TOPICS OF THE TIMES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4608, 11 October 1934, Page 4

TOPICS OF THE TIMES

"Seeds of a New War." "Suppose the mark was unstable or the economic conditions of Germany became notoriously bad, would the Saarlander vote for a League regime?" asks the "Scotsman." "There is perhaps no State in Europe with the possible exception of France that would welcome a decision in this sense. It it true that the League regime would cease to be regarded as a temproray arrangement, and would become part of the supposedly permanent international order, but it is certain that Germany would never relinquish her claim to the Saar. Her hostility to the League would be redoubled, and the seeds of a new war would have been sown. The members of the League would be pledged to maintain the new regime, and there would thus be great tension in Europe. Yet the population of the Saar has the power by its vote in January to create this difficult situation, and it could scarcely be blamed for choosing the middle way between a France which it probably hates and a Nazi Germany which it may fear."

Fifty Years Hence. "We cannot expect in our lifetime unbiased history to be written," said Mr. Stanley Baldwin in a recent speech in Scotland. "But fifty years from now, when the mists have rolled away, and the motives of the men of the generation of the war have beenbrought to light, it may well be that the men at that time will be struck by the courage and endurance both of our statesmen and people, and amazed at the way they held, or tried to hold, their heads high in such bewildering times." Germany's Aircraft. "Germany has probably the most highly developed commercial air service in Europe. Her geographical position justifies it, and her skill has achieved it. I apprehend that commercial machines of sufficient lift and range, especially if they have also the quality of high speed, are able to lift bombs just as they can lift passengers and baggage, and that consideration must manifestly be borne in mind in any estimate of contingent air power in any country in the world." —Sir John Simon, M.P. Htiler and the Saar. "We have stretched out our hand to welcome you into the Fatherland. We shall see no parties in you. We shall not see the past. Whoever professes 'I am a German' will find our arms open. . He will not regret it. The happiest event of this year has been the fixing of the date of the Saar plebiscte. For another reason we are happy about January 13, because the Saar question is the only one still open between Germany and France. Once that question has been settled, then I hope that on the other side, problems will be seen in their true light, and we shall be able to conclude a sincere peace with France. After the solution of the Saar question there is no further reason why two such great nations should continue at feud with one another."—Herr Hitiler.