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Frightened by the stages of revolt gathering strength throughout all the occupied countries of Europe, Germany last week discarded its theme of "Pax Germanica" for a policy of "implacable terror." In Yugoslavia, against General Draja Mihailovich's isolated and loosely organized ''army of freedom," the Nazis struck with a fury born of frustration and fear...
...their union will not include the parliament of man and the federation of the world. "The ambitious Caesars of the totalitarian states, almost alone among contemporary rulers, have faced the problem of unifying the world and have acted to achieve a solution." Ugly as it is, Schuman thinks "the Pax Germanica beckons the majority of men," since it offers a solution more tolerable than the anarchy of Europe's last two decades...
...Without such a Bill of Duties, I fear peace will mean world chaos. With such a bill we can help build a Pax Democratica which will bless us and the whole world...
Remarking on the present situation of this country, he said "We are drifting with a nation, and a president is trying to see which way we are drifting so he can lead us." He commented on the possibility of a "Pax Americans," and of Washington being the capital of the world...
...British mediator uncorked his first proposal. He declared that before he could attempt to advise he must understand the problems of Czechoslovakia, must study them for at least a fortnight. Therefore, he proposed that the Government and the Sudetens stop negotiating while he studied. To this provisional Pax Runciman they agreed. Instead of discussing the disputed Minorities Statute, the Czechoslovak Parliament met for only 20 minutes-its first meeting since the war crisis was averted on May 21 -then meekly adjourned indefinitely...