| Show German Alliance With France and Poland Proposed I Von Papon Said to Favor New Combination Against Soviets Editors Editor's Note This is the last of a series of ot articles by Frederick Kuh on the German situation I IBy By FRED FREDERICK iti K KUn 1 Copyright 1932 by United Press BERLIN June 13 If 13 If Lieutenant Colonel Franz von has his way as head of the all monocle German cabinet of or militarists and Prussian junkers the nations nation's foreign policy will undergo a radical shift to an alliance alli oh ance with France and Poland against soviet Russia Von real aims were di divulged divulged divulged di- di through the indiscretion of ot a member of ot a gentlemen's club composed composed com corn posed of or aristocrats junkers and a sprinkling of wealthy businessmen who were very active In pushing the removal of ot Chancellor Bruening Returning Returning Returning Re Re- turning from a jaunt to Paris last year Von vice president of ot the club dub told the tuxedoed and gentlemen gentlemen gentlemen gen gen- that Germany must drop her Russian pro-Russian policy and conclude an economic alliance with France am and Poland for the thc purpose of destroying the soviet year five-year plan Through the slight indiscretion of a gentleman present the alms aims of the present chancellor became known to Berlin LONG RANGE AIM All Achievement of at the chancellors chancellor's aim aimIs Is not possible overnight but it is known to be his long range aim It is understood on reliable authority that tha when Immediately after assuming the eh Von announced that he would continue the Bruening governments government's foreign policy he meant mean primarily that the German delegation delegation delegation tion to Lausanne would reiterate Bruening's refusal to pay reparations is even considering telling the world that Germanys Germany's plight will soon necessitate annulment of perhaps five and a half hat billion dollars dollars dollars' dol dol- lars lam worth of at long and short term private foreign debts besides cancell cancel cancel- l lotion of ot rep reparations The vital parts of Von Van diplomatic dip dip- methods differ radically from those of ot all his postwar predecessors in the who were de determined to play the soviet trump against the Versailles treaty and who maintained close political economic and m military intercourse with with Moscow Von P has been known for a alone longtime long time as a member of or the so called League for the Protection of ot Western a predominantly Catholic anc and Russian anti organization and belongs belongs be be- longs to several German Franco com corn Besides he has participated in numerous clandestine conferences with French politicians and industrial industrial- isis AIMED AT VON Chancellor Bruening addressing the reichstag May 11 warned a German German Ger Ger- man politician who remained unnamed un tin named against secretly telling important important important im im- im- im foreigners that the coming German government would be more morere re ready to make concessions than the Bruening regime This mysterIous admonition was aimed at Von backstairs meeting with French In Industrialists In- In n- n at Luxembourg a few days before The diplomatic corps heard that tha Von and his minister of dc defense de- de tense General Kurt von SchleIcher took French Ambassador Poncet Into their confidence at least a month ago after which the ambassador dor hurried to Paris and advised his government o of the Impending coup o ot of army leaders and junkers against Bruening In the discussion at Von club In which he first revealed his aims he admitted that an alliance against Russia would necessitate temporary tern tem renunciation and revision o othe ot of the Polish German-Polish border agreement and said that under those conditions France would consent to Germanys Germany's rearming Arnold Rechberg potash magnate told Von Van that a political poUt poUt- cal and military alliance with Prance France was essential Von Pap en added that German re reliance reliance reliance re- re liance on Bri Britain in was impossible due to the influence of ot French finance in iii England The United States he said would recover a voice in the thc worlds world's big political decisions only after the presidential election Paradoxically the Von cabinet Is more anxious to come to terms with France than Bruening's government arid and expects Premier Herriot to be replaced by bj Tardieu who is expected to be more amenable to Von alliance scheme The weakness in Von diplo macy is seen in the assumption that tha France would allow Germany to again become a great military power provided provided provided pro pro- vided that the Germans join a crusade crusade cru sade against Russia However German German German Ger Ger- man generals who until lately favored collaboration with the red arm army are known to prefer Von projected project project- ed alliance with France |
