GERMAN STAND
ARMS LIMITATION STANDARDIZED ARMIES OPPOSED CONFERENCE HELD UP (United Press Assn.— Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 8.0 p.m.) Geneva, May 9. Unable to discover an acceptable course of action for procedure, the committee of the Disarmament Conference adjourned after strenuous efforts had been made to persuade Germany to abandon her opposition to standardized armies, which are an essential part of the British plan. Mr Ramsay MacDonald stated in the House of Commons that he had never considered whether he should or should not return to the Disarmament Conference. The Press statements that the matter had been discussed by Cabinet were without foundation. A message from Berlin states that the War Minister, Herr Blomberg, in a statement to the Press denies that Germany is wilfully obstructing the Disarmament Conference. He declared that the proposal to impose the French system of a short service militia ignored the interests of the Reich, which could not be expected to switch over from an army with a twelve-year period of service to one with only nine months. The time for dictating to the Reich was now over. Her attitude would depend on the extent of disarmament by other nations. Germany would come to no decision until that was known.
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Southland Times, Issue 22011, 10 May 1933, Page 5
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