Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1936, Page 9

Spain’s War Eases Situation In Europe, Correspondent Says Frederick Oechsner Sees Conflict Possible Safety Valve. BY VESTA CUMMINGS. The Spanish civil war has tem- porarily taken the edge off the in- ternational situation in Europe, in the opinion of Frederick Cable Oechs- ner, former member of The Star staff who is visiting in Washington today on his way back to Europe after his first holiday in the United States since 1929. Oechsner has won fame as a cor- respondent in Germany, Czechoslo- vakia, Poland and.the Baltic coun- tries and makes his headquarters in Berlin. “My own belief that continental war. clouds are ascending to & less menacing altitude as a result of the conflict in Spain is contrary to the belief of many Europeans, who are inclined to regard it as a stimulus to a general war, with the Commu- nists and Fascists at each other's throats,” Oechsner, said. “But no nation in Europe is physi- | cally ready for or wants a war at| this time and the Spanish hostilities are, in my opinion, a sort of safety| valve for the rest of the continent, rather than a casus belli. Predicts Early End. “The loyalists say that the taking of Madrid will make no difference,” | Oechsner pointed out, “and that they will go on fighting, but with the seat of the government recently moved to Valencia and rumors abroad that| it will soon be transfered to Bar-| celona 1 am inclined to think that the rebellion will subside in a few weeks.” | The issue of communism against fascism is a tub Europeans have been thumping loudly ever since Summer brought fighting in Spain, but Oechsner sees no likelihood of the agression becoming general for a year or a year and a half, although he is convinced that another. Euro- pean war is in the cards by that time. He expresses the greatest con- tempt for the folly that is leading to a conflict without a logical cause and from which no one possibly can gain anything. Asked about the possible line-up for the next conflict, Oechsner said that although it may not necessarily start between Germany and Russia, that they will inevitably be on oppo- site sides. Probable Line-up. A probable line-up for the war, it it comes, he said. might be Germany. Japan and Italy against Russia and France, with Poland. who holds non- aggression pacts with both France eand Russia, a highly important enig- ma. One notion he holds which some authorities regard as fantastic. Oechs- ner said, is that he doe$ not believe it impossible for Great Britain and Japan to be allies, even though the Oriental power is threafening Eng- lish supremacy in Asia. While Oechsner thinks any imme- FREDERICK CABLE OECHSNER. —Star Staff Photo. feel, rather than to think. Strength and bravery are their gods. Spirit is at white heat. German leaders, Oechsner says, sincerely believe that it is better for the people not to think. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WfiDN'ESDAY- NOVEMBER 11, 1936. |'nwse leaders have the common wel- fare at heart, he is certain, rather than that of the individual. He de- clared they have done everything to break down social and political dis- tinctions and make the mass think as one, and they have succeeded. The German people he described as one unit of sheer enthusiasm, their dic- tator being a believer in the theory that a house divided against itself cannot stand. £ Has Met All Leaders. During the last seven years Oechs- ner has met all the strong men of Europe, Hitler first, in 1930, before he had arrived at the height of his power. “He is a very Impressive man” Oechsner says. “Don’t let any one tell you that he is a puppet. I have taken many Americans of prominence to meet him and I have not yet found one who wasn't impressed with the man’s personality. He has a clear brain. He is a cold, canny and logical thinker, and yet is full of dynamism. There is not a degree of doubt that he is attempting to serve the Ger- man people, of whom he is unques- tionably leader.” Although Hitler has around him a group of men who sometimes advise him, he frequently listens to them and precipitately reaches an opposite decision about which there is no arbi- tration, Oechsner added. Mr. and Mrs. Oechsner are spend- ing & few days in Washington, and will sail December 2 for London. They are scheduled to arrive at the Ger- man capital before Christmas. They QUICKLY RELIEVEDWITH MILBURNS have been in America since just after the Olympic games, having spent two weeks on a ranch owned by Mrs. Oechsner’s family in Oregon, two weeks in Los Angeles and three in New Or- leans. Mr. Oechsner was reared in New Orleans and is the son of the noted surgeon, the late Dr. John F. Oeschner of that city. TASTE SAVES CHILD Boy, 2, Spits Out Pills Fatal to Older Brothers. 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