GOSPEL OF PEACE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 May 1933, Page 5

GOSPEL OF PEACE.

DISARMAMENT CONVENTION. GERMANY ACCEPTS BRITISH , T?BMS. <By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.20 a.m.) f GENEVA, May, 19. Germany has accepted the Britiai Disarmament (Convention. HYPOCRISY IN GERMANY. HITLER’S PROFESSIONS AND # POLICY.. EXTENSIVE SUPPRESSION OF PEACE SOCIETIES. ((Received This Day, 12.10 p.m.) . (Times Cable.) • MUNICH, May 19. Tn pursuance of the Government i ■drive against the remnants of organised pacifism, the police on Wednesday, while Hitler was speaking in the Reichstag against war, visited 100 societies, including the World Peace Union and the Mothers’ and Teachers’ Union, and dissolved them, also confiscating their property. i Princess Juliane zu Stallberg-Werne-gerode, a , member of the Union, escaped, but her colleague, Enh Machensauer, was arrested in the Princess’s •ft at, which the police closed and sealed. '

JOY OVER ROOSEVELT S MESSAGE. j . ' MONETARY STABILISATION IN BELGIUM. , ,(By‘Telegraph-Press Assn-Cbpyright.) (Received Tills Day, 9.40 a.m.) BRUSSELS, May 19. I, King Albert expressed admiration for President Roosevelt’s message. He added: “Belgium lias already stabilised money and decided to maintain it at the present gold value.” She attached capital importance to the freedom of international exchanges. RUSSIA’S WARI^RESPONSE. NON-AGGRESSION PACT WELCOMED. (Received This Day, 9.40 a.m.) ' CICOSOOW, . May 19. M. Kalinin has assured President Roosevelt of the warm response of Russia. He welcomes the proposed , pact for non-aggression. All countries, lie says, would willingly co-operate either for disarmament or an economic conference.