Verhovayak Lapja, 1937. július-december (20. évfolyam, 27-53. szám)

1937-10-28 / 44. szám

October 28, 1937 PAGE 11-VerhovayJournal SHORT COMMENT ON EUROPEAN CONDITIONS By—David L. Shillinglaw President of David L. Shil­linglaw & Company, Invest­ment Securities, 120 South LaSalle Street. He just re­turned from Europe where he was a Member of the Delega­tion to assist the Battle Monu­ments Commission in the De­dication of the Monuments in Afterwards , Mr. Shillinglaw traveled throughout Central Europe making a close study of economic and political con­ditions and has the following to say: There is more talk about war in the United States than there is in Europe. Of course, Europe is rearming, but Germany is still inferior to France and is still defi­cient in food and equipment. Italy is in a terrible condi­tion financially. The longer they put off war, the less certain — perhaps. All say the rearmament of Great Britain has saved Europe. France is going through a financial crisis. Huge sums of money have been sent to other countries — England, Holland, Switzerland and the United States. The large holders of capital are also using these countries for investing. It is impor­tant that money come back and help in constructive work. Politically, there is a turn away from the left. Reforms are being stopped because they cannot be fi­nanced. Relative to the 40 hour week recently intro­duced by law, in the North of France there is evidence that production is even greater than before. It is not so in the Western part of France, for the nature of workers is different. I traveled through Central Europe in the succesion states of Austria, Hungary and Chechoslovakia. It is certain that business condi­tions have improved in all of the countries. In Czecho­slovakia there is no unem­ployment problem. She has an export surplus and there are no foreign exchange dif­ficulties. Hungary economically is poor because she cannot dis­pose of her agricultural sur­plus. However, prices have improved and Italy is now taking considerable of her products. It is hard to fi­nance outside purchases. Recently, it was found that $50,00 worth of corn had been shipped to America. Upon investigation it was found that an automobile dealer in Budapest had pur­chased the corn, shipped it to America — and sold it there in order to get Ameri­can currency to pay for auto­mobiles. Politically, Hun­gary is still working for a revision of the peace treaties. However, the little en­tente of Roumania, Czecho­slovakia and Yugoslavia are opposed and Hungary is not getting any listeners right now. Austria is the danger point in central Europe. With one-third of the people in Vienna, there is a lopsided economy. Perhaps one-half of the people would like to join Germany, but not over 25% would adhere to such a policy with Hitler in power. In Central Europe there are two influences: First, the Pan-German and — Se­condly, the desire of the smaller succession states to maintain political indepen­dence and if need be, defend it. There are 70,000,000 people in the Danube basis and for them to get along an economic adjustment is ne­cessary. The Anschluss, Hungarian irredentism, the Habsburg question and the National Socialist risings are only symptoms of an inter­nal economic disequillibrium which cannot be dealt with by merely political methods. There are four great prob­lems left by. the world crisis . . . the Agrarism problem, inflated industrialism, the craze for self-sufficiency, and interference of the state in economic affairs. Today they are all obstacles to the recovery of central Europe and a danger to the rest of the world. As evidence of the tinder box in Central Europe, the interests of the great powers clash here, the military idea­­logies of Europe converge here, and there are the na­tional conflicts of minorities. The Rome agreements of 1934 between Italy, Austria and Hungary — the creation of the little entente and the Balkan Pact between Tur­key, Greece, Yugoslavia and Roumania are the beginning of co-operation in Central Europe. The period of ro­mantic and fine phrase mak­ing is passed. The question is — “Will it be possible for sound common sense to com­plete the work of construc­tive economic re-organiza­tion, or will destructive forces, favored by fear and selfishness bring the Central European problem to settle­ment by force?” As to Germany — every tourist who goes to Ger­many is treated very cour­teously and naturally one likes the German people. The Germans live well, and Jiave a decent standard of living, they are denied some things. They are again building up a real power. Hitler is adorned by all Ger­mans. There is a reason for this. Since he Game in­to power the Saar has been returned to Germany —- Ger­many got back the Rhine­land. He has given them back their army — they like that. Business is better — 4,000,000 men are back to work — more men are thus employed — profits are go­ing up. Some business men may object to government restrictions, but if they do so, they are simply told what else can we -do. In explanation of the revolu­tion which Germany is still going through, I would say that Germany is still the State of War Psychology. That requires the same sort