Show I I aris aris' Makes M akes Overture Ove t re for Euro Europe pe Peace Gets Bid to Locarno Parley By Associated Press LONDON M March 14 14 France announced tonight its willingness to o co consider sider an al alternate alternate al- al ternate plan whereby Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many might retain etain her troops in the Rhineland This This' break In the critical European European European Euro Euro- situation n which which- until now has seen France Fiance and Germany bitterly at odds over the question of German German German Ger Ger- man tro troops ps In the French border came after the League of ot Nations Nations' c council a friendly gesture to Germany Councils Request Bequest Thee Ther The co Council as asked ted that l fuehrer ehrer Hi Hitler tiers tier's lend a e end d a r representative to London to talk with the league leaguer r representatives s who wh decided that tha Germany had bad violated her treaty obligations by moving soldiers into the tho lo long demilitarized g d z zone ne of f the Uie Rhineland nd Said a Fren French h spokesman We WeI Wedo Wedo I do not want to stick blindly to our our insistence n e on on ev evacuation cu if Jf we we can I get better Willing to Talk The spokesman emphasized however however how bow ever that his nation was willing to parley with the Germans only on the I question of the Locarno treaty denunciation denunciation denunciation de de- de- de and France will not discuss discuss dis din cuss peace offer until the Rhineland dispute is settled The French viewpoint the spokesman spokes spoke man pointed out is that Germany German would automatically recognize continuance continuance con con- ce of the Locarno treaty if ifa ifa a nazi representative comes to the council table LONDON Mar March h 14 UP- UP UP CUP France Invoked the crushing power power of ot the CO O odd countries in the league of nations I ns today to force Germany to evacuate the The league council decided at its session sea lIes sion slon here to invite Germany to at at at- at tend Mondays Monday's session on the Rhine crisis Pierre Flandin foreign minister of France at an nn emergency emergency emer emer- gency meeting of the tho league of nations nations nations na na- na- na called by France Franco and Bel Bel- glum to force evacuation or punish punish punish pun pun- ish Germany demanded L 1 Full Immediate te support of Frances France's fellow signatories of ot the Locarno treaty 2 Punishment o of Germany by economic and financial penalties penalties' If it she refused to withdraw her troops The Th-e council meeting in I historic St. St Jam James James' s' s pal palace ce Heard Flandin Paul Van Zeeland foreign minister of Belgium and Anthony Eden of Great Br Britain Agree to Wove Move It went immediately into se secret eCret ret session and agreed to invite Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many many to attend the next meeting Monday afternoon and defend her course in occupying the Rhineland In violation of the Versailles and andL L carno treaties Coun Councilors consulted informally In n I drafting the tho invitation and then dispatched it at once to Berlin There will be bo 48 hours in which Fuehrer Adolf AdoU Hitler may consid- consid Continued on cc Pt Pare Column ElI Hail 1 S I FRANCE LEAGUE POW Continued from Page On oni er r his course To defy the c c l tries rles allied against him Audi and league cague of ot nations Itself or to tD erato crate In an effort to reach a a promise by which Germany emerge from a great crisis wl wI pride unsullied and France Fronce Belgium may be bo relieved of of menace of the tho soldiers on their f tiers ers Great Britain at once took ii of tho the work of ot seeking a com corn com mise Belgium acted as between France and Britain I French experts It was lc lea on a program of economic and financial pen pen pen- which they believe will complete completo financial collapse of many before summer if they imposed To Study Penalties J. J At Its session Friday after If It Germany docs does not attend it be for tor tho the council to start the chinery of condemning Germai Germa tho the leagues league's name and consid whether to proceed to penalize under a resolution passed last J when Hitler first violated tho th sallies sailles treaty by reintroducing c army service It must vote voto Germany g gull n treaty violation and ask the the carno powers to recommend course course of action i Stanley Bruce of Australia president of the council open opened d meeting Anthony Eden of Brit Bri spoke as delegate of the h host st tion bon f In our view he said a pat and incontestable breach of oll treaties of Versailles and Loc Lochas Local Loea has been committed Promises Aid He promised the absolute c c COM cration cf ot his majesty's gOV ment to establish I peace and un un standing between tho the nations nation Europe on a firm basis Then Paul Van Zeeland of gium spoke pointing out Bel had no part in the French Ru alliance which was Gorman i cuse for the Rhineland move German troops are aro on frontier too In talking of Ge Gehe Gere he said said Belgium appealed t to council in a spirit of profound profoundness ness without bitterness I Then Flandin of France Franca the council to take official that Germany has broken J Rhineland articles of ot Ver Vers thus permitting guarantors guarantor of Locarno treaty to support Fr Frand Frand Frand and Belgium He asked alao- alao tho the league give its support bY measures to 1 members Asks Measures f. f These measures ho envisaged economic and financial If the council followed d the theco c co France asked it would I f 1 Formally recognize tj treaty of violations charged 2 Notify Britain and Fraas Frs Fran Franas as Locarno guarantors and so o them to give Im Immediate ji jito to France and Belgium 3 Consider economic andr and penalties such as th tho Imposed on Italy for its Us war wart J Ethiopia 1 After Flandin's speech the c coi cil cn held a secret session on t the to Germany Council members believe belleve If If many accepts the tone of de dewill will be softened and a friendly settlement that a a. crisis into a peace will be made easier |