Show f Phones Chief cr b- b br r- r 1 7 1 F 4 s t 4 4 A 4 j y c 4 Rudolph ARMS MEETING NEAR COLLAPSE German D Delegate legate Asks New W Instructions of Chancel lor br Hitler erBy er- er h w-nr w f- f j 4 By STEWART BROWN United Press Staff Correspondent GENEVA GENEV A April 20 21 With 20 With the disarmament disarmament dis dis- dis- dis armament con conference at the verge of collapse over over- Germanys Germany's demands the Berlin delegation has called upon Ch Chancellor Adolf Hitler r personally for new v instructions to save the situation situation situation sit sit- it was learned toda today Rudolph Ru dolph chief chiefS German delegate delegate dele dele- gate telephoned Chancellor Hitler for new instructions after after- seeing the thc conferences conference's reactions to the German plan Experts studying th the German de demands mands offered as amendments to the to-the the MacDonald plan discovered that instead instead in jn- stead of providing for equality of ot effectives effectives ef ef- ef- ef they would make the German German Ger Ger- man forces numerically superior The amendments would give Germany a standing army of professional soldiers plus bodies such as the nazi storm troopers and the police while France would have an army of approximately conscript conscript con con- script and colonial troops plus reservists Despite the speech of Norman H H. H Davis American delegate in a dramatic dramatic dra draa matic mat effort to neutralize the effect of the German demands it was generally gen gen- felt the conference faced the worst crisis of ot its history Delegates in behind the scenes conferences today sought some formula for mula that would satisfy a nationalistic tic Germany demanding its place in inthe inthe the sun the sun and a France highly alarmed by the rumblings of ofa a reawakening militarism on the other side of the Rhine But they were co convinced convinced- vinced that unless the Hitler Hitler- government consented consented con con- sent sent-ed to a modification of its demands de de- de- de mands e conference was certain to fall fail demanded full armament equality and specifically said Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many wanted an an army a navy adan and ad an air force equal to those of France Rene French delegate reflecting re rc- re- re fleeting the alarm of France immediately immedi Immedi- told ely told the conference that If Germany Germany Ger Ger- r- r many had spoken her last word there was no hope hop that the conference could succeed In reducing the armament burden It was then that the German delegate dole dele gate telephoned Chancellor Hitler for new instructions |