GERMANY EXPLAINS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20277, 11 April 1934, Page 1

GERMANY EXPLAINS.

Why Air Estimates Showed Increase. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. BERLIN, April 10. It is explained that the increase in the air estimates is due, in the civil section, to reorganisation giving greater security by replacing single-engined craft with two-engined machines. Furthermore, Lufthansa night services and overseas passenger services are being extended, as the summer air service will be-continued through the winter. It is officiallv added that the increases do not violate the Treaty of Versailles UP-TO-DATE FACTORIES. LONDON. April 10. Mr Hector C. By water, writing in the “Daily Telegraph,” emphasises the fact that three German firms tendered for the construction of Brazilian cruisers, destroyers and submarines, though the tenders were disallowed on the ground that such building was contrary to the Versailles Treat}’. “It is proof,” says Mr Bvwater, “tha* Germany is now in a position to build all types of warships. The German Patent Office in recent years has granted hundreds of patents dealing with naval construction, but the details of all applications concerning war material are kept secret. The Krupp factories at Essen possess machinery capable of producing naval guns of the largest calibre.”