NATIONS DO NOT FEAR AGGRESSION.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 99, 29 April 1939, Page 9

NATIONS DO NOT FEAR AGGRESSION.

; NAZI CANVASS. British Palestine Policy Attacked. DISARMAMENT MENTIONED. United Press Association. —Copyright. (Received 12.30 p.m.) BERLIN, April 28. Dealing with disarmament, Herr Hitler declared that Germany was the only country in history which trustingly laid down its arms as the result of which it was subjected to greater degradation than was ever inflicted on the chiefs of the Sioux tribe. "I can assure you, Mr. Roosevelt, I ' am absolutely and steadfastly determined to say to you to-day, that not only now but at all future times no German will ever enter a conference I defenceless, and at all times in the future German negotiators will have behind them the united strength of the, German nation. So help me God." Mr. Roosevelt believed, said the Fuehrer, that because the United States is in the western hemisphere it is not involved in immediate controversies in Europe, for which I think I should be willing to make such a statement of policy to him. "I obviously would never presume to address such a request to the President of the United States because I assume he would, probably rightly, consider such presumption tactless. "Mr. Roosevelt is willing to communicate Germany's political aims to nations apprehensive concerning Germany's policy. How has Mr. Roosevelt learned which nations consider themselves threatened by German policy?" Herr Hitler dealt with his canvass of nations as to whether they feared German aggression, and declared that the majority replied that they did not fear aggression. "Apart from this, all States bordering on Germany received much more binding assurances than Mr. Roosevelt asked from me in his curious telegram." Herr Hitler repeatedly referred to a speech by Mr. de Valera in which he asserted that it was Britain and not ( lermany that was guilty of aggression. Reference to Palestine. Referring to Palestine, Herr Hitler expressed the opinion that this was perhaps a* problem according to Mr. Roosevelt's idea that could be solved by conference instead of by physical force, mass executions, burning of villages and blowing up of houses. "One fact is absolutely certain, that Britain in this case Is not defending herself against threatened Arab attack, but as an interloper endeavouring to establish her power in foreign territory. "Germany nevertheless is prepared to gi"\ e to each State mentioned an assurance of the kind desired by Mr. Roosevelt, on a condition of absolute reciprocity and provided the State which wishes it addresses to Germany a request for such assurance, together with appropriate proposals. "The question regarding the number of States in Mr. Roosevelt's list can probably be regarded as settled, since we are already either allied with them or at least united by close ties of friendship. As for the duration of these agreements, Germany is willing to make terms in accordance with" the wishes of individual States." The speech revealed the fact that Germany seized in Czechoslovakia IoS - ' aeroplanes. 500 guns. 780 trench mortals, -~.000 machine-guns, 1,090 000 rifles, 3.000000 gas shells and thousands of tanks. A Berlin message says foreign diplomatic representatives regard Herr Hitler s speech as a strange mixture of truculence and conciliation.