Evening star. [volume], August 13, 1939, Page A-7, Image 7

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Slovaks Expecting
Big Role in Creation
Of Ukrainian State
Protectorate Closest Point
Of German Influence
On Soviet Area
BRATISLAVAT Slovakia (Corre
spondence of the Associated Press).
—Highly placed Slovaks declare
their little country, a remnant of
Czecho-Slovakia now under Ger
man military protection, is slated to
play a big role in Nazi plans for a
Ukrainian state under German
domination.
Maps of the "future” Ukraine cir
culated here show a territory of
350.000 square miles, with 48,000,
000 inhabitants.
The Slovaks say there already
are signs that Nazi ambitions re
garding the Ukraine are being re
vived after months on the shelf.
Slovakia is the point of direct Ger
man influence nearest the Ukraine
proper—Soviet Russian territory—
6ince Hungary last March absorbed
Carpatho-Ukraine, easternmost sec
tion of Czecho-Slovakia.
Frequent Combats Alleged.
The Slovak press displays a lively
Interest in things Ukrainian.
Allegations of frequent combats
between Hungarian troops and
Ukrainian "rebels” have been given
prominent display. Reports of "ill
treatment” of peasants in the Polish
Ukraine and "misery” in the Rus
sian Ukraine are featured.
The presence in Slovakia of
Agustin Volosin. ex-premier of Car
patho-Ukraine, has been indicated,:
though his exact whereabouts has
been something of a mystery since
he fled his capital. Chust, in a peas
ant cart before Hungarian troops.
Volosin's U k r a i n i a n-language
newspaper, read by many of Slo
vakia's 69.000 Ukrainians, calls his
followers to "free” Carpatho-Ukraine
Uiinnorlon ruin
Informed Slovaks say that some
where under German eyes are 6.000
members of the Ukrainian Sitch
Guard, which followed Volosin into
exile. The guard, recruited from
among Polish, Rumanian and Rus- ’
sian Ukrainians, was designed to be
the nucleus of an army to wrest !
the huge Ukraine territories held by 1
those nations, these informants say.
Hungary Hit Ukrainians.
Ukrainians acknowledged that the>
Hungarian advance last March was '
a severe blow to their national move- '
ment since Carpatho-Ukraine was
to have served as the nucleus of a ,
nation much as Prussia served in
the unification of Germany and
Piedmont in Italy.
Locally-circulated maps picture
Soviet Russia as the largest con
tributor to the ‘‘future’' Ukraine, j
her share being put at 38.000.000 cit- j
lzens and 282.000 square miles of rich
agricultural land with ports on the
Black Sea.
Other contributions envisaged are
6.400 square miles and 650,000
Ukrainians of Carpatho-Ukraine,
now part of Hungary; 8,500 square
miles and 1.500,000 inhabitants from
Rumania and 53.280 square miles and
8,000,000 inhabitants from Poland.
Salzburg
(Continued From First Page.)
Hitler earlier this week and then
returned to the Free City where,
on Thursday, he told a mass meet
ing that "the Danzig population be
lieves implicitly that the hour of
liberation is coming and then the
Free City will return to the Reich.”
Forster, addressing a celebration
In his home town of Fuerth, told a
crowd of more than 20,000 tonight
that the fate of Danzig in no way
concerned England and France.
"I should like to say to English
men and Frenchmen that it is none
of their business what Danzigers de
cide to do about their own future,”
he said.
War Victors Blamed.
There would be no “Danzig prob
lem” today if the war victors 20
years ago had accorded the Free
City the right of self-determination,
he added.
iwenty years ago no one was
Interested in Danzig,” the Nazi
leader asserted. “Today the city is
full of English and French journal
ists who write about everything
except one important matter—
namely what the people of Danzig
themselves want.”
The celebration which Forster
addressed was described as “Fuerth’s
Danzig night.” In Danzig, Nazi of
ficials said that in addition to going
to the event of his birthplace,
Forster was in Germany to be near
Hitler in the event he was needed
for a conference.
England Encouragement Hit.
“The Danzig question would be a
lot nearer solution now if Eng
land last March had not encour
eged Poland to resist Danzig and
Germany, Forster asserted.
