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Focuses on various political developments in Europe. Complaint of the Nazis' towards the attitude of Swiss press; Qualitative advantage of Germany in military weapons; Information on German arm production in 1942; Precautions taken by the Nazis in Norway against an anticipated Allied invasion.

The government of France had been very severe towards the foreign press. A Vienna paper, the most important organ of Austrian journalism, the "Neue Freie Presse," was prohibited in France, probably on account of its extraordinary zeal on behalf of activist M. Thiers. An article titled "Retrospective View of the Berlin Interview, by a German Diplomat" focuses on a Prusso-Russian alliance. German diplomat Otto Furst von Bismarck felt that Russia had been injured by Europe, harshly treated and outlawed. However, this alliance is gradually losing its force.

The article presents some political updates as of September 16, 1909. One of the updates focuses on the political condition of Europe. The recent announcement of issuing a Turkish loan of $30,000,000 draws attention afresh to the extraordinary changes, which the past year has wrought, on the European equilibrium. Some other events include the restoration of the Turkish Constitution, the proclamation of Bulgarian independence and the annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Another update reports on the appointment of a new tariff commission by U.S. President William Howard Taft.

Little Austria is the bung of a vinegar barrel. The vinegar is German fascism. If the bung is forced out, the vinegar would begin pouring over southeastern Europe. The vinegar, to be sure, has eaten into the bung; Austria is itself a fascist country. But as long as the liquid is held in check some people bless the bung. In effect, they are blessing the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Austrian independence is Mussolini's contribution to European peace. Mussolini does not want Austria. But he wants to make sure that Germany will not absorb it and then look down menacingly on Italy from the Brenner Pass, which would thus become the common frontier of the two fascist states.

Europe now is treading gingerly upon the floor of a long-dreaded experience. A great power has committed an aggression, and the League of Nations must perform its obligations to mete out punishment under the Covenant. It will do this, barring unforeseen incidents, with forbearance bordering upon timidity. The principle of gradualism, officially adopted for just such a contingency in 1921, has been seized upon with relief, it makes it possible for the League states to feel their way, and to test out first of all the possibility of applying economic sanctions effectively without their leading to war. It is obvious that, more than anything, the League members shrink from taking steps which would transfer the conflict from Africa to their own soil and waters.

Laments the loss of quality standards in the political and socio-economic life of Europeans after World War I. Proclamation that any bugle-boy is a better musician than any fiddler; Inability to distinguish real art from the ones proliferating in public; Imposition of taste by tradesmen, who are no longer experts but mere universal provider; Stagnation of civilization if taste in life, the power of discerning life's minor matters, will not flourish; Absence of a leisured class that will set the standards for civilization.

Comments on the economic conditions in Europe, particularly the restoration of capitalism after World War I. Proposal of a radical surgery since Europe is brewing with social discontent; Obligations of the U.S. towards the continent since its industrial and financial power is equivalent to that of all Europe at peace; Rehabilitation of production and employment in the region through the restoration of machinery, material supplies and both domestic and foreign markets; Assumption of the role of a cautious banker by American finance and industry.

This article focuses on political developments in Europe. Primarily, the gravity of the situation and the dangers which overhang Europe stand out in my mind, the economic and financial chaos on every hand, the bad psychological state of one country after the other. And then the dread specter of militarism and war that looms over all. Next to the danger of economic collapse the specter of war and the preparations for war remain. The U.S. President Herbert Hoover is right to insist that disarmament is absolutely necessary for the financial sanitation of Europe.

This article focuses on the prevailing political conditions in the U.S. and around the world. It has taken more than six months to force the British Government out of almost benevolent neutrality into this avowed pessimism. In those months unemployment has grown in England, the French franc has fallen and in Germany the results, which Prime Minister of Great Britain Stanley Baldwin now predicts, have already occurred. The time to predict them has passed. Germany is in economic chaos today. Social and industrial ruin is following. The mark has dropped, since the poilus entered the Ruhr, from one-tenth to four ten-thousandths of a cent. The sober basis of national economic life in Germany has gone.

