TREATY OF VERSAILLES.
disarmament clauses.
GERMAN THREAT TO BREAK. MINISTER ATTACKS FRANCE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received March 10, 5.5 p.m.) BERLIN, March 9. .Th© German of Defence, Hcvr Gtocnor, in defending the army estimates in the Reichstag, hinted at the possibility of Germany repudiating tliei, disarmament clauses of the Versailles Treaty unless Franco reduced her military forces in accordance with those clauses. Herr Groener asserted that the French Army at present is the world's strongest and best equipped war instrument, owing to the intensity of the training, the strength of her reserves, and the quality of the army's equipment. "The treaty binds the other Powers as well as Germany to general disarmament," said the Minister, "and wo demand the fulfilment of the pledge. In the interests of peaco and European reconstruction Germany is willing to co-operate in every kind of disarmament undertaken on a basis of equality of rights."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20819, 11 March 1931, Page 11
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149TREATY OF VERSAILLES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20819, 11 March 1931, Page 11
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