THE POWERS CONFER IN LONDON

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21733, 16 March 1936, Page 11

THE POWERS CONFER IN LONDON

France And Belgium Appeal For Aid BRITISH SUPPORT WANTED TO SECURE PEACE Herr Hitler Reiterates Case In Election Address When the Council of the League of Nations met in public session in London on Saturday, the chief speakers were M. Pierre Flandin (French Minister for Foreign Affairs) and M Paul van Zeeland (Prime Minister of Belgium), who both denounced the action of Germany as a violation of the Locarno Treaty, and appealed to the league for aid. Both speakers insisted that the security of Western Europe 4 was imperilled by Germany, and claimed that there was no Justification for the remilitarisation of the Rhineland. M. Flandin denied that any action of France was a threat to Germany, and M. van Zeeland Stated that Belgium more than any Other country depended on international justice for its safety, which was now threatened. Herr Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany, opening his election campaign at Munich with a theatrically staged demonstration claimed that Germany had every right to do what she had done, and asserted that she could no longer recognise the classification by the Versailles Treaty of some nations as good and ethers as bad. While some reports from Germany indicate a large measure of support for Herr Hitler, others suggest that there Is a measure of popular uneasiness about the position.