Germany's Arms Demand

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7282, 9 October 1933, Page 7

Germany's Arms Demand

Seeking Equality With France OPPOSITION EXPRESSED IN U.S.A. United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Keccived Sunday, 7.25 p.m. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. The likelihod of a stiller arms policy was noted in Stato Department circles to-day following Press reports that Germany is prepared to demand arms equality with Franco at the Geneva Disarmament Conference. The department is disinclined to issue official comment pending a complete report from Mr Norman Davis, but it suggested informally that the Administration would not only be unalterably opposed to any such demand, but might, if a re-armament threat was attempted, to make a direct protest under a provision of the separate American-German Peace Treaty of 1921. ■ Ono obsorver close to the Administration termed the Hitler re-armament move as an intensification of the critical European political situation. Britain Will Not Be Responsible for Failure Received Sunday, 8 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 8. Lord Hailsham, speaking at Birmingham, said: ‘M cannot tell whether the British draft convention is an acceptable basis for discussion, but I promise, if unhappily the conference fails that Britain or the Government will not be responsible, if the responsibility can be saddled where it belongs.” Europe’s Foundations Cannot Stand a Second Explosion DISARMAMENT CONVENTION IMPERATIVE Received Sunday, 7 p.m. .Mr Stanley Baldwin, addressing the Conservative conference at Birmingham, declared that the National Government had restored Britain’s credit, which had almost gone in 1931. A disarmament convention was imperative; failure would lead to panic in the end. “The foundations of Europe, rocked for 15 years, cannot, stand a second explosion; hence the Government’s anxiety to reach an arms agreement,” he added. Austrian-Nasi Putsch POSSIBILITY SUGGESTED BY TRENCH CORRESPONDENTS. Received Sunday, 7 p.m. PARIS, Oct. 7. French correspondents suggest the possibility of an Austrian-Nazi putsch. A large number aro armed, drilled and massed at Lechfcld and they boast that they will Teturn to their homeland as conquerors. Disarmament of Heavily-Armed Powers Wanted GERMANY DECLINES A TRIAL PERIOD, , Received Sunday, 7 p.m. BERLIN, Oct. 7. The Allcgomcinc Zeitung says that Prince Otto von Bismark told Sir John Simon that Germany insists on immediate disarmament of heavily-armed Powers and declines a trial period.