“Englishmen and Frenchmen
should understand that bonds of
blood are stronger than those of
treaties which once dictated to
Germany.”
Forster referred bitterly to Poles,
who he said “for the most part can
not even read or write.”
“They should be forbidden to
partake in politics,” he added.
The speaker said the Fuerth dem
onstration gave him new courage
and that he would return to Danzig
to say that the Free City is des
tined to “return to the Reich soon.”
Ciano Half Hour Late.
Ciano, dressed in white, arrived at
the Berghof from his hotel in Salz
burg a half hour later than orig
inally had been planned. The delay
was believed due to a last-minute
telephone talk with II Duce.
Hitler gave the Italian minister
and members of his party a hearty
welcome as they reached his resi
dence. It was their first meeting
since May 22, when the Italian
German military alliance was signed.
Guests at a luncheon given by the
Fuehrer Included Bernardo Attolico,
Italian Ambassador to Berlin; mem
bers of Ciano's entourage, Dr. Otto
Dietrich, the German press chief,
and Dr. Friedrich Gaus, foreign of
fice legal adviser.
The presence of Dr. Gaus, who
generally is on hand when any agree
ments or documents are to be
framed, stirred interest among for
eign observers, but Germans dis
counted its importance. They said
that since von Ribbentrop had been
ataying at Fuschl Castle, Dr. Gaus
also had been near at hand.
Delay on Danzig Issue
Indicated by Italians
ROME, Aug. 12 f/iP).—Authorita
tive Italians indicated tonight that
Capt. Whitehurst Is Suggested
For D. C. Executive Post
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Plans Are Only in
Discussion Stage
Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, director
of highways for the District, was
suggested in District Building dis
cussion of possible District govern
ment reorganization as the most
likely executive officer for the
Commissioners if one is appointed
under reorganization plans now
being discussed.
District officials concerned with
the municipal government revamp
ing plans emphasized there was
nothing certain about the plan, but
at least one high official proposed
that Capt. Whitehurst appeared to
be an “outstanding possibility” as
the executive assistant, or admin
istrative agent, of the Commission
ers, in this suggested form of reor
ganization.
Capt. Whitehurst, a former mem
ber of the Army Engineer Corps
who resigned some years ago to
take a permanent position with the
District Government as highway di
rector, said it was "all news to me.”
Plans for reorganization of the
District now are all in the discus
sion stage. George E. Allen some
weeks ago accepted a re-appoint
ment as District Commissioner to
take charge of these studies. While
he first advocated a plan under
w’hich a high salaried “city admin
istrator” would be appointed to as
sume all of the Commissioners’ ad
ministrative functions, it is under
stood this was in no sense a final
conclusion.
Following an initial conference be
tween the Commissioners and Chair
man King of the Senate District
Committee, it was indicated all
parties had decided detailed study
was needed for all such proposals.
District department heads now’
Reichsfuehrer Hitler and Premier
Mussolini would wait a while longer
for the right moment to settle the
problem of the Free City of Danzig.
They said it was useless to look
for any plan of action in the cur
rent conference between Italian
Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo
Ciano and German Foreign Minister
Joachim von Ribbentrop, and as
serted the two met to exchange
views on the situation without
reaching decisions.
Giovanni Ansaldo, close friend of
Ciano, wrote from Salzburg, where
the ministers met, to 11 Telegrafo
of Leghorn that no ‘‘tenebrous de
cision or terrifying intrigue" was
to spring from the conference.
Ansaldo said the foreign ministers
discussed the consolidation of the
Franco regime in Spain, the desire
of Japanese militarists for an alli
ance with the Rome-Berlin axis and
the Danzig situation in its rela
tion to the “counter encirclement"
which the Italians and Germans
would have to make in answer to
British-French diplomatic moves.
Editor Virginio Gavda, who often
speaks Mussolini's mind, wrote in
II Giornale d ltalia that the Danzig
problem would be settled "along
the line of its natural gravitation,”
and added “in this historic inevi
tability Germany and Italy have no
need to take any initiative.”
He insisted on the "perfect unity
of view and action between Berlin
and Rome."
