Show HITLER ARMS DEFY CAUSES QUICK ACTION England Protests Reich's Action on Treaty n B By FREDERICK KUH Copyright Cop right 1935 United Press LONDON March 18 8 Great Britain formally protested against Germanys Germany's conscript army decision and the reich in reply gave assurances assur ances tonight that she was read ready to discuss a general settlement of oC the armaments problem and measures for general security in Europe Britain after aCter consulting France and Italy indicated she might ask the tire help of oC the United States and arid perhaps ask for a special meeting of the league of oC nations assembly Then she sent a worded frankly note to Berlin The reaction franklY was vas im mi- mediate Assurance As Given n It was officially alI announced that I Sir John Simon foreign secretary and Captain Anthony Eden lord I privy seal would fly to BerJ Berlin n on Sunda Sunday as as' scheduled to talk peace and security Then it was announced that Dr Konstantin yon von Neurath German foreign minister had assured Sir Eric Phipps British ambassador that Germany was ready to discuss all points of at the Franco-British Franco declaration declaration dec dec- of oC last February 3 de dealing ling with disarmament and security The tone of t the British note left len lenno 1 no doubt that Britain will make malte a strong effort to persuade Germany to reenter the league of or nations I His majesty's government of the I United Kingdom the note in inI informed informed in- in formed Adolf Hither Hitler Hitler Hit Hit- ler her feels bound to convey to the I German Gelman government their protest against the announcement ement made by bythe bythe bythe I the latter on the of ot March Match of 01 their decision to adopt conscription and increase in rease the peace time basis of the German army to 36 divi I Anxiety Reflected The note expressed the view that Germanys Germany's flouting of ot the Versailles treaty is calculated seriously to in increase increase in in- crease the uneasiness of Europe It It plainly reflected the British governments government's anxiety and desire Continued on PUt Pare Two BRITAIN SENDS NOTE TO NAZIS S Continued from rue Past On One Ond that Germany should cooperate with the other powers for tor p pence peace a e. e It expressed the strong hope that tha V the proposed peace pence mission to BerlIn Ber- Ber V lin fin of Sir John Simon tor foreign ign sec see ry and Anthony Eden lord Ion privy seal still sUlI would be carried out V Later it was officially announced that Simon and Eden would go o to Berlin by airplane on Sunday a as previously planned The announcement announcement announce announce- ment meat was interpreted as indicating some favorable sign had been received received re re- re- re from German Germany Defense Fund Asked d The British war department a athe at atthe V the first session of oC parliament since Hitler's Hillers pronouncement immediately immediate immediate- V ly y presented a demand for pounds nearly additional addition addition- al at appropriations for defense J In view of yesterdays yesterday's news news said Douglas Hacking introducing the request we are faced with a serious extra commitment the commitment the provision for adequate coastal am and antiaircraft defenses of the home borne country The British n note le is d designed to lay Jay laythe the he basis for tor the next stage stae of ot delicate negotiation h hmay may turn E Europe rope definitely toward peace or war asa as asa a result of or the crisis caused b bj by Adolf Hitler's defiance of oC the Versailles Versailles Ver Ver- sailles sallies treaty military clause To Clarify Policy V It was indicated that Great V Britain would seek seck to learn the thena nature nature na nature ture of Germanys Germany's future foreign policy particularly to try ry to clarify clarty clar- clar I if ty 1 i. Whether Germany is prepared prepared pre pre- par pared d notwithstanding Saturdays Saturday's proclamation to enter a system oi of c collective European security 2 Whether the German decision and proclamation signify Germany will vill refuse ultimately to enter the league cague of nations nations In Paris Frances France's anxious government government gov gov- seeing a possible enemy of formidable strength on its eastern eastern east east- em ern frontier indicated it favored joint action of the most impressive nature In Italy it was indicated that thai forceful Benito Mussolini would back Great Britain and France in any action Statesmen Shocked From Vienna and Geneva came the he portentous news that others of the World war central European powers powers Austria Austria Hungary Bul- Bul might garia-might might follow Germanys Germany's example example ex ex- ample i in rearming in defiance of th the peace treaties which they rc- rc signed V A week end of urgent negotiation a and d consultation did nothing to abate the tile grave concern of statesmen statesmen statesmen states states- men over a situation which though they hey had anticipated it in fact shocked hocked them more than has any anyn in n recent years But there were ere signs that Germ Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- m many's ns action action in a blunt refusal to remain longer under the yoke oke of the 16 16 year y Versailles treaty treaty treaty- might shock Europe into its first real effort to reach a wide disarmament disarmament disarmament ment