GERMAN PEACE PLAN

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 11 June 1936, Page 8

GERMAN PEACE PLAN

BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S INQUIRY (British Official Wireless) (Received 11th June, 11.32 a.m.) RUGBY, 10th June. Enquiries addressed to Herr Hitler’s Government by the British Government with a view to clarifying the former’s proposals for negotiations of peace on a new basis were, mentioned at question time in the House of Commons. The Foreign Secretary stated that representations were made to the Ambassador at Berlin on 6th May. Mr Eden added: “On 23rd May the British Ambassador and Government received a reply. Sir Eric Phipps (British Ambassador) was further asked to emphasise that His Majesty’s Government were anxious to elucidate as soon as possible, points which were not clear to them in the German Government’s memoranda of 7th, 24th, and 31st March, and that the purpose of His Majesty’s Government was to secure that general negotiations should be opened for the conclusion of Western and Eastern European security arrangements, and the return of Germany to the League with a view to a permanent solution of continuing the situation created by the German Government’s action on 7th March. In reply it was intimated to Sir Eric Phipps by the German Government on 26th May that no reply would be forthcoming until after the formation of the new French Government.”