Show weekly news analysis war threats still hold stage but hope Is not abandoned by henry W porter EDITORS NOTE when opinions ara jr expressed in these th es columns they af re those of thebe the be news Ws analyst tad and not cot necessarily of EUROPE war or ar or peace war or long negotiations either may be the outcome ot of the diplomatic exchanges now proceeding between london and berlin much depends upon the nature ot of hillers Hit lers reply to the latest message from the british cabinet tension is high in all european capitals war threats still hold the stage and before these lines reach the reader the clash of arms may be resounding in europe but hope for a peaceful ul settlement over poland has not been abandoned the british and french apparently are willing to concede something to germany but by no means a all that hitler demands the showdown may come quickly it is apparent that each side is trying to bully the other with its bellicose intentions in order to force some sort of a deal to avert war the latest british note it was said shows a willingness to facilitate a negotiated settlement between germany and poland it also contained a flat warning that any german threat to the independence of poland would find britain and france fighting on the side of the poles it is evident that at last the patience of france and britain has 1 ai IGNACE Kl polands bolands Po lands pilot reached the limit of endurance over hillers Hit lers continual grabbing of territory the brutality bad faith and menacing meth methods ds odthe ot the nazi government have iipp apt europe ina in a state of upheaval for years and this must stop now and definite guarantees must be given that will ensure the peace of europe Diplo mantic mantle negotiations have been proceeding in half a dozen european capitals in an effort to avert another world holocaust principal interest centered in london where the british cabinet wrangled for hours over hillers Hit lers latest proposals for a peaceful settlement of the ger man polish territorial dispute these proposals were submitted to sir nevile henderson the british ambassador bas to berlin in an interview requested by hitler henderson flew to london and laid them before the british government the arn ambassador bassa was to fly back to berlin with the british cabinets reply while the fuehr ers proposals were not at that time made public it was the belief in well informed quarters that they were not likely in their present form to off offer er any hope of providing a solution some sources close to the government were downright pessimistic chamberlains government armed with dictatorial powers voted by INVERNESS kl 0 4 AWAY r ewt eai E ral 0 V A aad X ARANCE 4 onea le Q A 0 1 V v ta P I 1 J oab aa ak rc 1 W the figures on this map indicate the flying distance between the chief cities of europe which are certain to be targets for bombers if war breaks out parliament continued to oil up the british war machine the first significant ant act was to sign sige a treaty giving formal effect to british pledges of aid to poland the treaty will run for five years another important war move was to prohibit dealing in a number of foreign securities this action was interpreted as conscription of wealth it is ig estimated that WO worth of securities will be affected by the order danzig the polish corridor and various sections of poland along the border these germany must have is hillers Hit lers defiant demand otherwise there will be war these were the declarations of hitler in a letter to premier deladier Da ladier of fran france ce this revealed for the first time officially hillers Hit lers full demands on poland for a nation with honor it is impossible to relinquish a population ot ol of its compatriots at its border the letter said in the meantime mobilization of german military forces was reaching its climax new war measures were taken food and clothing ration cards were distributed purchase of gasoline was restricted in washington it was learned that president roosevelt is prepared to go the limit of law and perhaps farther th er to swing the power and resources of the united states to the side of great britain and france in the event of war it if he is unable to procure repeal of the arms provision of the neutrality act he still will be enabled by certain loopholes in the legislation to temper the application of the embargo to favored belligerents the loopholes are afforded by the rules and regulations on the export of war supplies that the law leaves to the discretion of the executive france with the greatest force under arms since 1919 awaited calmly and vigilantly the outcome of diplomatic negotiations then under way notices were pasted up throughout the country ordering re ts to report to their mobilization centers at once approximately men are now under arms while riot not a general can call to arms this partial mobilization is sufficient to provide france with an army on a wartime footing capable of taking the offensive as well as holding up a surprise attack until the whole manpower of the country could be mobilized was the general belief in paris in warsaw a pan pall of depression settled on the polish capital in authoritative circles it was believed mediation by the united states or some other equally distinguished and disinterested third power was the only remaining chance to avoid european war this conviction was crystallized as warsaw heard from paris that hitler had refused direct negotiations with poland for a peaceful solution of Danzi gs status in rome premier mussolini was represented as willing perhaps eager for negotiations that would avert war but along with this fascists emphasize must be considered italian claims upon france for a greater share in african colonial possessions II 11 duce nevertheless pushed military preparations hope for peace from an