GERMANY READY TO NEGOTIATE

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21391, 6 February 1935, Page 11

GERMANY READY TO NEGOTIATE

LONDON PROPOSALS AS BASIS pf-\rm.\mi;nt plan appreciated pi;i■■>< i\| iIiHSIiIT FRIENDLY ir«.:r - ; i ' ; *--':.::a: u\ —?r zi.lcimo : n.t , : Ai a- -«. v: yiiigut.) i ?.< ' ■' i hYrv nary 5, 5.5 p.m.) BERLIN. February 4. .■ '. <.-■ uinr-nt spokesman infem •-•: ;■''-■'■ representatives that <];_::■.. ....■•■epis the London secur- ;•-.' :' ' ■■■ ■■■■ a.- a basis for negotiate :-. Ay,;,.' c.tiy Germany, while clarii\ s.'J her .v.Ti needs, will scrupu.'■oijsjy ;;'. e;d nb.-truct ing any prorxjii;'.: '"• r European pacification. The y.. / ..- cautious but friendly. A c.■.)!;. i::-.:i:c *',erespondenl says: "The emphasis placed in the FrancoBr.tuh communique upon avoidance <vf an armaments race and the eiim,r.a::"U of the danger of war finds ,-, hvcj- er:;<: m Germany. The de- -;:( : : ■-.•:. armaments convention ..; ". > :•..-! valuable part of the ;,•■■• ■.[■■ :. ufipnsals Germany feeis joeuiv :■,■•- pi p.usible for it. so there ;<.;iv re a real understanding against t.-i arearoents chaos." The Foreign Office was a centre d -■.:• activity all day. Th.v S:r Eric P'nipps (British A--n; . a'iori b.ad informed Hcrr H:*Je: o; ;he contents of the Lonrjr .n ■ a:n. unique before it was ji.u.ci cieated a good impression. A "FRESH START" FOR EUROPE RESULT OK DISCUSSIONS WELCOMED $W J<HJN SIMON'S BROADCAST r'.'i-il CKi'l'-I.M, V.'IP.ELEiS ) RUGBY. February 4. T' : -.r c-iht:: of the conversations retw?e:: tiic British and French Ministers arc warmly welcomed, and o:i r:JI it is felt that a procedure has been agreed upon which. ■f carried through, will give Europe l: .'i'C-U! .-'.art. The i-ignificunce of the conversations was emphasised in broadcast fpfceches made by Sir John Simon 'Foreign Secretary; to British lis- <."'..€•::• and b;.' M. Pierre Laval 'French Foreign Minister) to the French people. S:r Jo'im 'Simon devoted a great r.bV-. of bus speech to the proposal f r ■;• c;f,:!(m»ii action against aerial .•-Ecrc-s.-ion in addition to this most imporl-;,-.•'sr.ti novel suggestion, lie said ':- ; f orr.ir unique dealt with, first, the League of Nations and the undoubted achievements it had secured fet* tr.r benefit of Hie world in recent worths, of which the Saar settlement was an example: second, the agreement at Rome between the French and Italian Governments: -nd thurl. the problem of peace and security in Europe, particularly h~ it was affected by the claims and y>< '.itjnn of Germany. Dc-rding m greater detail with the tut danger. Sir John said, assuming 'he Western. Powers to be parties to the proposed new agreement were Fiance.' Germnnv, Belgium, and Great Britain the onlv cases in whic-h Great Britain might be called upon to take part under the pro«r.Med agreement were those in which r're was alrcadv bound to rsrticipMe under the Treaty of Lor?i,in. but :t would give precision '<■> a promise at present expressed in r.nrr general terms. "V.7- trunk the right course is to rrnfuJt some other countries who. ••■f would be interested in *'-■(■ pr'-.jV.ft ' ;mH willing dispassionR'rty to con-odor h. and we have rom'muniratrri to-day with Italy, O'-'r.ar- v. and Belgium.'' M. LITVINOFF'S FEARS ANXIETY AHOIT FKEN( H INTENTION? (Rrrr-r.-rrl February 0. 1.10 a.m.) LONDON, February 5. The diplomatic correspondent of the "Da.'iy Telegraph" says M. Lit-'■-.r/n i Soviet Foreign Commissar) ;•■ r after an alliance with France, as he fears that France, re-.-•?/ured bv more precise guarantees (A ■■ciii-iv * mav become less in-T'.-e-tci m Russia. M. Litvmoff r.'A-. : \ :.r.\ v.-ant to lie cold-sr'.;]de.-efi. M. Laval (French Foreign Minls-tf-.u seaJising the position, called on Ire hu.-.uan Ambassador immedit\'.\: :■.<•'-. .his j-eturn to Paris.

ATTITLDE OI; DOMINIONS NOT KNOWN \n CONSULTATION LONDON, February 4. '.'..-..mi BiHish Minister:; ini'orr .-.;'•• , vihiiwl the discussions with i- , }■■ ~-.,-!> Ministers to the Domin- :': !;.■;::: Commissioner!;, simultane- <• j-.-- ".ibmittiiij-, dispatches to the J; ;0 .,... the British Government ■v :.. • -ought lire attitude of the ;,'•■•' ■:■.-,.,■■ but. on the contrary, has < •' < thp negotiations without ?('.-;■'!].,;/ the' Dominions' reactions. :>. is pointed out that this is the f"-•». :rajor parley for a considerable *.mf- •!--, which it was not necessary '.i (Jrr-ut Britain to do more than 1 < kr-ep the Dominions informed oi -h«t was happening. It is hoped i :at ;r... proposals will be widely ; r.orovf-d by the Dominions.