put an end to british and french hopes of getting russia to join them in a tri power arian alliance cc to stop hitler instead it gave him the go ahead signal for his plans for the dismemberment of poland and it meant that it if england kept her pledge to defend poland she and her ally across the english channel would have to do it without the support of the soviets soldiers and thousands of planes that is the unmistakable meaning of article i 4 of the aggression non pac pact t which stated that neither of the two contracting parties will participate in any grouping of powers which directly or indirectly is pointed against the other party to this agreement little wonder then that germany should hall hail this coup as the greatest in a series of diplomatic triumphs by der fuehrer fuchner last act in this latest drama of world events which have been staged in in moscow was the departure by airplane of the saddened members of the british and french military missions who for four months have been trying to get wily joseph stalin and his advisers to sign a mutual assistance treaty with their nations As they returned to their respective capitals and saw on every hand the feverish activity of mobilization they must have reflected upon the ironical fact that when they left moscow the soviet press was hailing the pact with germany as a forceful instrument for world peace PAN AMERICAN trade to compete with the trade of certain european countr countries I 1 es I 1 w which hl ch have been developing at our expense and to remove the greatest single obstacle to a united front in the western hemisphere the united states will soon sign a reciprocal trade agreement with argentina announcement of this plan was made in ington this week by sumner welles acting N secretary of state who said that the negotiations would begin at once characterizing this su ner welles as 33 a welcome constructive tive step in these unhappy happy times diplomat welles let it be known that preliminary discussions which practically guarantee the agreement going through have been completed when it does go through uncle sam will have offered his strongest inducement the enlargement of mutual trade to conciliate a nation which had stood at the other extreme of latin america in policy as well as geography next to canada argentina was the most important trade outlet for the united states in the western hemisphere during the past year with its imports from this country valued at more than twice its exports to its northern neighbor no less important than enlarging this trade outlet is the fact that this new nev agreement may forge another link in pan american resistance to totalitarian doctrines f |