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Men and Things by W. N. Ewer

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DIPLOMACY

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"Frightened lo-day of tho Franco-Russian Alliance."

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I see it," said my American friend, "the outstanding thing in Europe to- day is the confict between Russia and Germany."

were

I must not givo, his name: because it is a known one and we talking privately. But he knows about as much of Eastern And, Europe as anyone I know,

he has a good, cold, objective brain.

"I in a double rivalry," he said "Pirst, the rivalry of the two strongest powers, far and away the strongest, anywhere between the Rhine and the China.Een.

"Hecond, the rivalry of two political churchien-the Communist Party and Life Naal Party.

The strongest characteristic of Com- munlam to-day is th hatred of Nażlam--not of Capitalism, or Paselam, but of Nazism; look, for proof, at any Communist paper.

The strongest elmracteristic of Nazism is its hatred of Communtaan; the Jews are a bad second.

'And in each case hatred is mixed up, with quite a lot of fear.

"It is dangerous businers." Pretence

"BUT," mid 1, "do you

think either of them really means to attack the other? I'm doubtful"

"I'm not doubtful. I'm as near cer- tain as you like," said lie. "I'm per fectly sure the Germans haven't the slightest intention of attacking Russin, or the Russians of attacking Germany, Either way, as a military proposi- tion, the thing is ridiculous. And both

general staffa know that perfectly well.

"But it suits each side's book .to pretend that the other is going to at tack. "And when you pretend a thing hard enough you begin to believe i yourself.

*I've been astonished in Germany lo find how seriously people believe in au Imminent · Rusalin danger' nir. basca in Czechoslovakia, Boylet aero- planes only two hours from Berlin, and the rest of it."

Here's the Key

ANYWAY, here it in. These two are ene miles, diplomatie enemies, and there is war to the diplomatic knife belwEEN them. And that in the key to most European politics to-day.

What in Germany's aim at the moment?

"You mean an Anglo-Franco-Ger man understanding7"

"Exactly. Ten years ngo you wanted that, and got it, nt Locario. For the game reason-to keep Russia out, You were frightened then of a RusIO- German alliance. The Germans to-day. are frightened of the Franco-Russian njilance.

to have the three

"They

want Western Powers united--'against Bol- shevlon '—that's the whole kden behind Hitler'iplomacy."

Dangerous

"WHILE the Russians," Bold I want an Anglo-Franeq-Soviet alliance against

Nazism?"

**Exnetly, That's what they come back to all tho tline. Bolshevik propaganda' to-day isn't in the least concerned with a proletarian revolu- tion or anything of the king, It la working overtime for a Triple Alliance.

Thore you have it. Nazi Germany on one side, Bolshevik Russin on the nther, each trying its utmost to get the other big fellow-and Ittle fel- lows too on its side, and to isolate the other.

"Anyway, that's how I see it, as outsider. And it looks to me a dan. gerous sort of game for everybody concerned,"

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TRADE UNIONISM 1.

not strong in India, There are only some 200,000 Trude Unionists all told in the country.

But consolidation of the movement, and a determination to start a big drive for mass membership shoul bring a rapid increase in these figures, One of the troubles has been the amount of time and energy devoted to the internal feud between the All-India Trade Unlou Congress and the Na- tional Trades Union Pederation. :

The Federation is * reformist ** and affiliated to the L.FT.U, The Congress Is "Left Wing." but affiliated to no International lindy.

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Spoiled Chances

MR. LANDON will nicht

Mr. Roosevelt. And, even Wall Street in regretfully con- vinced that Mr. Roosevel win win.

If the Kansas Coolidge" rently wants to live in the White Hause, he han spoiled his chances. Because the prospects of

f a beaten candidate bring chosen again are very smail.

That, they say, is why Vanderbergh, of Michigan, did not jush his candi. dature, though he could have been u dangerous rival to Landon.

'Let Landon night in 1930, We'll gel Vanderbergh nominated in, 1040 when there will be a chance," was the calculation of his managers.

But heaven knows what may happen between now and 1040.

Come 1940, there may not be a Re- pubilean party.

Party Break-Up

The But

EVEN this isn't really a Republienn versus Democrat fight of the old kind. party machines are still there. people aren't going to vote Republican or Democrat. They are going to vole for Roosevelt or against Roosevelt.

In 1940 there will be no Roosevelt. The rule of "no third terni.“ though purely traditional, is more rigid thẩn If it were in the Constitution.

What there will be quite unfore seeable

Hut complete break up of the old party systein is quite possible,

Quite possible, too, that after an- other four years of New Bral, Social Jsm-in some form or another-may become a serious issue la American politics.

1

Norman Thomas this time, as rast,

RUSSIA

"The strongest characteristic of Communism to-day is ils

hatred of Nazidom,”

gora gallantly into a hopeless fight, - Come 1940, it may not be at all ag hopeless

You never can tell.

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"I like the Iden of owning a volcano," says Mr. Buttle. 30 do I

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Behind the Screams

I HAVE been reading a list of secret oMelal instructions to Italian newspapers, which *Justlec and Liberty," an anti-Fascist paper, has rather unkindly published in Paris,

Take this " May 27, On pain of the severest penalties you are to abstaina from all expressions of mawkislines and tenderness with regard to the Abyssinians. No sentimental episodes, na fraternization"

Thu

you will remember, there was a sudden altence in the Itali Press about the mawkishly tender ad- ministration of gas to Abyssinians for their potnicas extraction of

the

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***The organisation

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solar system is admitted by Divine Pro- vidence to be a mere nothing com- pared with the Duce's effortless cou- iest of Abyssinia and its incorpor tion in the Roman Empire."

And Badoglio noddeo as I told him These Things,

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