Cartoon Summary of the Week's News _By Sudduth

AFTERTHOUGHT I ON-NEUTRALITY

France Seeks Higher Birth Rate Basques’ Phantom Government Moscow and Berlin Bargaining As Fascist Population Grows Holds Fate of Small Picturesque Spanish Exiles Garry on Fight for Autonomy Nations But Increased Numbers Boost and Have Blair Bolles. Expenses By Deal May Let Russia Grab Baltic States in Proved Hindrance Rather Than Aid Return for Merely in Armed Conflicts Remaining Neutral in Wartime By Guy Irving Burch. By Constantine Brown. Last year France had 35.000 more ous children, train the youth and give deaths than births. At 1938 birth The latest news received in the them economic opportunities in the col- high quar- As was pointed out three months ago, it is ters in the rate estimated that France will onies. France has been giving bonuses Washington confirms reports the Russian dictator was given by Hit- decline in that the population from 42.000.000 to to parents of large families for some time, possibility of the Soviet Un- ler’s representatives authentic proofs ion’s 28.000.000 during the next 50 years. In yet during the past two years there have joining the stop-Hitler bloc should that in December, 1938, and in January now be the meantime, the populations of Ger- been more deaths than births. Twenty discounted. Neither Great Brit- of this year the British urged Hitler to many and Italy are on the increase. years ago, when France began the baby ain nor France can subscribe to Stalin's expand eastward into the Ukraine and Germany added 480.000 to her already bonuses in earnest, she also outlawed terms, which may be summed up as leave France and Britain and their satel- large population (less unnumbered re- birth control information. Neither one follows: In the event of a war against lites alone. and her moves has the Germany, the Soviet must fugee emigrants), Italy swelled of these prevented popu- government Stalin waited patiently until his time 425,000. lation from These and have a free hand in to the Baltic regions by decreasing. regard arrived to pay the British in kind. When These facts have French in states, the fate of which will be deter- aroused the other schemes have been practiced faced with the German menace the Brit- to action. “A and other but the birth mined later, after Germany has been government depopulated Italy countries, ish appealed to Stalin to join the stop- Premier “can- rate has on defeated. country,” says Daladier, kept right dropping. Hitler bloc, and he listened carefully. not be a free It is a route After long and strenuous country. open The simple facts of the matter are pourparlers Then he pulled out of his trick box a to a offered to covetous- the British and the French invasion, prey that all the countries of Europe are feel- governments request for the ultimate reannexation of ness." Hitler and Mussolini are have come to realize that the of doing ing severe population pressure upon their price the Baltic states as a preventive measure in their to increase Russia's co-operation is the loss of inde- everything power standards of living, and parents with against a future German aggression, pos- the birth and it seems Premier pendence for Finand, Latvia, Lithuania rate, any degree of foresight simply will not sibly at the bidding of the British. And and Estonia, all Russian Daladier will throw his temporary “dic- have the large families of earlier days formerly prov- when Molotov added that the status of inces and now tatorial” powers behind such a move- when European countries could export independent nations, ac- the Polish Ukraine and maybe Bessarabia cording to the of self-determi- ment in France. large numbers of emigrants to the New principle might have to enter into the picture after nation on which the 1919 was es- This international cradle race, this World. peace Germany had been defeated, the British for mere numbers at almost tablished. Stalin wants to restore the threw Struggle Spengler, in his exhaustive book up their hands. They might have be as the pre-war boundaries of the old czarist any price, may alarming to ‘‘France Faces estimates continued to discuss the problem with Depopulation,” The student of population as the armament empire. Russian dictator was defi- Stalin's minions but the that France now has 25 per cent more Poles and the race is to the statesman. and nite in his instructions to Foreign Com- Germany than is conducive to the economic Rumanians made it known to Paris and people missar Italy are already at the population "ex- Molotov that the Baltic states London that would welfare of her people, and. he says, the they rather fight to use one of Musso- must accept, whether they want it or ploding” point, evidence indicates that a decrease of 25 Jose Antonio Aguirre, former President the is shown a single-handed against the Germans than of Basque republic, presiding at meeting of former a lini's expressions, and even France leaders at not. "security guarantee” from the have Russian in their per cent would be an advantage to the Basque Barcelona, Spain. _Wide World Photo. troops territories. could the would-be allies, a security guarantee improve economic welfare of