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Franco-German Hate ‘
_Is\ Discussion’ Topic

Withdrawal From Disarmament '
Conference Enables Hitler
To Bargain

WAR DEBTS ARE BURDEN





Speaking in the Deanery Library,
Thursday, on The Economic Aspects
of Diplomatic Realignments in Eu-
rope, Mrs. Vera Dean said of the sit-
uation in regard to. disarmament,
“France and Germany are both at
present feeling extremely insecure;
both are waiting to see which will
jump first.”

Article Five of the Versailles
Treaty, which first raised the whole
issue of disarmament, limited Ger-
many’s army to a professional force
of 100;000 men, limited the manufac-
ture. of armaments and. prohibited
their importation or exportation, and
restricted both naval and air forces.
The object of these limitations’ was
not only to prevent Germany from
further aggression, but also, as was
stated in the Covenant of the»League
' of Nations, to encourage the disarm-
~ament of other nations. Consequent-
ly the failure of the Allies to achieve
any sort of disarmament is the fun-
damental reason for the -existence of
the present Disarmament Conference.

Germany stated as a reason for
withdrawing from the conference
that the Allies had neither disarm-
ed nor ceded her the right to rearm
to their level. Great Britain, repre-
sented at the conference by Sir John
. Simon—whose foreign policy has been
subjected to severe criticism at home
and abroad,—has drafted an eight-
year plan for disarmament. During
the first four years the European
army is to be transformed into mili-

tia, and a committee is to begin pele with wit sa teed cote
id

examination of ways and means of
disarmament. During the last four
years disarmament is to be definitely
considered and the Allies are, per-
haps, to be called upon to abolish
some armaments. This plan seemed
in no way beneficial to Germany. She
and other non-colonial countries ob-
jected to France’s amendment to the
plan, which stated that al] France’s
vast colonial army, as well as her
home mobile forces, should be exclud-
ed from this transformation. Ger-
many greatly fears a reintroduction
into Europe of France’s negroid
troops, which, she feels, contaminated
the German stock during the war.
France also succeeded, by another
amendment, in lengthening her mili-
tary conscription to an eight month
basis. Germany was angered by the
rejection on the part of the Allies of
her demand for a limited number of
defensive weapons, forbidden in the
Versailles Treaty.

Hitler is probably in a better po-|
sition. to threaten now -than— while

| Great Britain’s disapproval .of this

}for a political consideration—help in

opinion she might suffer. Neverthe-
less, even if the Germans did gain
public opinion, its unreliability has
been proved by the Manchurian situ-
ation.
fiasco not only because of the violent
opposition of the German towns
along the Ruhr, but also because of

invasion.: This disapproval might
well be strengthened by any further
action on the part of the French.

Hitler must, however, gain some
practical result as a sop for the pas-
sionate youth in whom, contrary to}
the terms of the Versailles Treaty,
militarism has been inculcated from
childhood up. The outlet provided for
them by the persecution of unresist-
ing Jews proved tame and of brief
duration. This combustible element
may force his hand, arrest any. wise
attempt to secure concessions by
peaceful means, and precipitate a war
for which Germany is definitely un-
prepared. ' Hitlerism«may seem right
to the Germans, but it has gained no
friends abroad. The German isola-
tion “continues and grows in the
midst of possible achievements.” _

“Everybody wag at least a little
at fault in the crisis which terminat-
ed in war” in spite of the war guilt
clause, which provides that Germany
and her allies shall pay for all con-
sequences of the war. Reparations
and war debts are the worst heritage
left over by the war and the most
hurtful economically. Germany and
Austria, impoverished by the war be-
cause they had to rely during its en-
tirety on their own resources, have
had‘ to pay unproductive debts to rel-
atively prosperous Great Britain and
France, who in turn have had to pay
the still more prosperous United
States.

Through the Lausanne Conference
and largely because of the United
States’ agreement to reduce French
and Belgian war debts, Germany’s

they could not possibly be paid, were
greatly cut down. Because of her
lack of. gold she has been attempting
to pay by trade. Our tariffs, how-
ever, in spite of Secretary Hull’s ef-
forts at reduction, are still so high
as to prevent much importation from
any country. The whole tendency of
the NRA is, in fact, to keep out for-
eign trade. Germany and her allies
did attempt to pay debts by means of
loans till it was revealed that these
countries were living beyond their in-
comes. Austria has reduced herself
to complete beggary by piling up new
debts. to pay old. France suggested
that the League lend these countries
money, but this would involve bor-
rowing from. separate countries.
France herself would’loan money only

the building up of her armaments.

