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Discusses the mistakes committed by France and Great Britain and the U.S. in 1936 that led to the expansion of the Soviet Union into Eastern Europe. Actions taken by the Nazi government of Germany under Adolf Hitler in 1936 that should have earned decisive reaction from France and Great Britain; Explanation on the power of the U.S. to stop Soviet Union advance into Eastern Europe if she so wish to deal with Germany in 1936; Lessons that the U.S., France and Great Britain should learn from their mistakes in 1936 that can help them in their efforts to contain Soviet communism in Eastern Europe.

This article discusses the destruction of Hitlerism, its meaning, and what is to follow. Rumors surrounding cooperation between the governments of Great Britain and France to end the war and render it impossible for Germany to fight are discussed. Additionally, important changes have taken place in Italy's foreign policy.

Provides some insights into the foreign trade relations of Great Britain focusing on the country's foreign and economic policy and its relations with Cannes, France and Genoa, Italy. Economic and industrial trends and developments; Brief history of the Geneva League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland; Details about the military pact, political pacification and reparations in the region; Indications of history and international relations.

The article presents political updates of the world, as of October 20, 1881. England and France are now both desirous to work harmoniously in Egypt, but a new administration in either country may have other desires. England might be tempted to secure for herself a better position in Egypt; France might be obliged to lean more on Egyptian interests and to return to her old policy. In another update, a curious fatality seems to follow the Greeks in all their attempts to assume the position in the political world to which their intelligence and capacity for progress really entitle them.

Responds to the criticism against the "The New Republic" that it is playing Germany's game. Effect of the article "War at Any Price," in which it was urged that the facts of the military situation had come to make the terms of a possible treaty of peace a remunerative subject of discussion; Argument by the critics that the German army is being used for the acquisition of territory to be used in bargaining for peace; Argument that influential Frenchmen and Englishmen are in serious danger of repeating Germany's error, of playing Germany's game, not for her but after her.

Comments on the significance of the Russo-German Treaty. British Prime Minister Lloyd George's objective in calling the Genoa Conference; Efforts to break down the obstacles which block European appeasement; Argument that the Russo-German Treaty would help rather than hinder; Opinion of English correspondent Herbert Sidebotham regarding the Treaty; Suggestion that the Russian government will not participate in a conspiracy against the future peace of Europe; Indication that both Great Britain and Italy are benevolently submissive; Pro-French interpretation of the Treaty as an instrument inimical to the future peace of Europe and subversive of the main object of the Genoa Conference.

Comments on the emerging policy of states bordering Russia and its implications for the diplomacy of France, England and Germany. Agreement reached by Latvia, Estonia and Poland on the matters in dispute among them and the policies to be pursued at Genoa; Support expressed by the Prime Minister of Czecho-Slovakia for a policy of reconciliation with Russia; Uncertainty of the future of the border states when the peace treaties were signed; Impact of the conditions of 1922 and the present economic and political tendencies of Eastern Europe on the policies of the border states.

Discusses that the French are opposed to the outlawing of the submarine. Argument of France that the submarine, if used under a humane code of naval warfare, is just as legitimate a weapon as the capital ship; Reason of Englishmen to denounce the French plans of submarine development; differences between the two nations in respect to the collection of the indemnity; Fear of the British about French submarines and military power; Argument that the political party now in power in France is likely to draw African forces for her defense; View that French submarine policy is aimed against England.

British statesman Arthur James Balfour warning to the militarist leaders of France. He declared that the amount of interest and repayment for which the British Government would ask France would depend not so much upon what France and the other Allies owed Great Britain as upon what Great Britain had to pay the United States; and he suggested that Great Britain would be ready to abandon all further right to German reparation and all claim to repayment of sums owed her by her Allies if this could be made part of a general plan by which the great problem could be dealt with satisfactorily and as a whole.

Focuses on a conference attended by American delegates, held in London, England with an objective to persuade France to reduce her naval program under consultation pact. Argument that the success of the conference depends the U.S. to assuring her military aid against a future enemy; Reluctance of Great Britain to promise military security to France due to the uncertainty about the attitude of the U.S.; Political significance of the consultation pact; View that the decision of the American delegates to consider a consultation pact with an open mind removes one British objection to strengthening the League machinery of sanctions.

