“IN CHAINS.”
EFFECT OF VERSAILLES TREATY ON GERMANY A PATHETIC WAIL Jr —; (United. Press Assn.—Cccyright.) (Aust. and N.Z. Press Assn.) (Received Feb. 12, 5.5 p.m.) ■* ’ . BERLIN, Feb. 11. A picture of Germany in chains was painted by Herr Croener, the new Defence . Minister, when addressing the Budget Committee of the Reiphstag. •He declared Germany had been enchained by the Versailles Treaty in a manner nearly unbear able for a sovereign people. ”We cannot”, he said, “make war on a great scale without an army, we can only protect our frontiers and secure cur own neutrality in .times of conflict. In or der to fulfil this task, our little army must have the greatest ener gy in manoeuvring capacity. How the art of war is to develop we do not know, but we certainly cannot keep pace with other nations.” He concluded by stressing that the army must keep clear of “the political mud line.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10509, 13 February 1928, Page 5
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