Windows Of The World

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 283, 30 November 1938, Page 22

Windows Of The World

NO SURPRISE.

PREVENTING GRAFT, j i

International Scenes And Affairs. THE NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS.

POLES SUPPORT GERMANY. i>i>i;i:<;aki> fok France. i;i<(Lat\ in i. I • I-i 11 <I' - ]•< >1 i<-_\ ot ~ 111 •} »< Tt ing < lermanv ili Ihe European crisis tailed In surprise tuteign uli-erver- in U';irsi». I'oland~ leci-ion to dc-ei I France wa- taken l>y Mar-lial Jo-ef I' iI-u d- k i in 1 !•■"{ 4 \\ ln-n tin' French • lo\eminent headed by LouiBarthoii tlatlv turned down hi- propo-al tn \\; iu < ■ a prevcut a t i\e war again»t l if i ina in . .M. .\ul; ii ~ t Zalc-ki. fur inanv years Foreign Mini-ter of Poland tinder Mar-lial I'il-ud-ki's diet all irshi |i. said that tor 111; 111 \ \ear- the policy (if France. illicit Britain anil I'uland vv adirected tu toice the collapse uf the rent ra 1 lierinan I .uvem inent in the hope that I lei iiiiin\ would -j< tit intu a nuinlier uf -mailer ptimipalit ie* which nu longer would Ik- a threat tu l-'reneh-Ilrit i-li hcgeinonv in F.lliupc. Marshal I'il-ud-ki. wlm was une uf the Min-t a-t nt e -t a t e-iiii'ii uf hi~ ufneratiun. runld -ec further ahead than tnu-t uf Kiii u|ie"> dll ■I < mi,lllie -enl ftnuv after emuv tu I'ari- |•h•.i di 11 with tile Fretn ll (leneral Stall' tu juin hi 111 ill Hni-hin™ utf lurtnany liefure the Nazi I>.<rt \ recreated I .erina n\ > military |i.,\vel\ l/uiiiluil al-u i ef11-1■ d til li-ten to hiI■l an. and. act . uti .lanuar\ l!<i. l!i:;t. I'il-ud-ki -lulled a tell \car pact ut nun and triend-hi|> with II err Hit lcr. wlm made a recent 'reference tu hi- ii e j_ r ut ia t i"i i - with Mat-hal I'il-ud-ki. Ma I -ha I I'il-ud-ki'- elu-e-t euntidant wa- hi- aide de camp. < uluiifl .lu-et lleck. w hum lie made Furei-ju Mini-ter tu carry mil hi- furei-n jiulicy. lJuth Mar-lial I'il-ud-ki and ( uluiiel lleck. \v hn -ucceeded M. Xale-ki. w liu-e health '.a\e way. di-tru-ted the French hecau-e ut the iniiea-inj radicalism in I ranee, and France- offurt- tu arranje an alliance with Mo-cuu which wuiild include I'ula lid. Mar-lial I'il-ud-ki'- rejection of thi> plan caused France to choo-e ( zeehu -luvakia in tlii- new -y-tem ut allianceand Poland made fruitier- prute-t- to I'ari*. When M. Pierre l.a\al pa—e.l t hruii'jli War-aw en ruiite tu Mu-cuw tu cunter mi a -u-callcd ea-tern l.uca illu pact he \\ a - received cuull\ h\ the Pole-. I'uland al-o Idaine- France for failing to help her -ettle her (|iiarr«'l with I.: t liua nia mcr the \ili.a eutridor and her equally -eriou* conflict with ('/.echo -luvakia over the Tesclien district which the ( zech- tuiik in a put-ch in 1010. Polish upiniun i» that (ietinan Nazi i-ni i- a plia-e of a movement anion? the middle ela— people who have -auctioned Nazi i-rn. Fa-ei.-m and other fur ins of authoritative government- in defence a?ain'-t the das* warfare and interna t iona li-t ideals preached b\ Mu-cuw and her syin|>athi-er«. Therefore, the alliance with Berlin, explain* Colonel Beek. i* preferable to an allianee with Moscow or trance. Although President Ipnaee Moscickj and Colonel Heck both are determined to continue their present policy, their efforts to promote friendship with (Jermany anions the Polish population has lieeii sabotaged by actions of many hijh Poli-h officials whose (ilots to remove them from office have become more frequent. Both France and Crcat Britain have been all the varied mean* at their command to destroy the j.resent understanding linking Warsaw with Berlin and Warsaw remains a hotbed of in triyues.

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. ; SOUTH AMKKIC'AN CAMPAIGN SANTIAGO. Chile. \ Twu countries have joined what ; appears tu have developed into a 'general South American campaign to j ! prevent gratt among < ;overnin"iit , jcmpluvcc- and to piuiHi those who j j •unlaw fully enrich their pcr-onel e-tate' .luring olli'ce. liulivia and Argentina j ha v f joined Uruguay ami Peru in the \ | i.mv emcnt • ' | In I'ulivia. where inv ci-t igat iun of | | cunt ract-. and conce —ion- wa- Ihe | prim-pa I aftermath ui the I liac i i jungle war. President Oermaii Biic-a | decreed that all uflicer-. from the chief executive down, and their relative- and friends, make two declarations regarding their personal estate. ! The lirst must give detail* as 1o | how the estate stood at June •!". 10.'i2; ! the .second a- to how it -tand- to-d«y, |-i\ ve.irs afterward. This will cuver jvvhat i- known a* the "doubtful period" of the war contract*. j Biii-ine-- men and cunt ract in*, lawj.ver*. and everv bud v who litis been conI liected with tra llsact iull - involving ! public fund- within that period must ! make similar decla rat ioiu-. These mu.-t lie -igneil and swum. If an increa--.' i- iiutieable and the j e\pi. i n,i t iuu uf such deemed uiistiti*- J lactuiv. I lieu the Supreme (Viurt will , take 11ji ihe 111 a 111 1 r. i \ I lie decree al-u aim- tu purify ] I I'll lire admini-tra I ion. fleiicelui t'h 1 j federal and provincial < iMici.i 1 - and llio-e jut tniinicipa lit ie-. i:niv cr-it ie«. ur anv ,ul her ill-1 it 111 iun Mippurted liv ui ' li.i lulling I ,u\ erninent inuney mii-t -v. ear .lu I licti pel -una I estate .• n as-uming ; I a 11.1 v flea t illg uHiee. ] In Argentina, where l're-idciit Pobertu • Ortiz. took a hand in clean- ; ing up the court- and public admin-i-t lat iun. the Senate apprived upen- ! ing a national regi-ter of the |icr-nnil 1 e-tate of all Federal and State j oflicialK. Only iiiembers of the defence toice- and low ranking employees, such a- | orter- and chaufTeurs. uro exempt. Public cmplov ee* w ill be giv ui 00 I'l 'V 'o reg'-tcr their name- and |»rn|M*rt if« aiiil t ft<»r t)i«'v nui<t t r«i ii-strt ion* in tlioir rotate, : U'-i'lr- inlict-itiiaru! transfers. The regi-ter will 1„. kept in an j •'ut oiiomoii- otlice tile imiliager of j which i* to be appointed fur foiir-vear period* by the President uf the i epublie I "ith the approval of the Se'iate. The data will he kept -ecret. onlv to be | i evealed on cNeeutive. judicial, ur coll- j j gre--iona I order. | I Pcnaltie- vary from oiir> to ten year-'! J imprisonment for "illegitimate increase"' | uf persop.il estate during public emplov- ' inent: for nondeclaration of cstat". j and for ke. pe,-- of ,he r. gi-ter who di-ebwe r.iiilidential information or c m-pire in false declaration*.