PULSE OF EUROPE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 59, 10 March 1936, Page 7

PULSE OF EUROPE

I REACTION TO HITLER’S j MOVE I PACT OF LOCARNO BROKEN j J LONDON REMAINS CALM LEAGUE TO MEET ON THURSDAY (By Telegraph—Frei* Association— Received March 9, 9 p.m. LONDON, March 9. The Guardian’s Geneva correspondent says that the overwhelming opinion in diplomatic, journalistic and official circles is that Herr Hitler’s word and signature alike are valueless. Few Governments will consider concluding any agreement with Germany in the future. Herr Hitler himself reaffirmed Locarno in 1935 and his repudiation is the application of the maxim that treaties should be repudiated wherever convenient. Received March 9, 6 p.m. • LONDON, March 8. The Times’ Berlin correspondent interprets Herr Hitler’s speech as an attempt to placate Britain and throw responsibility on France for Germany’s I action which, however, does not entail • the mere ratification of a one-sided clause of the Versailles Treaty but a ■ repudiation of the whole of the freely- ■ negotiated Treaty of Locarno, which | Germany spontaneously signed and j Herr Hitler repeatedlv reasserted, dei daring that he regarded the demilitarised zone as a contribution towards the I appeasement of Europe. Hitherto Herr Hitler has boasted that he has never , broken a personal pledge. That assertion is now invalidated. The Daily Mail’s City editor says that the rapid change which came over 1 the European political situation was : I calmly received in the city, which is ■ not pessimistic, but Parisian selling of J francs unsettled tho exchange market, | necessitating intervention of the (authorities in Paris and the market be- ! came calmer before the close. In some quarters tho opinion is held that the , eventual outcome of Germany’s action ' will be the removal of causes of fric- , tion. While hesitancy can be expected ! on Monday no marked change in the ■ market is anticipated and there is no occasion for investors to sell. The League has communicated the French appeal to Germany, asking whether Germany desires to participate • in the Council’s debate on the subject. ‘ The League Council has been summoned provisionally for Thursday .to consider the French appeal. League circles expected the denunciation, but were surprised at Herr Hitler’s offer to re-enter the League. BOMBING OF AMBULANCE ( j SECOND ATTACK CONFIRMED i SIGNOR SUVTCH’S PROMISE. ] 1 [ British Official Wireless. ] ’ RUGBY r , March 8. J I Official confirmation has been reI ceived in London from the British Minister in Addis Ababa that the British I ambulance camp was again bombed on J March 4. | Sir Erie, Drummond (British Ambassador to Rome) conveyed to Signor * ' Suvich the British Government’s proj test regarding the bombing of the same ’ ambulance on March 3. In response to the Ambassador’s request. Signor i Suvich undertook to institute a thorough inquiry into the occurrence and to take measures to prevent its recurI rence. | ETHIOPIAN PROTEST ITALIAN CIVILISERS.” I [ [ British Official Wireless. ] RUGBY’, March 8. ; An official protest against the bomb- ’ , ing of Quorum, signed by M. Henrouy 1 j (Ethiopian Foreign Minister), was t j handed to the League of Nations to- s ! day in the following terms: “The : | Ethiopian Government again enters ' its protest against the second Italian i bombing of the British Red Cross I ambulance near Quorum. There were, j hapnily, none killed or wounded, as the j staff, together with the sick and ’wounded, were removed from the ambu- ■ lance before the bombing took place. | The Red Cross ambulance and British I flags, all of large dimensions, were, [however, left prominently displayed all j j over the camp. / “It is impossible for the Ethiopian j end foreign Red Cross Societies to continue their humanitarian work if thev are obliged tn abandon ambulances to esrane bombing by the Italian i R'S MULUGHETA OF41) I ! i ; ITALIAN ’PLANE LOST TOWN OF JIRAN BOMBED ( ADDIS ABABA, March S. 1 An official message states that Rus Muhighcta died at Quorum from pneu- ’ monia due to the campaign exposure. He was aged 70. Government officials are completing i j the evacuation of the palace and are 1 j moving the equipment to hiding places, f 'Many trenches and dug-outs are be- < J ing constructed. The municipality has < appealed to motorists to lend cars for the transport of the wounded in the : event of an air raid. t An Tta’ian aeroplane after bombing t Quorum fell into Lake Ashangi. The j occupants are believed tn be drowned, j Regulars are pursuing the bands who captured two of the four Italian aviators who fell into Lake Ashangi on March 2. The remaining tno were drowned. Seven aeroplanes bombed Jiran, kill- 1 ing 30 civilians. The other damage t was immaterial. This was the first | raid in Jimma Tro\ inc®, 1