BROKEN PROMISES

Evening Star, Issue 23122, 23 November 1938, Page 11

BROKEN PROMISES

WORLD SUFFERING FROM A SURFEIT MR ANTHONY EDEN'S VIEWS NEGOTIATIONS WITH GERMANY COURTING HUMILIATION Press Association—By Telegraph —Coypright LONDON, November 21. “ To attempt negotiations with Germany under the present conditions is to court not only failure but humiliation,” declared Mr Anthony Eden, in a speech at Leicester. “It is even unthinkable that Britain would ever contemplate ■ discussions which might involve, however remotely, the transfer of populations regardless of the conditions under which they would live. Concessions which might be at least open to discussion under some conditions become inconceivable under others. . That such is the mind of the British-people there can be no doubt. Whether any Government was Fascist or Communist did not concern them, but its conduct did. There could not be confidence where one of the parties by its treatment of a section of its population denied all previous conceptions of progress and civilisation. The world, moreover, was suffering from a surfeit of broken promises. It was certain that the more they condoned breaches of international engagements the greater grew the •menace to security of the British Empire. Alluding to pogroms, Mr Eden said the treatment of Jews in Germany had disgusted world opinion, and he felt sure it had disgusted a large section of German opinion. PROTEST AGAINST BRITISH REACTIONS GERMAN AMBASSADOR HAY BE RECALLED LONDON, November 22. Reports are current iu London to the effect that the German Ambassador, Dr von Dirksen, may be recalled as a protest against British reactions to Germany’s treatment of Jews. The ‘Daily Telegraph’s’ diplomatic correspondent says it is understood that some Nazi leaders contend that the British attitude, especially the House of Commons debate on the Jewish question, amounts to a form of interference in German internal affairs which should not bo allowed to pass unmarked. The ‘ Daily Mail’s ’ correspondent says the Ambassador’s recall, if it occurs, will bo formally described as for the purpose of reporting to Berlin. OFFICIAL DENIAL BERLIN, November 22. (Received November 23, at 10 a.m.) Official circles deny knowledge of the contemplated recall of Dr von Dirksen, which the British Press reported as likely as a protest against British reactions to Germany’s treatment of Jews. AMERICA AND GERMANY RELATIONS AT MORE CRITICAL STAGE ' WASHINGTON, November 22, The strained relations between America and Germany reached a still more critical stage when Mr Cordell Hull announced that he had received an unsatisfactory reply to demands that the Nazi Government assume the Austrian monetary obligations to tho United States. Many observers feel that reopening the Austrian question at this time will not enhance the chances of an early resumption, of normal diplomatic relations, which have already been temporarily abrogated owing to the American displeasure at the Nazis’ treatment of Jews and Catholics. AMERICAN JEWS EXEMPTION FROM DECREES SOUGHT. BERLIN, November 22. The American Charge d’Affaires, Mr Prentiss Gilbert, has sent a Note to the Foreign Office demanding a formal assurance that American Jews should be exempted from the recent decrees forbidding Jews to engage in professions.or occupations not specifically permitted, like doctors, lawyers, and scientists.