Koenigsberg, Germany: Minister of Occupied Territories Gottfried Treviranus, whose campaign speech last week about the German-Polish border touched off a mild diplomatic crisis, is at it again. In a speech here before a small group of political supporters, Treviranus predicts that Germany will one day regain the territory it lost to Poland in the treaty ending the World War. “However necessary I personally regard the revision of those treaties, nevertheless the time for such action can be fixed only when the internal strength of our people gives us the assurance that we are strong enough to insist upon our demand. Otherwise, the harm will be much greater than the benefit. Were I the foreign minister I would not give the Poles the opportunity of having this problem discussed at Geneva and shelved.”
Helsinki: Many of the communists who fled Finland into
the Soviet Union earlier this year are reportedly returning, saying conditions
in Russia are too chaotic for them. Yet
they return to a nation that may be even more anti-communist than when they
left. Peasants who were behind the march
on parliament earlier this year are said to be planning even bigger
demonstrations, possibly even to contemplate overthrowing the government.
Havana: Cuban authorities arrest two communist
leaders, and find on them letters from the Communist International urging
Cuba’s communists to get into positions of control in government departments,
in an effort to gain control of the country.
China: A bidding war of sorts is reportedly on for
the support of Manchurian warlord Zhang Xueliang in the civil war. Nationalist government head Chiang Kai-Shek
has reportedly offered Zhang the equivalent of US$30 million and rule over the
Tientsin-Peking area in exchange for his support in the conflict with various
rebel groups, including Northern Alliance rebels. Other reports say Zhang has decided to
support the rebels.
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