Focuses on political and economic developments in the U.S. and all across the world. Efforts by Great Britain and France to bring about a solution of the Ethiopian conflict; Development of two lines of thought, the one, which is Right advocating for non-interference with Italy, while the other is People's Front pressing for sanctions against both Italy and Germany; Announcement of a formal alliance between Manchukuo and the autonomous region in Hopie and Chahar Provinces in North China; Passage of bills by the U.S. Congress embodying the administration proposal for making the Rural Electrification Administration a permanent agency to be financed by appropriations of $400,000,000 over a ten-year period; Existence of unemployment in the U.S. due to a combination of political corruption and laziness of the jobless; Peace strike to be demonstrated by American students against war; Argument pertaining to the removal of former Mexican President Plutarco Elías Calles, which makes it easier the road to much needed agrarian and labor reforms; Proposal of Carl von Ossietzky's name for the Nobel Peace prize, who has been former editor of "Die Weltbūhne."

Examines the impact of the Entente Cordiale agreement between Great Britain and France in April 1904 on the relations among great powers in Europe. Reason of Great Britain for forging the agreement with France; Historical enmity between France and Great Britain; Officials in the British Foreign Office who eagerly sought the agreement; Reaction of Germany to the agreement; Contention that the agreement is a major cause of World War I.

Argues that the true weakness of the German defense seems to lie in an inability to analyze the objections which America has made to Germany's conduct in the present war. Inability of each party to accept the other's point of view; Germany's attempts to explain the situation and justify events with the logic of necessity; Americans' question whether the Germans know that England, France and Russia would attack them in 1914; Americans' indictment of the Germans not so much for specific acts but for the logic and the ethics by which Germans create the necessity to justify them.

Focuses on the signature of the alliance between Turkey on the one hand and Great Britain and France on the other. Information that the treaty is a victory for Great Britain and France; The Soviet government has issued a defiant statement to prove it has lost nothing, which makes one suspicious that it believes it has; Discussion of the main text of the treaty that reveals the cause for these attitudes; Statement that Turkey agrees to help France and Great Britain in any hostilities in the Mediterranean area caused by an act of aggression by any European power; Report that Turkey also agrees to consult, and at the least to maintain benevolent neutrality, in the case of any other aggression against France or Great Britain by a European power; Statement that Turkey will consult, too, in the case of aggression against any other European nation guaranteed by France or Great Britain, or against any nation not guaranteed, if any of the contracting parties believes such aggression a menace to itself; Effect of the treaty on Germany; Obligation under taken by Turkey in virtue of the treaty cannot compel that country to take action having as its effect or involving as its consequence entry into armed conflict with the Soviet Union.

Focuses on the Ruhr issue between England and France. View that as an issue between England and France, the Ruhr is immediately a matter of economics, ultimately a matter of security; Report that England can live only by what she picks out of the current of world trade; Diminution of this current from the dismemberment of Austria-Hungary and the reversion of the succession states to an economy of isolation; Report that the security for England depends on the political status of the lands across the Channel and the North Sea; View that if French policy in the Ruhr results in the dismemberment of Germany it must inevitably restore in England the old feeling that France is the hereditary enemy; View that a Franco-British conflict is not an impossibility, on the contrary, it is a probability, if the French push their Ruhr policy to the point of German collapse; Report that it was American intervention that placed the Allies in a position to dictate the terms of peace; View that it is time for the U.S. to reconsider her responsibilities to Europe.

Focuses on the significance of the Anglo-French Entente. Opinion that it would be a terrible thing for European civilization if France and England returned to their ancient hostility toward each other; Proposal by British Prime Minister Lloyd George at the London Conference that gold payments should be dropped, except such as might be covered by the duty of 26 percent on German exports; View that under the British scheme the Germans would be left in a position to order their internal economic affairs according to their own will; Comparison of the French and British policy towards Germany; Chances for the survival of the Entente.

Discusses the submarine policy of France, which is opposed by Great Britain. Fight of the British government to abolish submarines; Argument against the French classification of the submarine; Threat to the British security due to the demand for a large submarine tonnage by France; Analysis that if Great Britain were involved in a war with France, she would have the right under her recent practice to seal the whole of the Continent against imports to France and to supervise the commerce of any neutral which traded with France; View that the French demand for submarines is the appropriate military retort to the British right entirely to destroy the over-sea trade of a European enemy; Argument that the Washington Conference will not be able to reach an agreement about the limitation or abolition of submarines.

Focuses on a policy adopted by France to influence the U.S. support against Great Britain. Appreciation of Senator Warren Harding in the French press during the elections in the U.S.; Diplomatic policy adopted by European politicians against President Woodrow Wilson for the participation in the League of Nations; Information that the European Allies have the settlement based on the terms and the spirit of the secret treaties; Realization of Great Britain that this settlement will not work; Conflict between Great Britain and France as British now favor reconciliation with Central Europe and Russia; Intentions of the French press to influence Harding so that American prestige can be used to support the French view; International relations of France with the U.S.