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              Sees Diplomatic Patience Needed In World Affairs /'Law Ft. /Raiguel; Philadelphia ommentator, Calls for Con* slant Work Toward Peace CALLS DICTATORSHIP CHAOS IMPROVEMENT Development of Brazil Gov* eminent Into Fascist Nation Held Not Discouraging France and Great Britain consider Hitler and Mussolini as "prime nuW sances and that's about all," according jto Dr. George Earl Raiguel, noted com-f jmentator, who addressed an audience; jof students, faculty and townspeople lat the Bloomsburg State Teachers college yesterday morning in one of his-j (frequent appearances here. "These two countries do not believe; {anything Hitler or Mussolini do will! jresult in war," he added. An optimistic yet scrutinizing out-t. jlook on the world situation was ex-r foressed by Dr. Raiguei. He called forf patience with diplomatic heads of Bli-I rope, their failure to do anything but! temporize in the face of aggression, fi whose ostensible weakness may be' jtheir greatest strength. "A new diplomacy is being tried out! kn the world today," he said, "as we| fire rededicating ourselves to the Ar-| Jmistice of nineteen years ago. We mustfl jhave patience with these men who are;- trying to see where other nations are' jright. Will Not See War "The men in charge of the diplo-[; matic circles in Europe today are men: (who are not going to see war. Is it I {strength to take such a position that! Mussolini or Hitler are left no alterna- I jtive but to declare war? Or is it great-1 er strength to realize that no nationals right all the time and to make al-l lowances for such mistakes as governments are bound to make?" In introducing his talk, Dr. Raiguel | icommented wryly on the fact that ft I (bit of the edge has been taken off theb first full enjoyment of the Armisticel Iby a growing knowledge of its faults.!. The German soldier who started top sing "Silent Night" when the breathtaking pause came in the trenches began a song that was taken up by his1; comrades and then by the soldiers oiil; the Allied side. Dr. Raiguel pointed, to that incident as an indication of the* reunion of men. "Today we must take up the same: spirit," he urged. "Although we know J there should be no war and although we know that we fought a war to end war, we know also that there has been nothing but war ever since." Not Discouraged The development of Brazil into the twenty-fourth dictatorship which has sprung, up since the World War is not regarded by Dr. Raiguel as discouraging. Where chaos existed, there has come something of order, a dictator-) |>hip Is really an improvement over the thing which existed before." Democracy, after all, does not mean a showing of hands; it means the greatest good for the greatest number. In England, where the term has taken on a slightly different meaning, it still stands for the greatest good for the greatest number, but with some attention paid to the rights of the minor- The importance of Roosevelt's speeeh at Chicago, according to Dr. Raiguel lies in the reason why he went out o his way to criticize dictatorships. This speech was not necessary, he contin ued, in order to cover the president' defeat in the court measure nor tc tover the national controversy over his (appointment to the Supreme Court. Dr. Raiguel believes that the presi Sent is not finished with the court re formation, but that he will have some sugar-coated plan to present to the special session of Congress. He believes further that the Justice Black incident is finished since both friends and opponents want an investigation of the new court justice, the former to whitewash him and the latter to impeach him. Since neither is possible, the movement will probably "peter out" !He advised against judging the elil bility of Justice Black by the stand-f ds and qualifications of Chief Justice ughes. Foreign authorities believe; at if such requisities were set fori; mission to the court, there would!; on be no one on the bench but the?? ief justice himself. In the eyes ofj e European world, Chief Justices ighes is being wasted as head of thef lited States Supreme Court he| ould be president judge of the Worldf': Summarizing the incident of the  intment of Chief Justice Black, Dr|j iguel declared tersely, "This is not! ; first political appointment to the| preme Court, even in our day." The reasons for Roosevelt's  wording to Dr. Raiguel, lay in the* lure of the neutrality act,  the fact that the president of theg ited States cannot sit in  3n the nations of the world and de-i mine who are