GERMANY’S RETURN

Taranaki Daily News, 22 March 1935, Page 5

GERMANY’S RETURN

PLACE IN THE LEAGUE RUMOUR OF THE DESIRE BREACH OF PEACE TREATY EFFECT OF FRENCH MOVE By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 10.20 p.m. London, March 21. t With reference to Germany’s reported desire to resume her place in the League of Nations the Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent says the idea that a country can withdraw from the League, violate its obligations and then resume its place as though nothing had happened is nowhere held to be admissible.

“Herr Hitler will certainly be advised that if Germany sincerely desires to co-operate in the work of the League she Should first show willingness to negotiate for a general settlement on the basis of the London declaration,” the writer adds.

The Times says it is agreed that the general object of European policy is to bring Germany back to the League, but nothing could be better calculated to prevent her return than to indict her before the League Council. Moreover, the Council can do no more than declare what everybody knows—that Germany has violated the Treaty of Versailles. “The real question is whether Germany in the last 15 years has had a square deal and whether the treaty itself was in all respects a fair one,” adds the Times. “That question cannot be answered in any arbitration court In the world. The only result of arraigning Germany must be to give the League in German eyes the appearance more than ever of an anti-German association and render, more difficult eventual approach thereto by Herr Hitler.” Italy, it is officially stated, “sees no reason for opposing the French appeal to ffie League or the French Note to Berlin,” but it is not yet known whether Italy will also send a note of protest, says the Rome correspondent of the Times.