economic life of the French He people. For the the reduced her masses if she had as much as 25 present, Spanish Basque through imprisonment, exile | in the Bay of Biscay without ever which would automatically permit Rus- Big Must Swallow Little. further estimates that a sum of feeling money a 11 Rue cent fewer for capitol is modest building at and execution, through death in battle \ sea-sick. The of the freedom sian troops to enter their territory for per people. Were it not to the French principle The second point of contact between large enough prevent pop- Marseilles, in Paris, a 350 miles the fear of the good away and death by air raid. Into the great of the seas was first established b* them the "common cause." increasing populations ulation from decreasing would amount the axis and Moscow is that they both of the totalitarian from the Spanish Basque country, lying industrial center of the Basque region— in a maritime with Edward III Therefore, while "cordial conversa- states, France would to between one-fourth and one-third of treaty believe Europe cannot continue in its at southeastern end of the an not be so keen for this cradle the Bay iron mining and shipbuilding head- of England in 1351." Mr. Steer adds: tions" continue between the diplomats compe- the national income of France. The na- present shape of a few large nations and of The is a Franco of the Western tition. But the leaders see dan- Biscay. Basques’ government quarters—Gen. has brought "democracies" and the military tionai ouuav lor baby bonuses and such "Their provinces are among the richest a number of small independent countries. and the call “full by exiles, who, since they cannot gov- Spaniards from the south, to allay the I representatives of the U. S. S. R. the ger diplomats steam would have to be about 20 times the and are by far the most progressive of Like and no to The fervor for the cause. chances of a common Italy Germany, the Russians ahead" for the birth rate to meet this ern. having lands rule, plot. Basque Basque front among them amount now expended for such Spain. Spain? There are a few things believe in the of purposes. a have been reduced to zero. sake absorption the minor threat to France's national ramifications of their plotting, mys- The Marseilles street is the For the security. The subject ef population is rather capitol rep- patient Basque will not tolerate, and states which are and of it is neces- geographically The student of ask terious. fascinating, enchanting plotting resented in many countries one is the satisfying public opinion population may complicated, but there are one or two informally suggestion that he is Spanish. economically subordinated to the which needs a historian of the Dumas sary that from time to time larger himself is it wise for France to to by diplomats who possess unofficial pass- For him. Iberian is optimistic try simple facts which many over- the safer term: it powers. They don't believe in ethnical people school for its chronicler, halfway reports about the "satisfactory increase her numbers at this time. She spread ports. There are Basque delegations in more the progress" look. First, as mankind's natural power nearly conveys idea of that boundaries, despite the previous declara- around the earth. It reaches right into London and Brussels of the discussions be issued. But the cannot hope to catch up with Germany to increase is far and most South antiquity and Peninsula in tions of Hitler, Mussolini and greater than its power twilight offices of all the father which has a twice her size. Washington. American countries. There is too. foreign interested powers population to increase its food, one, which the Basque finds his source." of the U. S. S. R., Lenin. clothing, housing, The head man at 11 Rue Marseilles is know the truth. Then if France is a war within in New York, in the Hotel Elysee, 68 The never expecting etc., there must be some means of Basques knew feudalism. Russia was popu- Jose Antonio On October 7, the first to deny Lenin’s the next 15 years, what will a Aguirre. East Fifty-fourth street. The main have a Reich Wants Russian good lation control. Second, the of They always formed complete Neutrality. own when in 1921 it spread 1936, dressed in a tailcoat and wearing preachings forcibly higher birth rate now or during the next purpose of these extraordinary missions each two birth control knowledge among all eco- democracy, voting years for the And while the conferences which were reannexed a in a collar and hat, instead of Georgia, country the 15 years do her. Babies cannot carry winged top is to keep alive the determination of which met nomic and social classes of the junta, under the oak at intended to the Eastern autocracy Caucasus which is as different popula- the and beret which are cus- bring from the rifles or fly airplanes, and must jacket Basques spread around the world for the Guernica and they tion by helping to more waste- framed the laws and ran into play again “to save the world for rest of Russia from the of replace the rural Basques. Senor point view of be cared for by others at a considerable tomary among Basque independence and to raise money the machine of