interchange of messages between mussolini and hitler was tempered by the frank italian statement that hitler was seeking to throw on other powers responsibility for any war that may result WAR propaganda deluges america the greatest flood of war propaganda since the period immediately preceding american entry into the world war is deluging the united states according to a report made public by the dies committee on un american the war propaganda according to the report is traced to two major groupings of cf european nations the london paris entente and the berlin rome axis communist russia is placed in a separate category the s DR jo J B MATTHEWS dares bares propaganda most effective war propaganda in this country emanates from great britain the report said already wide sections of american public opinion have been definitely molded to the acceptance of many of the objectives of the current war propaganda emanating from abroad the report said polls of american public opinion would seem to indicate that certain powers the london paris entente have won the first major battle of the next war by enlisting the preponderant sentiment of this country on their side the report was compiled by dr J B matthews director on research on foreign war propaganda for the committee of all the nations in the world the united states is the most coveted prize to be bagged by foreign war propagandists says the report as resources of the united states might well be the decisive factor in any war when all of the war slogans have been stripped away from the underlying interests which they conceal it is plain on the one hand that certain nations have empires and want to keep them and other nations do not have empires not imposing ones at least but want to acquire them said the report Mos cows special interest clearly established by its own propaganda over many yea years rs is that these opposing comb combinations shall destroy each other and that proletarian revolution and dictatorship ship shall be extended on the ruins of that destruction democracy virsus versus dictatorship is chief among the war slogans employed in this country to conceal the imperialistic alms aims of 0 certain nations according to the report PANT PAN AMERICAN trade to compete with the trade of certain european countries which 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 washington this week b by sumner well welles e s a acting c t secretary of state who said that YIN Y the negotiations would begin at once characterizing this sumner W heues lies as a welcome constructive tive step in these unhappy 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 ou alet 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 agreement may forge another link in pan american resistance to totalitarian doctrines INDUSTRY steps ahead while the sensitive financial markets had a slight attack of jitters as a result of european war threats industry quickened its pace throughout the week steel production was at the highest level in nearly two years output of electricity set an all time record and the movement of railroad freight reached a new 1939 peak cotton textile mills were the busiest they have been this year automobile production increased as factories began to m make ake more headway on the 1940 models narrow gains were shown in retail trade over the preceding week DENISON DAM oklahoma kicks gov leon C phillips of oklahoma is threatening to use national guard troops to defy the federal government the governor demands postponement of work on the denison dam on the red river until congress meets again governor phillips is demanding tor for oklahoma a share i in th the glass Qs income of the hydroelectric hydro electric y to be built with the dam I 1 alec sr fists congress must pass a bin bill to allow the state to share in the power income and until he gets such a guarantee state troops will prevent excavation for the dam on the oklahoma side of the river the dam would create one of the largest reservoirs in the world JAPAN drops german germain ties As a result of the russian ger man pact a drastic change in foreign policy has been decided upon by the japanese cabinet japan jaban casts itself free from the ties which bound it to the ger man italian lineup and embarks on a course of splendid isolation the decision to start all over again adu 3 PREMIER HIRANUMA loses his job with the approval of the entire cabinet it was predicted that later the government will realign its internal n al structure but no inkling was given as to probable developments the government it was reported had abandoned consideration of measures to strengthen the anti comi tern pact which allied japan with rome berlin and hungary japanese newspapers were virtually agreed that the anti pact is dead as a result of the german russian pact the japanese army wa was s prompt in giving their unqualified approval to the cabinets action in severing ties with germany finding it impossible to make the adjustments made necessary by the german russian pact the jap enese cabinet resigned and a najt cabinet is being formed U j agriculture record wheat supply while guns and men were being arranged on Eu ropes political chessboard as poss possible ible pawns in I a new war bulked the largest supply of wheat the world has ever known the war scare found harvesters throughout most of the northern hemisphere completing harvesting the second largest crop of this important commodity since the world war coupled with what remains of last years great crop it gives the world bushels of wheat to teed feed Eu ropes armies what war would do to the delicately adjusted world wheat market is guess but most gran grain men agree that the efforts of three big western hemisphere PA pl V nations to obtain a portion of the european market by subsidizing exports would cease released by western newspaper union P |