GERMAN AIMS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20629, 19 August 1932, Page 11

GERMAN AIMS.

RESTORATION OF FORMER COLONIES. % •• STATEMENT BY CHANCELLOR. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BT KLECTEW TELEGRAPH —COPTEIGHT.) BEBLIIf, August IT. "We shall be in officß & long time, M said the Chancellor (Herr F. von Papen), in an interview replying to a question whether the Government would be fit power at Christmas. He expressed the opinion that the Parties must re* alise that there was no Government to replace the .present one. Herr von Papen maintained that Herr Adolf Hitler had undoubtedly demanded full powers, but had been forced to do so by the impatience of x his followers. He added: "I do not believe the Nazis will resort to illegal' ities to obtain their endfl. Herr Hitlfcr has given assurances in that respect, and I see no reason to disbelieve him. The Government would not fiSsitM* promptly to suppress a revolt. As the matter stands, Germany is again united more closely than ever behind President von Hindenburg.' We have full confidence in his leadership.'^ Herr von Papen replied non-com®i»-tally to a query whether Germany Would leave the League of Nations if her claim to equality in disarmament Wer6 not recognised, but emphasised that Germany could no longer submit to discrimination and treatment as a secondclass nation. He added: "Germany stiD aspires to secure the restoration Of some of her colonies. This is also a ease of unjustifiable discrimination, which must be remedied sooner Or later."