GERMANY’S ARMY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 211, 19 June 1936, Page 5

GERMANY’S ARMY

RAPID INCREASE IN STRENGTH. AN EVER-GROWING DANGER. ANG L OZFREN CH REQUIREMENTS. (United Press Association--Copyright.) LONDON, June 18'. (Received This Day, 10.25 21.111.) A correspondent of the “Sun-Her-ald” Service says that startling details of Germany’s rearmament appear daily in European papers. _ A

The British Foreign Office considers that the seriousness of the situation is not fully comprehended by the public, and cannot be over-exaggerated.

The “Daily ’l‘elegraph” sent MajorGeneral Temperley (its military correspondent) to Paris, where he conferred with high French military authorities. “My two main impressions,” says General ’l‘emperley, “are the evergrowing danger of German armaments and the need to complete Anglo-French solidarity. The. French Army! is well prepared for all eventualities and anticipates that the new eastern fortifications Would hold out for months if necessary. Consequently, .if Germany meditated an attack she would probably turn to the northern flank through Holland and Belgium. The Belgian Army is insufficient to defend the eastern and northern frontiers. The Dutch Army is powerless. Consequently Eng}and and France should give Belgium and Holland every possible material support. The German Army is now right against the Belgian frontier.

“Germany’s army is increasing rapidly. It is openly said that Germany, in a fewyears, will be able to mobilise 300 divisions, 3000 tanks and 6000 aeroplanes. Concrete fortifications are already constructed in the i‘eoccupied zone, where heavy guns have been introduced.” . '