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Forum and Century

Featured in the January issue is an article on Germany's foreign policy, written by Konstantin Freiherr Von Neurath, Reichminister for Foreign Affairs. The managing editor of the magazine has invited several high Nazi officials to present their views unadulterated by American cutting or editing. In view of the distortion of German news by most newspapers and periodicals in this country this innovation should give readers an opportunity to pass some judgment on the leaders of the Nazi regime from their own statements presented in an unprejudiced manner without any attempt being made to influence the reader.

The question "Will the British Monarchy Survive?" is raised in another article in which John Strachey answers "no" and L. S. Amery "yes." Mr. Strachey says, "The open and ever growing use of the Royal Family for Conservative political propaganda purposes is, however, doing one thing. It is making clear to even the least politically minded worker that the Monarchy is an integral part of the existing social system in Britain. Hence the future of the British Monarchy is identical with the future of British capitalism." Mr. Amery, calling the monarchy the perpetual symbol of liberty, says, "the Crown is much more than a mere symbol of unity. It is also a very real constitutional and organic bond of union. . . It is the indivisible unity of a common Crown to which all British subjects stand in the same relation."

A recent Yale graduate writes an article entitled "I Was A Rich Man's Son" in which he graphically points out the difficulties college men are having in finding positions after graduation. His grim recital of unpleasant experiences may serve to jolt some complacent students out of their shiftless lethargy.

Lowell Brentano starts the first of a series of articles on the publishing business. "More than anything else," he says, "it is the variety of human contacts that, to me, makes publishing exciting and glamorous." He continues by telling in an interesting way some anecdotes concerning Mrs. Sanger, George Bernard Shaw, Gene Tunney, and George Moore.

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