PRUSSIAN POLICE

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 185, 3 May 1933, Page 9

PRUSSIAN POLICE

Ranked as Soldiers GERMAN EFFECTIVES Important Geneva Decision DISARMAMENT PROBLEM (By Telegraph.—Press Assa. —Copyright.) (Received May 2, 8.30 p.m.) Geneva, May 2. Important decisions affecting German military strength were readied by the Effectives Committee of the Disarmament Conference, which by 12 votes to 3 declared that 38,000 officers and men of the Prussian police force, known as the Green Police,” must be included in the 200.000 effectives permitted Geri/iany under the British plan. The American representative, Colonel Strong, voted against their inclusion, probably because the United States National Guard and State Constabulary may be considered in the same category. Colonel Strong said Germany requires an effective police force which, though trained on the military plan, cannot be regarded as soldiers. The committee also decided, by 7 to 6 votes, that the Nazi auxiliary special constabulary formed from the Brown Shirt organisation cannot be considered as part of the effective armed forces. A Paris message states that, alarmed at the Nazis’ military propaganda, the French Government has secretly circularised prefects and military commanders throughout the country urging co-operation in stamping out pacificism as “a menace to the national defence.