Their ful. expensive and disorganizing means justice. language democracy" have failed, there are un- language, race and even the as was elected President of this for alphabet expense to the nation. Aguirre the cause. is so of control (such as needless infant and ancient that many of its references official but none the less constructive the Arabs are different from the British. singular people at a meeting of Basque maternal The diplomats have a still more subtle are related to the Stone Age. "Irur ac between Berlin and Moscow. The Birth Rate and Cost. mortality, abortion, war and a beneath the 77-year-old oak parleys Hitler has proved by the conquest of patriarchs errand. It would be bat" one low marriage rate) and profitless for Presi- is of their mottoes—"three are Germans have adopted the same tech- "The birth rate may be said to ac- by making pos- Guernica. The civil Bohemia and the protectorate over tree at Spanish dent and his one" (thrpe sible a more adequate distribution of Aguirre colleagues to hope provinces!. Nobody is a nique toward Russia which they used in Slovakia casion a national overhead cost,” says war was The both op- that the Fuehrer's theory of a young. Basques that in this of the a children and wealth, can result in day airplane bomber serf, nobody master. All enjoy the bringing the Hungarians and the Yugo- Professor J. J. Spengler, perhaps the the the of Franco and Germany composed 100 per cent of Ger- posed aspirations the could wrest back their title of nobles. largest consistant with a Bosques prov- slavs over to their side. They tell Stalin foremost on France's population with re- mans is yesterday's Musso- authority popula- disapproved their close tie the inces for themselves propaganda. healthful standard of through personal Since classes are an that the Reich does not want Russia's tion problem in this country. "When the living. Holland, had declared their unknown quan- lini never went on record as an advocate public. They newly determination and as in where birth control information is guerilla skill, tity in the can- military support. All it expects from a birth rate is high this overhead cost prob- complete autonomy—Basque land for the Basque experience, they of state composed exclusively of Ital- their mountains they held the provinces her is that she remain neutral in the is when the birth rate ably the most generally known, is in- what not understand the modern class struggle ians. Whatever indication he had relatively high; Basques—and let the Spaniards do the given from Romans and the Moors and event of another war and Ger- is low the cost is low. This of creasing faster in population than any which accounts for so much of the poli- provide previously to that effect was denied volume they would. other by in invaders who tried to take the tics of the with the raw materials and the cost is illustrated Levin who esti- country the world which has a com- which had been day. Thus they found in- many the conquest of Albania. by Accepting the dignity of the parable standard of On Basque country. Leovigild, king the motives in the foodstuffs she will need. These will be mates that the first decade of the living. the on him his fellow comprehensible Span- during conferred by pa- the in 580 other hand, Ireland, where this informa- Visigoths, captured provinces ish Civil War. The Catholic paid for either in cash, or if that is not Britain and France Balk. 20th century the French people saved triots. President Aguirre rose and took Basques and nobody else accomplished it until available in sufficient in at least $3,000,000,000 tion is not popular, has decreased in could sympathize with neither side. quantities, Thus the of the annually they could a solemn oath beneath the oak, the suc- 1937. theory large states to half the size A so far removed from mod- manufactured products which are needed not have saved had their birth rate population of 100 years of similar oaks that have flour- people swallowing the smaller states is cessor So Aguirre must rest his on becoming ago. Even when from Ire- hopes ernity have certain beliefs. in the U. S. S. R. been as high as that of Germany." emigration ished on this spot, or near antiquated validated in Europe and is being spon- particular some mechanism other than revolt. His As a to a under- It be added that the land is taken into account, the popula- In the rural province of Alava, across preliminary possible sored the three might higher it, in Guernica for a thousand years, the by leading dictators, diplomats must practice sort of nice the Cantabrian standing between the axis and the So- birth rate of the 10 tion would have increased very slowly. which the Mountains from the two Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin. It is for Germany during symbolizing the liberties which can at least unoffi- intrigue gain maritime viets, Germany has offered Moscow a years before the World War which cost to them- provinces, some Basques up- this reason that Stalin has asked cold- Ireland's Experience. Basques have always arrogated cial warmness for the cause of Basque hold the of reincarnation. loan of $300,000,000. repayable over a that country’ billions of dollars a year theory bloodedly that the British and the French France has selves. from persons in offi- given bonuses to the par- independence high period of 10 years in commodities. The him the more than the birth rate of France was Pioneer Whalers. give exclusive ‘‘protection’’ of the ents of large families, and evidently that Swears to Accomplishment. cial position in the various countries to Europe's final acceptance of this offer is expected of practically no military value to Ger- Baltic states by Russian forces as a price country is intending to raise the ante. "Before God,” (who in the Basque which the diplomatic agents are assigned. The Basques have always been original to occur shortly. many during the war. In fact, this for the Soviets joining the "democratic” is "the Gentleman up The of the in New and their own But, as Ireland's experience indicates, tongue literally secretary delegation gone way. They were an There are two principal points of con- bloc. higher birth rate was a distinct disad- "in large families do not always increase the Above”), President Aguirre declared, York, Ramon de la Sota, for instance, is autonomous state within Spain until late tact between the axis and the U. S. S. R. vantage because all of the babies born stand- Neither Great Britain nor France could population faster. The Irish Free State all humility, upon Basque earth, a periodical, although infrequent visitor in the last century. They lived for the which have upset anything the “de- were dependents and were an economic in re- subscribe to such a request.* It would has the largest families in the civilized ing under the oak of Guernica, to Washington; and when he is in Wash- sea and were among Europe's first whal- mocracies” have offered Russia—short of and military drag on the nation. Ger- have overthrown the Chamberlain and world, but she has had for membrance of those who have passed ington, he visits the State Department— ers. They fished off Newfoundland the surrender of the Baltic states and many years long the many did not lose the war in the battle man- Daladier governments overnight. a low birth rate because she also has the before, I swear to accomplish my in the guise of Senor de la Sota, citizen. before Columbus sailed the ocean blue. parts of Poland and Rumania. field, but she was defeated her hun- However hard by date with entire faithfulness.” He was here last week. From the Middle pressed they may be for lowest proportion of her population mar- Ages until 150 years Russia Not Warlike. gry masses behind the lines. The powerful allies in the fight Ger- ried. Bonuses for Within another 12-month, Guernica, ago, Bilbao, San Sebastien and against large families, if they Won Points Centuries. Hendaye The first is that the main reason why chances are that in the next war the which the Through many and Italy, they dared not acept are successful, have a similar effect a leading city in an area were the headquarters of Basque cor- may the anti-Bolshevist British cabinet ap- such a same thing will happen to both Ger- (al- The expectations of the exiled Basques program. upon the proportion of the Romans never fully subjugated sairs, who had contempt for the sea's population that will be be proached Moscow three months ago to many and Italy. In time of war the easily dominated the sur- they repatriated might and who sailed their From Berlin the Russian dictators married in other countries. If this hap- though they dangers ships as form an alliance was to have Russia crowded of and dismissed as a comic fight now hear peoples Germany Italy the rounding country in the Iberian Penin- just hyperbolic easily as a fish swims. only pleasant words. The pens population will grow lop-sided on the side of the nations which might are a greater danger to their own gov- the aid of opera overtone for the graver aspects of question of the Baltic states bunched in a relatively small number of sula), was destroyed through When Leovigild the become to German becoming modern international affairs. But the conquered Basques subject aggression. a ernments than they are to France. Al- Italian Gen. Franco part of the Soviet Empire is not quite very large families. This results in a bombing planes. for the Visigoths, those invaders founded Russia has never been, and is not to- ready hard-pressed for capital and to the resolutions Basques are a mysterious people. They pleasing to the Germans, and they have maldistribution of childfen and wealth, objected independent a city in memory of the event, Victoria- a warlike nation. In her whole his- natural resources, a blockade such as war have a way of their If day said so of a whose three provinces were gaining points. plainly. Latvia, with the impor- and is disorganizing to economic condi- people cum. Today that city is called Vitoria, tory she has never won a war by means would bring would soon cause a rebel- of He took the their provinces are incorporated once tant German centers at Riga and tions and the does not patently a part Spain. the of Alava. In Dorpat. population grow and for all dominion capital 720 the Basques’ of fighting. During her long wars with lion. if not a severe famine