DEFENCE OF GERMANY
THE GOVERNMENT’S POLICY “KNIVES AND PAPER SHIELDS.” BERLIN, December 15. “ \y e are ready to arm our soldiers with knives and paper shields if our neighbours will do likewise,” said General von Schleicher, in broadcasting the Government’s policy, “but Germany’s army must, like any other, guarantee the country’s safety.” He added that be was not only a soldier but an impartial administrator, bringing not a sword, but peace. Nobody could rule without a large section of the populace behind him. The Government’s programme was to create work.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21830, 17 December 1932, Page 11
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90DEFENCE OF GERMANY Otago Daily Times, Issue 21830, 17 December 1932, Page 11
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