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Paft t Eograa Bcgfitor-Guaril, Thursday, Jan. 20, M44 NoSimpleApproachSighted for Europe's Many Problems i By HENRY J. TAYLOR ! NEA Correspondent ' LONDON In discussions which I have hid here with leading fig ure of each government in exile, their prime mlniitera, ambassa don and such have ruled out any generalization! about the war'a aftermath in Europe. ' "From the Eurooean view point, the one basic weakness in the Washington policymakers' approach to our troubled world Js generalization," a Scandina vian ambassador summed up to me today. "In an operational sense, there Is no Europe as Lavatory Sets Priced at $55.50 Adair-Marshall Co. Corner Stb A OUre SonGTiinoAT 'StaeteaeoM... let a little time-toted i... works 6nl V 9ToTl such any more. Europe la a conglomeration of 26 races, con taining 10 additional countries and some 6800 more miles of borders to defend than before the last war. It will only con fuse matters to talk as though there were a prompt common denominator for European free dom, prosperity and fitness for self-government" There now are six govern ments In exile here and two in Cairo. Therefore, at this center I have interviewed leaders of each of the six Belgium, Nor way, the Netherlands, Luxem bourg, Poland, Czechoslovakia to obtain roundup of the facta for NEA. At the Belgian embassy I visit ed the distinguished statesman of the last world war and this, who now la ambassador here Baron da Cartrier d Merchitnne. He impressed upon me the fact that the presence of the king within Belgium, captive of the Germans, is great boon to the unity of the distrssed Belgian people, who feel that Leopold is suffering on the spot with them, in contrast to other kings who fled. King Held Near Brussels "This is an important psycho s'" Pe$$y Avmll ift Shop 58 Wast 13th will be closed from January 20 to January 30 I am away on a (aunt to fetch for your 1944 Gift Selections the choice of distinctive lifts from the Crossroads of the World so that I may better serve you" Peagy ATerlll legteal and governmental factor," Baron de Marchienne explained. "It will immediately assist the transition to normality from a political standpoint inside Bel gium. Although only four minis ters escaped to manage the exile government, the peacetime re sumption of orderly affairs with in Belgium should be the easiest of anywhere." As for Leopold himself, the last person known to have visited him in confinement is Prince Charles of Sweden, whose sister Astrid married Leopold and was Queen of Belgium when killed in an automobile accident. Prince Charles (Carl Gustav Oscar Frederick Christian) told me that Leopold remains confined in the Palais de Laeken near Brussels. Charles said the 42-year-old, prematurely-grey monarch js mel ancholy and restive but not an gry over the earliest Allied blasts regarding his army's defeat as that was later officially correct ed from London and Paris, and he lives' only for the liberation of his people. The Germans re peatedly have offered Leopold stooge-like advantages If he would collaborate, but Charles told me that Leopold said he would be confined in Laeken to the last day of his life in prefer ence to performing single act of collaboration. And, in fact he never has spoken directly or personally to any of the numer ous German leaders since the hour he entered confinement. In Norway, next to Belgium, there should be the easiest order ly resumption of government and far easier than Belgium In economic respects. The Norwe gian government-in-exile Is ex tremely well off financially. Nor way's largest income always has been from shipping, and as the third or fourth largest maritime nation in Europe, Norway has not lent ships to the United Na tions. She charters them to Great Britain and to the United States at full emergency rates. Furthermore, Norway collects in London and Washington full in surance for every Norwegian vea- 'P M tjj sel sunk in Allied service. The results are untold millions credited to the exile government month after month throughout the war, to give Norway a vast accumulation for her own use the day the United Nations liberate her from her German enemy. Dutch Being Exiled The Netherlands is not so af fluent as Norway, but Dutch dip lomats here tell me that their country also will have an easy transition to peace through their beloven queen and the natural characteristics of the people. The severity of the German occupa tion in Holland is midway be tween that of Denmark and Bel gium, but is growing worse since the heavier raids over Germany. Dutch farmers now are being exiled to Polard to make way for Germans bombed out of Ber lin, Munster, Hanover