It was mistaken policy not to dis-
cuss the tariff situation and curren-
cy stabilization at the World Eco-
nomic Conference. Our failure to



Germany participated in the Disarm-
ament Conference. Since Italy also ;
is in great part isolated from disarm- |
ament transactions, it is probable
that Germany will use her as an in-|
termediary for future discussion with |
the Alliess* The whole objective ey
both Italy and Germany is to root!
up the conference from Geneva and)
either to carry it'to Berlin or Rome|
or to conduct a series of individual |
conferences between two or more |
powers. France and the United;
States would undoubtedly avoid out-
side discussion. Germany has little!
to offer, and if forbidden political is-;
sues entered the conversation, all the!
old territorial questions might be:
brought up.

The opinion has been wide-spread |
that France should have waged a pre-|
ventive war on Germany immediate-
ly after Germany’s withdrawal from
the Disarmament Conference. In}
1923 France made Germany’s failure
in--paying reparations a ground for
invading the Ruhr. It is well known

that France possesses “blood-curdling

documents” showing the extent to
which Germany has rearmed. The
difficulty of visiting factories and the
easy convertibility of many commer-
cia] machines, such as airplanes, into
instruments of warfare would seem
to prevent exact knowledge of this
subject. France has not, however,
published these documents.

Under her present government she
is not likely to take any measures
against Germany without the backing
of Great Britain and the United

live up to‘*our agreement about’ sta-
bilizing currency made France and
other countries obstinate about tar-
iffs. The Economic Conference did,
however, achieve something in the
way of international control of pro-
duction. As an example, Australia,
Canada, ‘the United States, arid Ar-
gentina, which were still growing
wheat in the quantity necessary only
during the war agreed to a definite
quota determined by exports and a
set contro] of acreage. In return the
smaller wheat producing countries
limited themselves to a quota and
established acreage control.



Professor Leonce Bert and Pro-
fessor Doriler in France discovered a
new poison gas against which gas
masks are powerless. They will only
give-the formula out to the govern-
ment in the event of war, in which
case it would take only a week ‘to
make all the gas required.



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.n the hands of his printers. Publi-
cation will be delayed -until spring,
however, because of the upsetting ef-
fect of the NRA. Dr. Smith is pre-

paring to write a book on the gov--

ernment and reform of India,

Dr. Ernst Diez is working with his
collaborator, Otto Demus, on Volume
II of Byzantine Mosaics in Greece,
which is being issued. by the Harvard
University Press for the American
School of Classical Studies in Athens.
Dr. Bernheimer is writing a book on
the origin of Christianity, and an-
other on the origin of Christian ar-
tistic symbols.

The News has already described
the work which Dr. Broughton is do-
ing-on the geography of Asia Minor
in connection with an economic sur-
vey of the ancient Roman provinces
which is being directed by Professor
Tenney Frank, of Johns Hopkins. Dr:
Taylor has written an article on Ro-
man secular games, which is accept-
ed for publication in the American
Journal of Philology.- Mrs. Holland
co-operated on some of the details.

.Dr, Flexner has written a paper
on “The Intersection of Chains on a
Topological Manifold,’ which he will
read before the American Mathemati-
cal Society. An abstract is to be
published in the Bulletin of the
American Mathematical Society; a
full length paper will appear later.

Volume Four of The Collected Pa-
pers of Charles Sanders Peirce, which
Dr. Weiss is editing; will be issued
next week from the Harvard Univer-
sity Press. This fourth number of
the projected ten-volume edition. deals
Book I
contains hitherto unpublished papers
in symbolic logic, among which are
a number of signal contributions to
the subjects as they are now under-
stood; the second book contains a de-
tailed analysis of the nature of rea-
soning and a new system of logical
diagrams; Book II deals with some
fundamental’ theorems, cyclic arith-
metic, and the problem of the prior-
ity of ordinal and cardinal] numbers,
with introduction, footnotes, refer-
ences, and indices by Dr. Weiss.

The next volume, to be published
before Christmas,, contains Peirce’s
published and unpublished papers on
pragmatism, the philosophic doctrine
of which he was the founder and
which is perhaps the only philosophy
original with the United States,

The September issue of the Philo-
sophic Review contains an article by
Dr. Weiss on “Alternative Logics.”
Science and Sanity has reprinted Dr.
Weiss’ article on “The Theory of
Types” as a special supplement.

Dr. Nahm has brought together in
cne volume al] the fragments of pre-
socratic philosophers and their estab-
lished Greek commentators. The col-
lection, which is being used in mime-
ographed form by the first year phil-
osophy classes, presents in a compact
edition material which has _ hitherto
been scattered in various texts. It
will be published later in book form.

