The Peace of Europe

Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19545, 6 April 1935, Page 7

The Peace of Europe

A DIFFICULT TASK.

SOLUTION NOT EASILY FOUND. BRITAIN’S PRESTIGE. United Press Assn.—Elee. Tel. Copyright LONDON, April 5. The Prague correspondent of the Times states that Mr Anthony Eden, in viewing the beautiful and ancient city, might have seen against the bulk of the cathedral slender pencils pointing toward the sky. They were antiaircraft guns—silent witnesses to the menace which is hanging over Europe and which Britain is trying to dispel. Nevertheless the results of Mr Eden’s visits do not justify the hope that a solution will be easily found, although it is not suggested that a solution is impossible. The dominant impression left in the British explorers’ minds is. that Europe Is (anxious, Irather than flmminently alarmed. The tour has left a deep Impression of Britain’s prestige, proving that no nation Is better qualified to sponsor any progress that Is possible. BRITAIN AND GERMANY. PRO,POSED DIRECT ALLIANCE. lIERR HITLER’S OFFER REFUSED United Press Assn. —Eiec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, April 4. L’Echo de Paris says the French Foreign Office received a secret memorandum from Sir John Simon summing up his interview with Herr Hitler. In this the British Foreign Secretary states that Herr Hitler proposed a direct alliance between Britain and ■Germany, which Sir John rejected. This profoundly impressed the French Cabinet and is believed to have been responsible 'for M. Flandin’s announcement regarding the retention of conscripts.