TOPICS OF THE TIME'S

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4845, 14 May 1936, Page 4

TOPICS OF THE TIME'S

A Peace Combination. "Britain and Poland can determine whether or not there will be another European war —Britain by its strength and prestige, Poland by its geographical location. If Britain and Poland declared in advance that they would march against an aggressor, the likelihood of war would be considerably diminished. Germany would never attack the U.S.S.R. if it knew positively that Britain, France, Poland and Czechoslovakia would unite against itUnder the same circumstances, it would keep out of Austria. London, however consistently refuses to participate in an Eastern Locarno. There are many who believe that a clear declaration of purpose by Sir Edward Grey in the summer 1914 would have prevented war. There are many who believe that Britain's responsibility is equally great in the crisis now developing."—Louis Fisher in "The Nation" (New York). Uncle Sam Should Blush. "If America had any capacity for blushing, this would be an excellent moment for a nice red face. In Eng- | land the police nabbed two gentle- ' men—Heweson and Bishirgian—and charged them with issuing a corporation prospectus and collecting £400,000 on it and not telling the truth in the prospectus. They were lined up before Mr. Justice Atkinson at the Central Criminal Court, a jury listened to the evidence, found them guilty, and his Lordship sent Messrs. Howeson and Bishirgian to the common jail for 12 months. Yet the offence which these men committed, a grave enough offence to be sure, was a trifling one compared with the outrageous raids upon the savings of the American people made by leading corporation executives, great bankers, trust-company directors and trust officers all over the United States. And it cannot truthfully be said that many of them have even so much as lost face as a result of their crimes." J. T. Flynn, in the "New Republic" (New York).