The U.S. credit and production are to be geared to the economic needs of the war-damaged nations of Europe in an effort to avert the progressive disintegration of the political and economic life of the Continent, it becomes more than ever necessary to examine the structure of the system on which this whole enterprise depends. The productive capacity of the U.S. outstrips that of the other nations of the world put together. The dollar is the currency on which all others, even the pound sterling, are based. What remains is to see clearly how the controls of the American system are operated, to identify the groups and individuals that have in their hands the economic levers.

This article reports on developments in the field of politics. The deadlock in the Iowa Legislature, which had lasted nearly six weeks, ended in an arrangement under which the Democrats get the Speakership, and the Republicans the control of the most important committees. It is becoming a very serious question in European politics whether France and England will accede to the German Emperor's suggestion for a joint conference on the labor question. The Emperor wants to lessen the hours of labor and otherwise improve the condition of factory operatives, but the owners tell him that they cannot.

This article focuses on prevailing political conditions in the U.S. and around the world, as of April 22, 1897. The protests against the Dingley bill by European countries are based upon the idea that the U.S. is abandoning the policy of non-discrimination in foreign tariff, notwithstanding its treaties, and that the way to meet this action on the part of the U.S. is for the various European Governments to lay their duties so as to keep out American products whenever possible. Another development focuses on the teaching methods of English language in the schools of the U.S. and Great Britain.

The article discusses about Western European countries, which are seriously getting down to fighting Communist fifth Columnism. The police of Belgium, Holland and the Scandinavian countries are getting tougher. Even the British in their milder and less Erik Amblerish way are taking steps to frustrate what seems to be stepped-up boring from within. It is in Italy however that the most dramatic steps are being taken, partly because the situation is potentially more serious, partly because the country breeds drama, and mostly because Fascism, which made political drama the circus of a neo-Roman "panem et circenses" has arisen from the shallow grave in which it was buried.

Offers a look at the political and socio-economic issues in Europe. Relations between the country and Hungary; Details on the autonomous legislature in Croatia; Emphasis on revolutionary liberalism of the League of Nations.

This article focuses on the impact of Hitlerism in Germany as well as in rest of Europe. In Central Europe, the old heart of the storm, the old international pivot Hitlerism has produced its most suggestive results so far. There is confusion amounting almost to chaos in the politics of the Danube basin since the advent of Adolf Hitler. Germans in Hungary are Nazis when they are not Jews. Even the Swabians in Rumania and the semi-Germans in Bukovina feel the Swastika itch. Austria is, of course, quivering on the brink, but of Austria more anon. Hitlerism has served to impair democracy almost everywhere and to grease the elbows of the dictators.

The article presents information on the book "The Malady of Europe," by M.E. Ravage. The Malady of Europe, as Ravage sees it, has two pathogenic causes. The primary cause originates in the remnants of the "bellum omnium contra omnes" ideology of the Middle Age, institutionalized in the European foreign offices whose spirit pervades all the doings of present-day Europe. It is this foreign-office spirit which tears asunder the economical and political unity of the European continent by antagonizing nations, classes, and religions, with no other aim in view that to demonstrate the necessity of the existence of the antiquated system of the foreign offices.

The article presents a bibliography on European politics. "A Woman in Berlin," translated by James Stern is an eloquent tale of defeat, hunger, rape, and adjustment to hard circumstances. "The Bormann Letters," is translated by R. H. Stevens. The letters throw new light on Nazi politics. "Tycoons and Tyrants," is by Louis P. Lochner Regnery. In this, his latest book, he undertakes to demonstrate, with much conscientious documentation, that the major German industrialists of the 1930's did not decisively subsidize Hitler, did not really want war and were more sinned against than sinning, since they were fools rather than scoundrels.