of centralization, brutality and propaganda that war re­quires , . . and every one must fall in line. The League of Nations will never be as before. It might function as technical divisions. The larger na­tions will not entrust politi­cal questions on the basis of the present voting. To-date, the League has simply been an organization to . keep Europe in status quo for the benefit of France and Eng­land. When Germany was there, she was always voted down. Our theorists are al­ways looking towards pro­cedure. As one diplomat stated. . . , On paper the League looks fine. For il­lustration, Liberia has a bet­ter drawn constitution than the United States, but who would say Liberia is the best governed nation in the world? Important decisions are made outside the league. Its future is uncertain. The lesson that Americans can learn from a study of European conditions is that our job is to strengthen our own democracy. We cannot tell other nations what they shall do. NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF BRANCH 366 CLEVELAND, O. Mr. Michael Bokenyl, 12017 Griffing Avenue, Cle­veland. Ohio has been elected as treasurer of Branch 366. K I TUDJA-E TALÁLNI? Négy játékkártya -van arccal lefelé az asztalon. Egy Királyné van jobbra a Királytól. Egy Királyné van balra a Királynétól. És egy Király van jobbra a Királynétól. Melyik kártyák a Királyok? M s>lveL7 kfi Csak egyetlen lehet a válasz.. \i^ÁLASZTANI whiskey-t találomra na* * gyón furcsa. Ehelyett válasszon whiskey-t TERMÉSZETES WHISKEY Ízzel. — A Kessleré sima, aromás és ízletes, de elég erős és meleg. Próbálja meg a Kesslert. Da­cára a drága íznek, nagyon kevésbe kerül. Kérje a bárnál, vagy vegye üveg számra a kedvelt ital üzletében. 'f ‘auÁJBJI}! *£ 9UÁ[«II}X *3 'X :s«pjoSa^j Kapható minden pennsylvaniai likőr boltba ""'KESSLERS 79c Per Pint 90 Proof Code 738 7Se /l/a&ta/ WAcSÁey THE PRIVATE BLEMO OF A FAMOUS DISTILLER KESSLER'S PRIVATE BLEND— A BLENDED WHISKEY. Tb« fttrftlaht whiskies 1n this product »re on» year and six months or more old; 2S^ straight whiskey, 75% neutral spirits distilled from American grains. 13% straight whiskey one year and six months old, 7% straight Whlsksy two years eld, S.% straight whiskey five years old. Copr. 1037, Julius Kessler Distilling Ca.. Ino., Lawrencabiwg, Indiana. LADDER TO THE HADDITOR By: EDWARD S. HORVATH Branch 429 Mine Deer Additor: Please to excuze me bcuz i don’t rite lung time ago, bot i tink maybe da luv bug bite me. i’m fill vary slippy end i jest drim and drim about mine swithart. Bot justa sem i must tel yu wot happen in Istlawn Sanitary. For sum time now, aver buddy talk bout da Auditorium. “Vats dat auditorium,” i esk, i fill purry shame on mineself becuz i done no vats dat. i tink maybe it’s new machine er sumting. i fine out purry kwik. Sum fellas tel me it’s a building to show da movie pikcher, and plays en od­der tings like dat. i fill glad dey mak dis auditorium becuz for lung tim i no see in da movies dis Carole Lombard end Greta Garbo end all da odder purty girls, bot now i see dem in da Istlawn Audi­torium wen dey build it. i like to see da kowboys ride on da horses too. Last wik we hev a party for da expatients. i hev vary nize time end i see lotsa pipple who sing on da radio. i tink vy we should hev radio wen we hev dese pipple cum end sing rite here for us. i see sum odder pipple who waz pashents here, dey luk very nize end helty. i vish i be nize end helty wen i get out from Istlawn Sanitary, too. i guess after i tek long rest here i be fill better end den out i go. i be purry sorry to go because i gotta go bek to werk end i still fill purry lazy. Now da sun cums out a very dey end it is vary hot, so da dokter tole sum of da pipple to go out in da solarium. i’m vary glad he don’t tel me to go becuz to tel yu da trute, i don’t know what’s da solarium. dey all went out and wen dey came bak i esk dem wots da solarium. dey tole me it’s a plais wer dey tek sun baths, dey tink i’m purry dum becuz i don’t no wot it iz. i esk da dokter wy dey tek da sun bath, he tole me dey cure fester wen dey lay in da sun. Wei i be in purry much hurry to get o.k. 'so i snick out to da gress and i lay in da sun. By golly i get too much sun burn end rains bek ake very much. i tal da doktsr my bek hurt, too moch. “Where yu get dis sun­burn?” he esk me. I tole him i want to get cure kwik end go home. Sum guys tek few’ minutes sun bath end cure slow, so i try to beat dem end tek few hours. Now i gotta stay in da bed for vary long time just becuz i don’t lissen to da dokter. Dats vary good 3tory Mine Deer llnditor, slow but sure end yu get out. i guess ever boddy get in da snapshot kontest lest monts. | get in da kontest too, bot mine pikcher is no gude so i loze da prize. i try to borrow kamera from sum boddy bot ever body be uze dem. i tink of very guile idea, so i get mine ax-ray pikcher from da dokter, i gif dis pikcher for da kontest man bot he tole me i kant put dis in becuz its not kontest for ax-ray. i fill vary hart broke becuz i kant get in da kontest so i jest wait to sec who iz gonna win. i tel yu more in da necks isbu of dis peper. Wary Trooley Tors, ‘‘The Bug”

Next

/
  • Layout
  • Zoom
  • Rotation
Thumbnails
Contents