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...soon knew that he was there. Of his 60 hours, Sumner Welles spent nearly three talking with Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop (after which the press popped with inspired stories of Germany's demands before she would discuss peace: a free hand in the Balkans, recognition of her Czecho-Slovakian and Polish conquests). In the remaining 57, he found time to attend the opera (The Marriage of Figaro), be quietly feted by Alexander Kirk, U. S. charge d'affaires in Berlin, call on the Italian Ambassador. He also...
...insult the warring powers. ..." "It is not enough," cried Dr. Göebbels, "for the government of a neutral country to proclaim its neutral attitude . . . while public opinion has the freedom to insult! . . ." Meanwhile, German newspapers bristled with angry editorials attacking the Swiss press, which had referred to Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, Poland as countries "occupied by Germany." Dr. Göebbels' editors reminded Switzerland that it was a small country and would do well to curb any unfriendly opinions in its press...
...Storm Jameson -Macmillan ($2.50). Europe to Let consists of four stories of that continent between-the-wars. Told, with bitter anger, by a fictional British writer named Mr. Esk, their essential subject is despair, fear, moral bankruptcy. They sketch the genesis of Naziism, death of Vienna, betrayal of Czecho-Slovakia, premonitions in Hungary...
...Permitted quotas for Germany (27,370), Poland (6,524), Czecho-Slovakia (2,874), Hungary (869), Lithuania (386), Yugoslavia (845), Albania (100), were filled to the last refugee chink...
World War II has increased the world's previous refugee problems by many times. Out of Germany, Poland, Czecho-Slovakia keep streaming thousands of helpless, penniless Jews and Gentiles seeking safer, happier homes. Refugee committees have been swamped...