HITLER’S AIMS

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 142, 12 March 1938, Page 11

HITLER’S AIMS

“Wants To Take All And Give Nothing” ANGLO-GERMAN TALKS No Progress Made; Only Old Ground Covered By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. London, March 10. Demonstrators shouting, Get out, von Ribbon trdp,” who assembled ’in Downing Street were ignored by tlie German Foreign Minister as he entered the Foreign Office. Herr von Ribbentrop’s conversation with the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, lasted two hours and 20 minutes. Large crowds awaited his departure and the police had to be reinforced. The Australian Associated Press says it. is believed from the tone of Herr von Ribbentrop’s conversation with Lord Halifax, that any colonial deal between the British Empire and Germany is at present out of the question. Germany is adamant in demanding Britain’s unconditional recognition of the principle of her claim. Though the impression is that Herr Hitler is not pressing the question of colonies immediately but adhering to his recent declarations, he will raise the claim with increasing intensity from year to year. He realises that because he lacks a formidable navy any forcible action at present would be impracticable. Herr Hitler, says the agency, is at present chiefly concerned with Europe, where he believes events will occur as he wants them, that he will soon triumph in Austria and Czechoslovakia, and that consequently the question of colonies can wait until it is the only outstanding issue of his programme. His faith in this policy renders the negotiation of an Anglo-Gerinan settlement virtually impossible for Britain, because while Britain is prepared to negotiate on a basis of give and take, Hen- Hitler wants to take all and give nothing. To-day’s talk, the agency states, got practically nowhere. Herr von Ribbentrop covered the old ground, that is, he insisted that the British Government should control the Press and give assurances that it was not contemplating weakening the Rome-Berlin axis, and even again sought Britain’s interest in the anti-Comintern Paet.