TO PLACATE GERMANY

Grey River Argus, 7 June 1934, Page 5

TO PLACATE GERMANY

BRITISH PROPOSAL Questioned by France (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 5. The ‘ 1 Tinies \s ■ ■ Genev-i, correspond oi l says: At th? Bureau meeting two opposing sections were revealed, ine "1 which considered an agreement on disarmament as thy first business of i lie Conference was obtainable onlv with the co’Jaboratii'i) of Germany, who should t herd ore be induced to roihe opposing section security appeared turn to Geneva, while in the view of to be regarded as the immediate obIn reviowii g the situation Mr Henderson said th-at notes from France United Kingdom ami Germany reveal'd a serious endeavour to reconcile the differences and the Bureau the’-e--forp should recmmeml to the General Commission some method whereby the differences -existing might be further minimised so as to secure Germany’s renewed participation in the efforts t" build up a convention. Without excluding parrallel discussions o-n security for which provision already exists. he thought it should be carried on outside the Conference, and not made as the principal business Mr Eden agreed with Mr Hen dersen that the main political questions before the Conference must first be tackled The main object of the Conference was still to find a compromise between the points of view contained in the notes. The French Foreign Minister. M. Barthou depreciated any new overtures to Berlin. GENEVA. June 5. Following the speech by M. Barthou vigorously rejecting Mr Henderson’s earlier suggestion of a prompt adjournment of the Conference, Mr Henderson bluntly declared that if his impartiality was impugned he was prepared to relinquish bis charge. This threat to resign startled his hearers who listened with intense 4< l am present as guardian of millions of the world’s young men. whose Fives ar ( « in our hands.” Air Henderson asked M Barthou if he was prepared to formulate a working plan to make proposals. He then propounded the resolution, which was tantamount to an adjournment of the Conference urging that the Russian proposal for a change of name should he submitted for consideration of the governments involved, and suggesting a discussion by the parties interested of the pacts for mutual assistance in order to communicate the result to the conference.

Air Eden supported th-c motion, which M. Barthou emphatically rejected, refusing to adopt equivocal backdoor methods bringing Germanv back. Nevertehless, he almost apologetically appealed to Air Henderson to remain in the chair AL. Barthou’s speech was an expression of the resentment that, the security question was relegated to the background. He said it must be placed in the foreground. “Everybody, including France, wishes Germany to return, but to allow Germany to dictate the conditions to the League would be humiliating. No convention at all was preferable to a bad convention. Air Henderson replied with .equal warmth, declaring that security cameIo 'the very forefront of the motion. He was determined to oppose the encirclement of any States. He would direct the Conference in a spirit of equity for all. The meeting adjourned till to-mor row FRANCE’S PRECAUTIONS PARIS, June 5. The Minister of Marine (Al. Pietri) announces that France 'is spending 74 millions sterling\in the next five vears on the construction of underground petrol reservoirs for the navy to be immune from air attack, and one million on coastal defence in Algeria, to ■ wo millions on the Air Force. London Press Reports FRANCE AND RUSSIA. SEEK SECURITY FROM GERMANY (Received June 6 at 7 p.m.) LONDON. June G. The “Daily Mail’s’" Geneva eor!e<pondent declares: “Confusion reigns supreme as the result of yesterday’s wrangles. The General Commission will not meet until general proposals a:\e formulated.” The ‘‘Daily Chronicle’s’’ Geneva correspondent asserts: “ Brog;; ejss is at present impossible. The sooner the delegates depart the better.” “The Times’s” Gk'neva correspondent says: ‘‘The true issue is now clear enough, namely, that of France and Russia building up a. defensive alliance against Germany. They call this security, and they seek the League’s sanction for it. ’’ MANY GERMAN EMISSARIES. LONDON. June 6. The “Manchester Guardian’s” Geneva correspondent asserts that the numlwr of German emissaries at Geneva definitely indicate* early negotiations for th ( . return 'of G ,>r many tn the League. and to the Disarmament Conference. All German awaits is an invitation from the Great Powers to rejoin ’’