Show NEWS THIS WEEK by LEMUEL F PARTON 4 EW YORK georges bonnet anfrances NEW NF frances rances new foreign minister has been a vigorous advocate of a british french american alliance A he is regarded as french may more in accord join four with the chamber power pact lain policies than his predecessors with the downfall of the left government ern ment the conclusion of an anglo angio italian agreement and the appointment of M bonnet interpreters of 0 european politics see an advance toward a four power pact possibly live five power with poland in and the further isolation and immobilization of russia the abandonment of the french soviet treaty is expected to be an immediate issue in what disregarded Is regarded as a sharply clarifying outline of dominant conservative policy in france and england aa M bonnet shrewd suave dressy is a somewhat rakish figure with his hat usually on the back of his head but a personage of power and di digby 11 f tn in the political forum he R 1 is POW aty younger school of french nd in that connection one of the best jai alai players in france at his country place at st georges de didonne he spends much time making M bonnet incredible kanga cuts didos TOO roo leaps playing on estate pelota basque as they call it there but in statesmanship he is no rub ber heeled bounding basque he Is rather a wary and adroit fencer when he was appointed ambas 4 to the united states in january 1937 he brought with him a years supply of truffles fles and pate de toles gras he had to take most of it back however as in july he was recalled to save the 4 franc nahe ft afie chautemps cabinet I 1 i as supposed to have saftey sav tey but as usual it stay saved and in the turn of the ferris wheel which is french politics he was down under and up again he is an economist but also a philosopher and author in the chamber of deputies from southwest t falace nee at the age of thirty six and a former minister of budget pensions and fla finance ance he budgets a few wisps of hair carefully across his bald pate and surveys the world warily through gold rimmed spectacles j JAPANS strongly authoritarian government with its feudal car ry over has never fitted exactly into any of the molds of ultramodern ultra modern absolutism the spotlight intensifying issue now on jap of fascism which strong man may y force out the present government spotlights several likely look ing strong men as possible successors to premier konoye the only one with apparently clearly formulated ideas and a fluent line of totalitarian talk is war minister general hajima sugiyama after several years of european postgraduate post graduate studies in direct action he be returned to talk of national renovation decadent unity and discipline the the like more than any other leader he employs the standard terminology of fascism if that means anything on may 27 1937 he gave the diet quite a lacing and said that it would have to behave or Sugi sugiyama yarna we will dissolve tells diet it since he was to 0 o behave then a member of the ruling military triumvirate this was no casual editorial we while he is fifty eight years old he hits big time politics with a strong momentum not a contender for high place until 1936 and hence not track sore like some of his rivals he did not become a general until 1936 after the army revolt early ear ly in that year he had been vice minister of war and head of the military air force his heavily face resting reckless on a heavy torso is asymmetrical with one eyebrow always cocked one side watchful and mobile the other hardened in the set of a benda mask of a dictator he is of the army caste graduated from the national military college he represented japan in the 1926 disarmament conference at geneva remaining in europe tor for several years thereafter 0 consolidated consolidate d news features service |