BERLIN TALKS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 305, 24 November 1937, Page 9

BERLIN TALKS.

MINISTER’S IMPRESSIONS. NOT FAVOURABLE. LONDON, Nor. 23. The Berlin correspondent of the Times says Lord Halifax’s few remarks about his talks with the German leaders are taken to mean that he is not favourably impressed by what he has seen and heard in Should his report have the effect of'dissipating some of the mistrust of German intentions which it is thought prevails in London, then influential circles in Berlin believe that the main obstacle to a British and German understanding, upon which the peace of Europe depends, will be considerably lessened. This continuing British mistrust is thought to be reflected in the British preference for general settlements on the basis of collective pacts as against agreements between individual States on the lines favoured by Germany. It is contended that there is no problem separating Britain and Germany that cannot be solved by bilateral negotiations. On the other hand, the policy of collective security aiming at the maintenance of the balance of power on the basis of the Versailles Treaty is not even in accordance with tiie realities of Germany s position and power on the Continent now that she lias rearmed and is allied with other powerful States.