Dr. Fenwick is revising, enlarging,
and almost completely rewriting his
textbook on international law, which
is widely used in colleges and univer-
sities throughout the country. The
revision is necessitated by the |devel-
opment since the World War of new
theories of international obligation
and by the great increase of interna-
tional “treaty-legislation,” which has
brought within the field numerous na-
tiona] interests hitherto unregulated.
The volume goes to the Appleton-
Century press in December and will
come out next spring.

Dr. Fenwick is also preparing a
collection of judiei decisions on
points of internatio law, tobe is-
sued by the law publishing firm of
Callaghan and Co., Chicago. This
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court cases. a

Dr. Wells is at present occupied
with a study of “Church and State in
Post War Germany.” .

Dr. Eleanor Dulles’ book, The
Bank for International Settlements
At Work, published last year by the
Macmillan Company, is. one of the
volumes selected by the Carnegie En-
dowment for distribution ‘this ‘fall to
International Relations Clubs — in
American colleges and universities.

Several articles by Dr. Helson are
now in press, and should appear this
year. One, to be published in the
Journal of General Psychology, deals
with the relation of visual sensitivity
to the amount of retinal pigmenta-
‘tion. Another, on the relation be-
tween instructions and past experi-
ence in a simple observational] task,
will be published in the Journal of
Educational Psychology. An articl&
by Dr. Turner, on “The Perception of
Color and Contour: An Unusual, Ab-
normal -Case,” been accepted for
publication in American Journal
of Psychology. At the annual meet-
ing of ‘the American Psychological
Association in Chicago this fall, Dr.
Hamilton gave a report on the relia-
bility of the finger maze.

A new book by Dr. Leuba, who
retired from the Psychology Depart-
ment last spring, has recently been
published by Henry Holt and Com-
pany. The work is entitled God Or
Man? A Study of the Value of God
to Man, and discusses, the contrast-
ing ways of life offered'by science and
the religious.

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Many of thosé who have heard
Mrs. Dean speak on politics and eco-
nomics and have been both interest-
ed in and educated by her talks, may
not realize that she is a member of
an organization which has an active
branch in Philadelphia, the Foreign

discussions held unaer its. auspices
in the Bellevue-Stratford throughout
the winter, topics of current interest
are discussed by speakers who, like

talk on world -problems and crises.
Through the generosity of some of
its members, the Philadelphia F. P.
A. is enabled* to offer a reduced rate
to students for this year’s series of:
five luncheons—$1 instead of the us-
ual $2.25 charged to outsiders. As
Swarthmore, Haverford, and Penn-

| meetings, it is hoped that Bryn Mawr
will demonstrate its interest by also
sending a large number of students.
At the first meeting, Saturday, No-
vember 18, Edgar A. Mowrer, author
of Germany Sets the Clock Back, and
former. chief of the Chicago Daily
News Bureau, Berlin, and Dr. Fried-
rich Schoeneman, Professor of Amer-
ican Civilization at the University of
Berlin, will discuss the Nazi regime.
Dr. Mowrer was mentioned in Van-
ity Fair’s Hall of Fame for courage-
ous and honest journalism during
the German crisis.
though but recently come from Ger-
many, is well acquainted with Amer-

‘ica, as he taught at Harvard during

An eminent psychologist is quoted | the World War. The cause of the

‘as calling the book the best he has
seen “presenting the argument for a
psychological and naturalistic inter-
pretation of religious practices and
religious experiences.”

' An article entitled Measuring the
Ethics of American Newspapers, by
Dr; Kingsbury and Dr. Hart, former
Professor of Sociology, is running ser-
ially in The Journalism Quarterly,
and will appear in book form next
year. Dr. Kingsbury and Dr. Fair-
child are preparing a volume on wom-
en at work in Soviet Russia. Vol-

bury is editing for the Library of
Congress, is now in press.

Dr. Gillet is preparing the first
modern edition of the works of Tor-
res Naharro, the earliest of Spanish
dramatists. The collection will con-

notes, and reproductions of rare
prints now scattered in various li-
braries. The Hispanic Society has
put a fund at Dr. Gillet’s disposal
to cover the costs of publication. The
memorial volumes of the Revue His-
panique, dedicated to R. Foulché Del-
bose, contain a 1549 Easter play by
Juan de Pedraza, which Dr. Gillet
edited.



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Nazi’ regime will be supported by Dr.
Schoeneman, and Dr. Mowrer. will
take the opposing side.

On December 16, the next meeting
of the F. P. A., John Strachey, ne-
phew of the great historian, and au-
thor of The Menace of Fascism, will
be one of two speakers to discuss the
question, “Is a Communist Europe
Inevitable?” Although the second
speaker has not been chosen, it is
hoped that someone prominent in the
councils of the present administra-



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