and Bre men. It is fact that the Ger mans, for home morale purposes, now are announcing that as many Germans as possible will be given free plots of land, houses and equipment which have (Men confiscated from the Dutch to offset their own homestead losses. Therefore German city dwellers currently are moving to Holland in droves. The Grand Duchess of Luxem bourg lives here quietly. Her tiny domain enjoys full repre sentation in exile. , The remaining two foreign gov ernments hare, those of Poland and Czechoslovakia, are especi ally striking examples of why European generalizations are fruitless. Apart from the present Russian-Polish crisis, Polish lead ers in London want the United Nations to guarantee compensa tion from Germany In Vilna and the Lwow District as well as all East Prussia and Danzig and West Prussia to the Oder River and in Silesia as far as Breslau. Won't Fight Reds Leading Poles categorically de nied to me sensational rumors from Moscow that the London Po lish government would declare war on Russia over the border situation as soon as the Germans were driven out. But they did show me today in great vexa tion, and as a typical friction making item a transcription dated Moscow, January 6th, printed in the Wolna Polaska, organ of the Soviet -subsidized counter-government organization called the Union of Polish Patri- More Rationed Food Slated for Schools WASHINGTON. Jan. 20, Children will get larger amounts of rationed foods in school meals, the OPA said today in announcing revised ration allowances for schools serving meals meeting cer- ' tain complete nutritional standards set by the food distribution admin istration. Schools now may apply to local war price and rationing boards for allowances of rationed foods on the basis of the number of persons served in January and February and the amount of food currently used, rather than on the amount of food used in December, 1942, the base month for institution users' allotments. " OPA said that a reserve of food points equal to 25 per cent of the January-February allowances can be obtained for adjustment pur poses until exact allotments are determined. - Schools not under the TDA setup alto may obtain similar Increased rations on the basts of comparable standards of meals served and the number of persons served, OPA added. Threat of Democrat Bolt in South Fades WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. W Threats of a party bolt by south ern democrats appeared to have melted down considerably today after a series of conferences which ended up with cheers for the par ty leadership and specific ovations for Vice President Wallace and Speaker Rayburn of Texas. The shouts for Wallace long a target of criticism by southern members of the party came last night at the conclusion of a ban quet which a group of governors from below the Mason and Dixon line gave for their congressmen. Earlier the governors had 're ported a "very agreeable" meet ing with President Roosevelt and agreed in a poll that although the Subsidies Supported By Farmers Union DENVER. (UB The national farmers union is on record in fav or of the "present support prices in the government loan program." James G. Patton, president of the union, anounced that a poll of the membership in each state re vealed that a majority of the farmer-members are in favor of gov ernment subsidies to farmers. "Three-fourths want a program that will stabilize farm prices for several years after the war, even though it may mean lower present south may not be entirely happy under his administration, it is still dependably within the democratic fold. Prices. n.u I of them think -rS, ,re bad thtejr. C4SH dm,-! Wv 1 El 1 Hcs FIRST FEDIT SAVING8 UuS sWMInerBMi"! ots in Russia, wherein it con tinued to demand a sovietlzed Poland as though the Tehran Conference had not taken place and the Atlantic Charter did not exist. As for Czechoslovakia, I find that Banes' return here from Moscow with the Kremlin treaty in his pocket and with his en tire London government along with Britain's Czechoslovakia Ambassador Philip Nichols at Paddlngton Station to' greet him implies further isolation of the Poles through this treaty. Yet no more valiant fight against the Germans has been made by any of the six exile gov ernments here than by the fliers and soldiers of Poland. There is deep and saddening irony in the fact that Russian nationalism and I the limited resistance of Anglo- ranencan coauuon pouues nave put Polish heroism at a tragic dis count in war of survival. , , Oils from raisin seed, apricot kernel, walnuts and avocados are now being manufactured and sold in the U. 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