or pestilence for his own. In Sep- within the Spanish where a German university has existed efficiently or as large as it Basque country lands were consolidated as the for the domination of Eastern normally and if are the Kingdom Turks which might wipe out of existence tens President was in the people of the provinces for several centuries, must eventually be- should. tember, 1937. Aguirre of Navarre; but 500 later the she victories often weaned from their ancient mode of life years Europe gained by come of millions of people. Paris. He left his republic by plane just German. The Baltic barons have Bonuses to increase the population of people transfered their allegiance to the playing the corrupt Turkish pashas (gen- were we in the and customs to the ways of then been more living days of the France in time to escape a fate worse than exile. Spain, always German than Russian, may be questioned on the grounds King of Castille, Alphonso. who swore erals) heavily to surrender. While Russia broad-sword, masses of population would occasion President one of the most ancient races in Europe in spite of the fact that generals like that the does not need Since that unhappy under the oak at is as invincible in her own terri- population to be will have been to its end. Guernica to uphold the today be an advantage during time of war. has been in accord- brought Stackelberg and Rennenkampf have dis- increased. But assuming that it should Aguirre proceeding liberties of the The of tory as she was in Napoleon's days, she armies of the Basques. King “The fighting future," says ance with his oath—accomplishing his The Basques were in Spain when the tinguished themselves as Czarist officers. be kept stationary and not decreased, it Navarre had aroused the Basques’ anti- is as incapable of waging a successful Col. J. F. C. Fuller in the Encyclopaedia "mandate” to the best of his ability. Celts arrived, and the Celts came about But Berlin is is still questionable whether bonuses will pathy by trying to dictate the choice war outside her territories as she was suggesting an equally Britannica. “will be voluntary, highly The have historic excuse for 500 B. C. The learned men who are good In the event accomplish the purpose, unless as Speng- Basques of a chief magistrate, contrary to the during the last world conflict. bargain. that the and conse- familiar are con- professional highly paid, ler from a faith in themselves, and the with the antiquities question of Danzig and the Corridor suggests, one-fourth to one- great wish of their general assembly, or junta. Furthermore, Stalin is afraid what small; this is the whole ten- an versant with the movements of the Celts, must quently third of the national income be President and his cabinet, operating to himself and his be settled by force of arms, there expended Successive of took the oath may happen clique dency of present-day military evolution." which attract but they can only advance well-supported kings Spain is no reason for this Even then natural re- invisible republic might in event Russia her why Poland should not go purpose. beneath the oak to the places fate in the B. H. Liddell Hart believe1* that who do not theories about the of the Basques. uphold Basque a Capt. sources, mineral the scoffs of those sym- origin hands of some who through fourth partition which would especially irreplaceable liberties. In more recent the general might per- large, conscript mass armies will prove with their "mandate,” at least No people in Europe are more contradic- times, benefit the Reich and resources, are to increas- pathize chance himself on the battle- Russia as well. likely become were not in distinguish nonutilizable in wrar. This that before than the themselves, the kings—who "kings” Biscay The so authority ingly scarce and the be make a show of confidence tory Basques fields. Unlike Hitler and plan, far as it is known here, population forced (Basque-land) but only "lords”— Mussolini, says: “If the maintenance of such down too long the Basque provinces will be- people who are fiercely democratic but would involve a division of Poland into notwithstanding. Another argu- omitted the Stalin never circulates. He is cloistered armies is resources of na- to- who all last for a journey to Guernica, but straining the ment bonuses for long again to the Basques instead of struggled century Spain behind Kremlin walls three sections: One, the Corridor with against large families observed the the and is shown tions in peace, in war the attempt to of Franco. absolutely monarchical, the people who they peculiar Basque Teschen and Silesia is that it merely robs Peter to pay the Spain to a small section of the becoming German Paul, until the arrival of the 19th cen- army only use them threatens The mandate is the establishment and have fought for thousands of years so wishes, the Polish Ukraine and bankruptcy." and as the birth rate of the latter goes on Lenin’s day when some 50.000 troops territory; the ad- that could have some tury movement to liberalize the rule the birth rate of the maintenance of a tangible independent they peace. in the jacent territories to become Soviet land; Age Composition. up