INTERNATIONAL: Golden Bullets

The biggest game behind Europe's political scenes today is being played by bull-necked French Premier Edouard Daladier and hawk-beaked British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Their goal is to win over to the side of Democracy, by means of financial favors, those countries which, impressed by Adolf Hitler's adroit bluffing show of power, last year decided, or almost decided, to line up with Nazi Germany.

Last week Rumania, having recently been sewed up by Britain and France with offers to buy her oil at good prices, abruptly broke off the flirtation with Germany which last year carried King Carol almost into Adolf...

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