DISARMAMENT

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 March 1928, Page 9

DISARMAMENT

GERMANY’S ATTITUDE.

OBLIGATIONS OF POWERS. COMMENT BY NEWSPAPER.. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 2.15 p.m., to-day. BERLIN, March. 25. “General disarmament is an obligation toward the German people and cannot be postponed without the impossibility oi straining Germany’s patience,” says a semi-official newspaper reflecting on the official attitude at the recent session at Geneva. It adds: —“Germany fails to understand why the other side is avoiding their obi igations. ’ ’ The newspapers generally support Count Bernstoil's outburst at Friday’s meeting. The “Tagliche” says: “If the League is incapable of carrying out disarmament, it is of no use to Germany. If the other powers do not discharge their obligations, Germany will be released from hers.” Nationalist newspapers freely nse the word “sabotage,” saying that apparently the Disarmament Committee’s main object was to postpone disarmament. —A.P.A. and “Sun.”