agre agreement ment linked with a series series series se se- se- se ries of mutual security treaties In Germany Adolf Hitler isolating isolating ing ng himself in a Bavarian mount mountain in retreat awaited the reaction of the nations he defied Yesterday Germany gave the thel world a picture of oC her military strengthen miniature with a parade of soldiers soldiers admittedly admittedly the worlds world's best jest man for tor man man man-in in the streets of oC Berlin Maneuvers Planned At 10 o'clock tomorrow night it vill give a picture of its idea of the next war For two hours an kilo 80 meter are area around Berlin will be plunged into utter darkness and I military planes planes military planes I were verc denied Germany by the Versailles Ver- Ver I sallies ailles treat treaty will treaty will will roar overhead as if it dropping bombs But dispatches from Berlin Brin indi indi- that Germany in flouting the Versailles treaty believed its action n p would lead to ii a firmer peace c V Diplomatic quarters here dis- dis P cussed the possibility of remo removing ng from rom Germany the guarantee of its territorial integrity given in the Lot Lo- Lo Locarno t carno arno treaty of security among west- west err European powers powers In Paris well informed quarters talked of oC the probability of an emergency emergency emer emer- gency meeting of oC th the league of nations nations na- na ions council Rumors persisted there despite denials that Foreign Minister Pierre Laval aval would leave for Moscow goon oon to o seek a firmly binding hinding French- French Russian military treaty of mutual defense There were reports that Germany intend intended cd to effect compulsory service service ser ser- vice ice not alone for the thc army and for fors its s air force torce but bul for its navy navy navy-a a pOSsibility possibility pos pos- of Incalculable importance to indicating 1 ting that Germany intended intended in- in tended ended to build a a. new fleet Today's British cabinet meeting was vas one one unmatched in recent times Ministers filed soberly into historic No 10 Downing street after a weekend weekend week week- end nd of almost continuous confer- confer ices Confront Facts Fact The facts before them were 1 Germany has violated the most important clause of oC the Versailles treat treaty which chich has been since ince the World war the basis for tor the armed peace cace that succeeded it 2 Germany has hac specifically defied defied de- de fied the agreement reached b by Britain Brit- Brit ain am in France and Ital Italy a few weeks ago go that they would not recognize a unilateral denunciation o of the treaty that that is a denunciation b by one naion na- na lion ion without regard to others 3 3 They have known and charged openly penly that Germany was rearming Because of oC the fact tact of German rearmament rearmament rearmament re re- re- re armament which the powers were seeking a formula to recognize as legal egal Britain is planning a big re rearmament rearmament rearmament re- re armament program and France Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day increased its term of compulsory sory ory military service from one to towo two wo years 4 Each of the nations Involved promised Germany in the Versailles treaty treat that her own disarmament would be followed ved by their own Admittedly Ad Ad- it has hM not It was understood d that in their consultations with each other and conferences with o of oZ aU allied cd Ve r nations over the week-end week the cab Ih t leaned toward a. a direct note tc to Germany This course the they favored though favored though they did not commit themselves to te It because It-because because on next Sun Sunday ay Sir John Simon foreign minister ter and Anthony Anthony An An- thony Eden lord privy seal and chief chic delegate to the league arc to visit Hitler in Berlin White hUe hite Paper raper This meeting was wag arranged to forward forward for tor ward the French-British French plan for consolidation of or peace through recognition recognition rec rec- of oC German Gorman rearmament and anda a series of diplomatic actions which it was hoped might lead from there thereto to eventual general disarmament A British white paper Issued bythe by bythe bythe the government charging that Germany Germany Ger Ger- many was imbued with military spirit then thein roused white hot anger among Germans Hitler contracted a cold and canceled the Visit isit It was WM rearranged for next Sun Sun- V day In this engagement Britain had the basis for a note The plan was if iC a a. note was sent before belore a formal forma French British consultation V to say that thit Hitler's action apparently apparent apparent- l ly destroyed the basis for or the entire conference Hence the note would ask what remained to be talked about This would convey an Informal prote protest t of some strength against the V German action and leave Germany German to make the first diplomatic move to o start thin things s going from the point V Vat at which it renounced the treaty After Simon Eden Prime Mints Minis ter er Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin conservative leader and Sir Robert Van permanent foreign undersecretary tentatively approved the note course yesterday they hey received word that France favored favored fa La- immediate Italian British French Trench consultation with a view to joint action |