ONLY A SPARK NEEDED
SITUATION IN EUROPE. :AN AUGKLANDER’S CONCLUSIONS. [ ' GERMANY THE FOCAL POlN'l‘. ‘ (By Telegraph—Press Association.) ‘ AUCKLAND. Wednesday. ‘ After visiting France. Switzerland. German}: Austria. Hungary and other Countries. .\ll' Brian Dunningham, of Auckland. who returned by the \‘Vanganella 10—day. describes European relations at the moment as being a ‘gunpowder plot, needing only a spark to set it otti" In the United states .\lr Dunningham made the acquaintance of the Dean of Canterbury, and accompanied him as his secretary through Canada, subsequently visiting Europe with in—fluential itroductions. He said that Germany was the focal polnt. u there war was held to be the only wlutlon to the present finnnolol troubles. . ‘Germ‘any is by far the finest prepared country.in Europe. The occu—pation of the Rhine was only a minor aptfln a much bigger play. His information from influential sources supported thelbelief that what Germany wanted was a piece of Russia. Her eyes were on the southern oil fields and the grain lends of Ukraine. He saw many evidences of military preparedness.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19914, 17 June 1936, Page 8
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170ONLY A SPARK NEEDED Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19914, 17 June 1936, Page 8
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