former goes of parade Red Square in Moscow. of who want Contradictions in the information Spain. and a While Italy's population is slightly down. republic Basques, nothing There is not the same tie between the reduced part, with no access to the their three Provinces about them abound. Their ancestors The Basques the liberal outside world larger than that of France, the age com- But if bonuses are given to increase better than that opposed trend, Red Army and its dictator that exists be- except through Germany, and Alava be the came from Asia Minor by way of South- because it would mean that their own to remain a so-called position of the French people is more the population, keep it stationary, or of Viscaya, Guipuzcoa tween the Fascist and Nazi armies and independent Polish favorable as of a free land. The ern Europe; their ancestors came from customs would be at the mercy of a far as producers, soldiers prevent it from decreasing, the bonuses components distinct, their dictators, who are with the troops republic. and for the realization of Somaliland by way of Egypt and what parliament representative of all dependents are concerned. Italy's should be given to increase the propor- steps undertaken Spain, as frequently as possible. It appeals In order to accomplish this, all that is one of the most fas- is now Morocco. To some observers, they in which they would have but a small higher birth rate during the past 15 tion of the population married. The this desire form to the imagination of the rookies to required of Moscow is to remain strictly has her stories of the The Basques are a short people; to one anthropol- voice. No more would the absolute years given a large proportion bonuses should be increased considerably cinating day. know that the big boss was once a cor- neutral in an eventual European conflict of in are the entertainments of they are the tallest people in monarch be the sworn of the dependents the early age group. for the first three children and then furnishing ogist, protector poral or a sergeant and had to take it and to send forces into Poland only after to an whose moti- live their own lives in liberties of So we have the France's population is almost stationary, cease. This would have a tendency to romance age political Spain. They Biscay. pic- on the chin as they do. The Red soldiers the Polish armies have been defeated. and a vations lie in the im- their mountains and by their coast, ture of the stationary population has a larger result in a large number of medium- most frequently contradictory Basques oppos- know Stalin only from his gloomy photo- The proposed bargain is very much like of of sober in their own liberalism so that proportion producers and men of sized families, which is the most effective pulses economics. speaking, large degree, ing they might pre- graphs which hang in the barrack rooms. the one made last September between than an and their own serve liberalism. military age increasing popula- and economical way a population can A Small Region of Spain. strange language, wearing The German and Italian soldiers know Berlin and Warsaw, when the Poles oc- tion. “The of the costumes, enjoying dances percentage French grow. To one who is not a Basque, the particular There are yet many Basques in Bis- Hitler and Mussolini in the flesh. cupied Teschen which used to be a part within the evolved in the Middle and population falling age group It might be better for the politicians to problem confronting that strange people Ages, playing cay, and when the bombing planes had Stalin Wants No War. of the Czecho-Slovak republic. years." says Spengler, “rose from their national game of pelota. ^21-40 leave the fate of the birth rate entirely seems insurmountable. Their provinces gone from the air over Guernica, the oak Hence it is quite understandable that A similar fate might easily befall Ru- in 1778-90 *28.4 per cent to 29.7 in 1870 in and fathers but a one-hundredth of The wrote G. L. Steer in his was still That is the hands of the mothers constitute part Basques, standing. the sort of Stalin is averse to any military cam- mania and the existing Baltic republics. and about 31 in 1931." of the country. If general economic and Spain. The population is little more book about the people and the Spanish symbolic encouragement which helps paign. He believes that a major war in Behind the walls of the Kremlin, where It is said that because of her fear of social conditions warrant a higher birth than 1,000,000, while all Spain has 24,- Civil War, are “a religious, deep-drink- keep President Aguirre and his agents which Russia might become involved will plots have been devised ever since the depopulation and invasion, France will i rat*. the parents of the nation will find 000,000 people. Basques themselves esti- ing, non-swearing race. They are pro- at their strange job. The Basques have spell the doom, if not of the Soviet re- somber building was erected, another is premiums for parents of numer- it 1 N provide out soon mate that this 1,000,000 has been a third foundly nautical; they and fish a for the occult. at now enough. swing feeling publics, least of Stalin himself. L being hatched. a