WAS DUFF COOPER RIGHT?

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13287, 19 June 1936, Page 6

WAS DUFF COOPER RIGHT?

SOLDIER'S STARTLING ALLEGATIONS ANGLO-FRENCH UNITY STRESSED. (Received 12.15 p.m.) United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegra u h—Go, iv n ”Ht. LONDON, J une 18, The Sun-Herald says that startling details of Germany’s rearmament appear daily in European papers. * The British Foreign Office considers that the seriousness of the situa’tion is not- felly comprehended by -the public and cannot be over exaggerated. The Daily Telegraph . sent MajorGeneral 3"cmperl&yoS Paris, where ”he eonteared' with vliigh 'French, xnilijstary authorities, “My two main impressions,, ’ ’ says Major-General Temcperly, “are-the, ever-growing danger i(of German armaments and the need to complete Anglo-French solidarity. The French army is well prepared ■ for all eventualities, and it anti"eipates that the non eastern fortificationiS will hold out for months if necessary. Consequently : if Germany meditates an attack it would probably be from the- northern, flank jjthrough Holland and-Belgium «• b-.»' : * The Belgian jinny hsoUisulficient 'to defend the eastorp- and -northern frontiers and the Dutch -army is. powerless. Consequently.,, England and should gi ve/Belgium and Hollla.nd every possible material support. The German ar.my is,,now right against the Belgian frontier and Germany’s arm.v is increasing rapidly'. It is openly said that Germany in a few years will be-aihleyto mobilise 300 divisions, 30^01f . arid 6000 aeroplanes. OoMit'i%te- fortifieations have already been constructed in the neoccupied zone where heavyguns are being- iratroddeed ”