Premier Mussolini's own II Popolo
dltalia characterized the present
as a “critical international moment”
and charged that “aggravation of
the situation seems clearly de
termined by the attitude of the
western powers,” meaning Britain
and France.
are preparing reports on the possible
effect of various reorganization
plans. These are to be compiled for
the Commissioners by Corporation
Counsel f>wood H. Seal.
There has been some discussion
of a plan to create a Department of
Safety, including the Police and
Fire Departments, and to create a
Department of Public Works, but
comments yesterday at the District
Building indicated it was believed
there was no need for a Safety De
partment, since there still would be
the need of a head for the Police
Department and a different one for
the Fire Department, and no need
for a director of public works, since
the Engineer Commissioner, Col.
David McCoach, jr., now serves in
this capacity as one of the Board of
: Commissioners.
Stockyard Rate Measure
Signed by President
By the Associated Press.
The Secretary of Agriculture may
prescribe flat rates for services ren
dered by stockyards and marketing
agencies under a bill signed yester
day by President Roosevelt.
Under the old law, the Secretary
could prescribe maximum and mini
mum rates.
The new act also permits the Sec
retary to limit the number of stock
yard owners, marketing agencies or
dealers by requiring newcomers to
obtain from him a certificate show
ing public necessity for their pro
posed operations.
A senate report on the bill said:
"In numerous cases, there are
now more marketing agencies en
gaged in business than the efficient
conduct of the market requires. This
has been one of the serious problems
of the Secretary in his effort to
determine reasonable commission
raVs. Naturally, all existing agen
cies feel that the rates should be
high enough to maintain them prof
itably, even though the volume of
business available is not sufficient
to enable them to operate economi
cally.”
Pessimism Deepens
In Mexican Oil
Controversy
Attention Focussing
On Possible U. S. Steps
To End Deadlok
By y* Associated Press. i
An atmosphere of deepening pessi
mism regarding the prospects of
settling the Mexican oil expropri
ations controversy was apparent
last night as diplomatic circles
awaited further developments in the
negotiations.
The statement by Acting Secre
tary Sumner Welles that he would
confer with representatives of both
parties concerned before making any
comment focused attention on the
State Department and what, if any,
steps it might take in an effort to
break the apparent deadlock be
tween the Mexican government and
American oil companies.
The chief obstacle to ai^ agree
ment has continued to be control of
the management, which both sides
have demanded for themselves.
Speculation also centered on
authorship of a discarded "compro
mise” formula, which has been dis
owned by both the Mexican govern
ment and the oil firms.
Attitude Called Impartial.
State Department officials would
not say whether this Government
had taken any part in drafting the
proposal. Up to the present time,
this Government's attitude as de
scribed by Mr. Welles has been that
of an Impartial observer, which has
been kept informed of developments
in the negotiations.
However, the State Department
has maintained that the contro
versy was strictly one between the
companies and Mexico.
Mr. Welles said he would confer
tomorrow with Donald R. Rich
berg, attorney for major American
oil companies whose properties, val
ued by them at approximately
$150,000,000, were expropriated near
ly 17 months ago.
The State Department official
also expected to see Dr. Francisco
Castillo Najera, the Mexican Am
bassador, before receiving Mr. Rich
berg.
Embassy Officials Silent.
Mexican Embassy officials were si
lent yesterday as to any possible
effect of the latest statements is
sued by both sides on prospects for
another meeting between Mr. Rich
berg and Dr. Castillo Najera. After
their last meeting here August
2 both said they expected to renew
discussions here after communicat
ing, respectively, with the oil com
panies in New York and with Pres
ident Lanaro Cardenas of Mexico.
Mr. Richberg, however, has been
absent from the city more than a
week, during which he visited New
York. He was expected to return
here from Rehoboth Beach, Del., to
morrow morning.
Before presenting to Mr. Richberg
Mexico's latest proposals Dr. Cas
tillo Najera delivered to President
Roosevelt a sealed letter, from Pres
ident Cardenas. The Ambassador
has said he did not know the con
tents of the letter, and Mr. Roose
velt has stated the communication
was of a personal nature and would j
not be made public,
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