Britain Anxiously Watchful

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 149, 25 June 1937, Page 5

Britain Anxiously Watchful

Suspicious of German " Moderafion ” Nazis Nervous of Francos Future Hitler Encouraged by Russia’s Troubles United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Friday, 12.20 a.m. LONDON, June 24. • Germany : s assurance that the Leipzig incident is closed is accepted with certain misgivings in Whitehall which is anxiously watchful. it is thought Germany may have possibly been persuaded that moderation is the right policy, but the presence of her ships in the Mediterranean is dangerous, especially as their withdrawal from the control scheme means that Italy and Germany no longer have a legal right to stop merchantmen. The Times’ Berlin correspondent declares that the Nazis do not conceal their fear that another winter campaign will be difficult for General Franco, while there have been signs that Hitler himself believes the internal troubles in Russia favour a bold anti-Soviet offensive. The German Press is filled with bitter denunciations of British shamelessness and hypocrisy. The British Foreign Minister, Mr. Anthony Eden is being subjected to a concentrated Press attack. The German Ambassador to London, lierr von Ribbentrop, has arrived at Berlin from London. A Paris message states that France is prepared to replace Italian and German naval control if Britain will co-operate. The French fleet has been ordered to be constantly prepared. Fifteen German Warships Near Gibraltar SUSPICIOUS MOVEMENTS IN MEDITERRANEAN Received Thursday, 9.20 p.m. LONDON, June 24. A Spanish Press Agency message from Gibraltar states that fifteen German warships are concentrating near Gibraltar and Tangier. A German cruiser and three destroyers were anchored off Algeciras last Tuesday and boats were seen plying between the ships and the deserted beach. Rumours that men and material were landed are not confirmed. Lisbon reports that the German battleship Admiral Scheer and three destroyers were in Largos Bay, south-west Portugal, refuelling from a German tanker yesterday. It is thought the vessels will leave for the Mediterranean. The News-Chronicle states that the battleship Admiral Graf Spce has left Germany for .Spanish waters. Only Three Cruisers, Says Germany Received Thursday, Midnight. BERLIN, June 24. According to the Naval Department there are only three cruisers, the Nuernberg, Karlsruhe and Leipzig, and three or four torpedo boats and submarines in Spanish waters. The Admiral Scheer is replacing the Leipzig and the submarines are returning shortly.

Bitter Attack on Hitlerism SENATOR BORAH S OUTBURST Received Thuxsduy, 8.10 p.m. WASHINGTON, Juue 23. Addressing the Senate Senator Borah said an adequate army and navy were needed to protect the United State* against possible foes from within sis well as from without the nation. He denounced in most bitter terms Hitlerism and Fascism. •'The Governments of Germany and Italy are carrying on war against tho Spanish Government,” he declared. -The guns and men which massacred the people of Guernica were furnished by the German and Italian Governments. The bases of the principles of Naxirm and Fascism are duplicity and deception. There is no law and no liberty in Germany where men and women are hunted like wild beasts.'' The Senate passed the 635,000,000 dollar War Debt Appropriation Bill. LABOUR DEMANDS LEAGUE ACTION. Received Thursday, 0.20 p.m. LONDON, June 21. The Trades Union Council and the executives of the National Labour members and the Parliamentary Labour Party have instructed their delegates to the Labour Socialist International Conference at Paris on June 24 to advocate reference of the Spanish question to the League and to demand the restoration of tho Loyalist Government forces’ right to buy arms. AUSTRIA REFUSES REBEL RECOGNITION SIDES WITH BRITAIN AND FRANCE VIENNA, June 23. The Government has turned down a from General Franco, backed by /?rmany, to recognise the Rebel Government in Spain. Austria’s refusal has been interpreted as a gesture of friendship to the Western lowers.

No Further Action GERMANY STILL MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE MR. EDEN ’S STATEMENT (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, June 23. In the course of a statement in the House of Commons on Germany’s and Italy’s withdrawal from the Spanish naval control scheme, Mr Anthony Eden said that the British Ambassador in Berlin had seen Baron von Neurath concerning the matter, and he had been informed the Germany Government regretted that it had not been possible to reach an agreement, and Germany therefore felt obliged to withdraw their ships altogether from the control system. Baron von Neurath had said that this action was being taken with the specific intention of avoiding the possibility of aggravation of the situation, and the German Government would confine itself to this action. “The British, Government gladly recognises and welcomes the motives which inspire this assurance," said Mr Eden. “I understand further that the German Government does not contemplate ceasing participation in the NonIntervention Committee. The Italian Ambassador has since been to see me, when he informed me that his Government had also decided to withdraw its ships from the control system.” In answer to a question, Mr Eden agreed that the withdrawal of the Germans and Italians from naval control left questions to be but ho insisted that the important point was the assurance givep the British Ambassador that the German Government would confine itself to withdrawal from naval patrol following the failure of consultative procedure in the Leipzig case. He told Mr Lloyd George that as he understood it, Germany and Italy were withdrawing only from participation in r.p.val coniToJ, and the Non-Intervention Agreement was unaffected.