the aggressors. Japan does not consider herself an; fressor," he pointed out. "She thinks*: i is driving a wedge between her- l f and communism. For this samel al, we applaud Poland in  an really thinks she is making the! :ld safe for democracy, paraphrasthe words of our late president"!; he island nation is backed by trea-H with the Chinese which grant hersg its that the larger country is un-h .ing to give her neighbor. The ag-S ssive country believes she is noti ting to take anything which right-! y belongs to China, the United States should declare embargo on Japan, the Oriental! itry would move into the Phil ipse and a war would result, in the! lion of Dr. Raiguel. Ve would win," he prophesied, & ; it would be a long war???probably 1 e than four years, at the cost of  i of four million youtns. &o your1 not benefit'by invoking;.: treaty of "wishful hoping" was the. he described the Kellogg-Briand to outlaw war. cause Japan has been unable to any conference to consider  [rights, she has adopted the attitude of - {belligerence. "It is absurd to try to settle the Far Eastern situation without Russia and Germany," he said, anlyziny the necessity which exists for China and Germany," he said, analyzing the nejdustrialized, Germany needs raw pro-,, ducts and markets for her manufac-f* tured goods, such as only China can supply. Ifore 1914, Dr. Raiguel declared that the* great nations of the world would bey at war at this stage in the develop-^ "Today we are laying a base on which these things may be settled. It doesn't matter much that nothing definite has come from the nine-power, parley; it has laid a foundation for fu???? ture peace." I Settlement of the Spanish difncul-|j ties is expected before Christmas byj| European nations. Dr. Raiguel moref1 ] conservatively estimates that it will* come before next spring. Because oJp the Unit;-! States' president's speech at Chicago, Mussolini isn't irritating Great Britain and France quite a?? much as before. Turning to governmental situations. he asserted that a dictatorship cannot ???jafford to be hampered by dissenting Jvoices and so in Russia recalcitrate :y people are shot, in Italy they arc yexiled and in Germany they are sent Pjto concentration camps. The world is faced with a choice be- fascism and communism and it true, said the speaker, that at the I present time fascism must take a place U;in the world which democracy cannot I mi. "Japan will undoubtedly go fascist. It will come as a temporary measure but will become permanent. Our sort of democracy is not even being considered there. It couldn't work, no 2ven in China. Possibly America and England are the only countries which gcould stand such a democracy." China and Japan believe in war, Dr. Raiguel reported. In every conference ~>he has attended, Japan has been >ushed aside so that she has decidel Inght it out, believing that in the i the world will say she was right. \ Chinese state under Japanese tuteje, not a puppet state, is Japan's aim r the nve northern provinces, ac rding to Br. Raiguel. She will not ce the provinces and then slam the or for she is interested not in bellig sncy but in the development of "Japan will win," he forecast, "but will be. a longer war than she anti>ated because she overestimated the sistance she would get from Germany d Italy and underestimated the astance Russia would give China." [f China were victorious, it woulc >an the end of Japan, he declared. Hie American people, of varied entries and racial strains, are neveriless a homogenous group. "Would lit be so terrible if that same homogeneity were to come to the Orient It lan happen there only by consolida-' In closing, Dr. Raiguel made a numter of interesting prophecies. He declared that Japan will be willing to legotiate with China for peace if she an secure trade reciprocity with the jountry and if China will turn her rack on communism. He also foresaw* he signing of trade agreements byjg he United States with three great! ountries, Great Britain, Germany and Griffith Named Mayor * / '- P. W. "Red" Griffiths, who used to tatar on Bloomsburg Normal football (teams back in the days when John Weimer did the coaching and who was later All-American guard at Penn State, was named mayor of Marietta, Ohio, in the November elections. Griffiths was line coach at Penn State under Hugo Bezdek and later head coach at Dickinson and Marietta. He won the office of chief executive in Marietta in an election that |saw a complete reversal of politics, Griffith winning over his Democratic loDDonent bv a vote of 3,059 to 2,659.