EYES ON GERMANY

Evening Star, Issue 22684, 25 June 1937, Page 9

EYES ON GERMANY

WHITEHALL ANXIOUSLY WATCHFUL TENSION IN SPANISH SITUATION BRITAIN ACCUSED OF “ SHAMELESSNESS AND HYPOCRISY " Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, June 24. (Received June 25, at 8 a.m.) Germany’s assurance that the Leipzig incident is closed is accepted with certain misgivings at Whitehall, which is anxiously watchful. It is thought that Germany may possibly be persuaded that moderation is the right policy, but the presence of her ships in the Mediterranean is regarded as dangerous, especially as her withdrawal from the control scheme means that Italy or Germany no longer has any legal right to stop merchantmen. ' The Berlin correspondent of ‘ The Times ’ declares the Nazis do not conceal their fear that another winter campaign will be difficult for General Franco. There have been signs that Herr Hitler himself believes that tho internal troubles in‘Russia favour a bold anti-Soviet offensive. The Press is filled with bitter denunciations of British " shamelessness and hypocrisy.” A Paris message states that France is prepared to replace Italo-German naval control if Britain will co-operate. The French fleet has been ordered to be constantly prepared. GERMAN WARSHIPS GIBRALTAR REPORTS CONCENTRATION LONDON, June 24. The Spanish. Press Agency states that, according to a message from Gibraltar, 15 German warships are concentrating near Gibraltar and Tangier. A German cruiser and three destroyers anchored off Algeciras last Tuesday. Boats were seen plying between the ships and a deserted beach, but rumours that men and material were landed are not confirmed, Lisbon reports that a German battleship, tho Admiral Scheer, and three destroyers were in Largos Bay, Southwest Portugal, refuelling from a German tanker yesterday. It is thought that the vessels will leave for the Mediterranean. The ‘ News-Chronicle ’ states that the battleship Admiral Graf Spec left Germany for Spanish waters. According to the German Naval Department, states a message from Berlin, there are only three cruisers, the Nuernberg, Karlsruhe, and Leipzig, and three torpedo boats and four submarines in the Spanish waters. The Admiral Scheer will replace the Leipzig and the submarines will return shortly, REPORTS SHOULD BE ACCEPTED WITH RESERVE STATEMENT BY MR EDEN IN COMMONS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 24. (Received June 25, at noon.) The decision of Germany and Italy to withdraw from the scheme of seas supervision of the Spanish coast was communicated in tho form of Notes to Mr Eden. No date has been fixed for a further meeting of the Non-interven-tion Committee, ■ of which both Germany and Italy remain members. A debate on the international situation will take place in the House of Commons to-morrow. It is understood that the discussion will not he confined to the Spanish problem, but that there will bo a general survey of the world position, Mr Eden, in answer to a question in tho House of Commons, suggested that the reports on German naval movements eastwards into the Mediterranean should be received with great reserve. Official information received by the Admiralty did not confirm it, nor had tho Non-intervention Committee received information confirming the report of the arrival of the Italian troops in Malaga and other Spanish ports. His Majesty’s ships patrolling the Malaga area had made no report tending to show that any such development had occurred. Lord Cranbourno announced that ho had been informed that negotiations were progressing between the Spanish Government and tho International Red Cross for the evacuation of a largo number of women and children from Madrid. UKJTED PROPOSAL FROM LABOUR QUESTION SHOULD BE REFERRED TO LEAGUE LONDON, June 23. The Trades Union Council’s executive, the National Labour members, and the Parliamentary Labour Party have instructed their delegates to tho Labour Socialist International Conference at Paris on June 24 to advocate the reference of the Spanish question to the League of Nations, and to demand the restoration to the loyalist Government forces of tho right to buy arms. .

HITLERISM AND FASCISM

DENOUNCED BY SENATOR BORAH. Speaking in the Senate, Senator W. E. Borah denounced in most bitter terms Hittlerism and Fascism. “ The Governments of Germany and Italy are carrying on war against the Spanish Government,” he declared. “ The guns and men which massacred the people at Guernica were furnished by the German and Italian Governments. The bases of the principles of Nazism and Fascism are duplicity and deception. There is no law and no liberty in Germany, where men and women are hunted like wild beasts.”