FEAR OF GERMANY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 109, 9 May 1936, Page 9

FEAR OF GERMANY

EFFECT ON SANCTIONS BLOCKING EUROPEAN WAR STRONG ITALY ESSENTIAL [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright] LONDON, May 7. The diplomatic correspondent of the Guardian says that the phrase “period of stocktaking,” circulated with official approval, seems to indicate that the Government is reviewing the whole international situation preparatory to making momentous decisions. It is now realised that the Continental sanctions countries, with the exception of Yugoslavia, have only one thing in common, namely fear of Germany. They consider that Italy is essential to the defence of the status quo in Central Europe, as only a strong Italy ean keep Germany from annexing Austria, leading to a general war in Europe. These anxieties are deepening on the Continent and are even affecting Whitehall. FRENCH POLICY COLLECTIVE SECURITY WILL SUPPORT BRITAIN NEW GOVERNMENT'J DESIRE PARIS, May 7. M. Blum will probably be the next French Premier. Interviewed by the Daily Herald's Paris correspondent, he said that the Popular Front Government would devote itself to saving what was salvagable in international law. It would demand the immediate convocation of the adjourned Disarmament Conference. “Britain can rely on France supporting collective action through the League. It would be tragic if Britain fails to support these great causes at the moment when France is ready to support them with all her might, distressing tho electors who did not have an opportunity of expressing their views in time to save Abyssinia, but if the past was not in c<ur hands the future is.”