WAR NOT WANTED

Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19565, 2 May 1935, Page 7

WAR NOT WANTED

STORMS IN GERMANY. HERR HITLER’S STATEMENT, ■J ' ' ADDREBB TO 270,000 OHILDREfc United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright* (Reoeived May 2, 11.0 a.m.) BERLIN, May 1. Shouting hoarsley owing to a sore throat, Herr Hitler forecast storms converging on Germany when he addressed 270,000 children assembled In front of the Imperial Palace despite the slush and snow In which the May Day oeiebrations opened. Herr Hitler doolared: ” As the wind now tears our flags so clouds and storms may surround Germany In the near future. Hitler Youth will not be afraid. Every German boy and girl must be oonvlnoed of the sacred duty to guarantee ' Germany’s scourIty.”

One Million Workers AssembleOne million workers assembled at the Templehof aerodrome. Only a doctor’s certificate would excuse nonattendance. • Herr Hitler began his address in A snowstorm. He isurprisingly refrained frond reference to foreign affairs. It is supposed that lie is reserving this for tlis, Reichstag on May 15. He merely said “ We do not want war, but Germany is no longer the toy, of foreign whims." He added: “ You may offer me kingdoms. I would rather be a poor man among his people."

FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEBATE. BY 'BRITISH PARLIAMENT, *’ ADEQUATE LEVEL OF DEFENCE, w (Official Wireless.) (Reoeived May 2, noon.) RUGBY, May 1. An Important debate on foreign affairs is to be held in the House of Commons to-morrow. It will open with a statement from the Government, which it is expected the Prime Minister will make, upon recent events in Europe. The main factors upon which members and the public require information are the conference at Stress, which followed the visits to European capitals by British Ministers, the subsequent League of Natlonsf.sesston at Geneva, the increase in the German Ka of err i—- ' ided 3ued ance [ulsaln’s eVel, home defences at an adequate 1< ■ Strength of Air Force. _ It has frequently been ' recdidß during the last few weeks, and in relation to the reported creases in Germany’s air strength, ■ . Mr Stanley Baldwin gave a behalf of the Government to mainl the British Air Force at a equal to that of any country striking distance, and many are anxious to be reassured promise will in all fulfilled. On this point the Times renflEH

“We should tell GermlH plainly that she will not outbuH us In the air. This ia not vocation, but a simple reminder of our aocepte.d polloy.”

At the same time the Times empha-* f sises its view that “ The prevention of/ violence must still have as its main object tho attainment of that agreed l ' peace, freely negotiated on equai terms, which Europo has never yelj ■had since the war.’’

SUBMARINE CONSTRUCTION.

NOTIFICATION BY GERMANY. _ _ \ COMPLETED IN SIX MONTHS. (omciai Wireless.) / (Received May 2, noon.) . RUGBY, May 1. ■.? M. Pietri, the French Minister of Marine, who is on a short visit tof London, met Sir John Simon at the* House of 'Commons. M- Pietri has already had conver-. sation with Sir B. Eyres-Monsell, First Lord of the Admiralty. Sir B. Eyres Monsell was asked-In Parliament if lie could give any fur-> ther information regarding the oon-< struction of submarines by the Ger-. man Government. He said the British naval attache a£ Berlin was informed on April 26 by the German authorities that an order to manufacture machinery, armament, etc., for twelve 250-ton submarines was given at Christmas, and an order to construct the liiulls and assemble the component parts was given about the middle of April.

He was also informed that as a result of the extensive preparation* which had been made the first submarines would probably be within six months.