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Show CRISIS MAY BRING LASTING PEACEWar PEACE'tsar PEACE ' ' of Rhinelanrl Rhineland Subsides ; War 'tsar tsar Scare After Hitler's Hitlers Occupation Locarno Powers Povers , Plan New Peace Parley By WILLIAM C . UTLEY UTLEYUT UTLEYO UTLEYUT UTof UT of the biggest scare in Europe since smce the W World Wor1d or1d warmay warmay war OUT O ) may maycome may come the biggest collective coJtectlve movement movemen t for peacesince peace peacesin _ ' sin since e the form formation tion of the League of Nations NationsIt It begins to look as if the powers who were victori- victori - victorious victorious victori victorious - ous in the war arc are ready to admit officially officlaJty that the maintenance maintenanceof maintenanceI maintenancef of f the status quo of 1919 in m Europe is not analagous with the themaintenance themaintenance I , maintenance ofa of a permanent peace . . It is just not within thebounds the thebounds thebounds bounds ofcommon of common sense to expect that so virile vlnle a nation as Ger Ger- Gcr- Gcr Germany GcrmanY Germany - many could remain forever chained by the terms of treaties de- de designed designed de designed - - signed as a sort of permanent pU punishment 1shment for her aggression aggressionIn In In the fho late 1- 1 1f - f war ronr . NOTO-S NOTO S News - ot of lf ) the rC re rct t- t : - - _ _ cent League Leabue council councll meeting In London Lon London don Indicates that the PO\\ PO powers POera \ era slg sig slgnatory signatory signatory natory to the Locarno pact . , espe cape especl11ly capechlly espedally cl11ly chlly Great GrCJlt Britain , are ready to totlIk totalk totalk tlIk talk : security on a sounder basis . . . Probably no one really reaUy knows how"lIose how howlosc howlose "lIose lIose " ! losc lose the French came to droppinga droppIng a few bombs on Hcrr Herr Hitler's Hitlers ' sol soldiers soldiers soldiers diers v . who ho marched Into the demlll demili demllltarlzed demilitarized demllitanzed tarlzed tarized Rhine zone In open defiance defianceof of the terms of the Locarno pact pactThe pactThe pactThe The Rclchsfuehrer RcIchsfuehrer Relchsfuehrer says there were were80,000 were80000 80,000 80000 , , of them , and France Fnnce claimsthere claims claimsthere claimsthere there were 50000 , but no matter matter"hat mattervliat matterwhat "hat hat vliat " the true number of them , , the3 they the3very theyvery thevery } very nearly nC'1rly nC1rly ' had a great many In Inelegant inelegant Inelegant elegant dents den s put In their shiny shinysteel shinysteel shinysteel steel helmets heJmets I Europe < ' ; urope came dan dangerousy dangerously dangerously gerousy gerously ] close to breaking breahlng out Intoa Inte Intr , . a great war which , If It ever doe does doescome doescome " come . , humanity feels , will wIU virtually virtuallywipe virtuallywipe virtuallywipe wipe out ont the raceBut raceBut race raceBut But the crisis Is now 0\ 0 os over 0er \ er The . ' " ? - vltcd vlted to sit In Whether or not Ger- Ger Germany Ger Germany - . many would be Included seems secms to todepend todepend todepend depend upon whether the Uhlnelan Rhineland Rhinelandsituation Khinelandsituation situation is straightened out In a am'lnner amanner amanner m'lnner mlnner manner ' satisfactory to the other otherPO otherpox otherpowers otherpowersIn PO\\ PO pox POers \ ers era eraIn In the plan outlined out1lned by Eden EI1en , Great GreatBritain GreatBritain GreatBritain Britain once more rcafllrms reaffirms her ob obl1gatlon obligation obligation l1gatlon ligation and intention to render mu mutual mutual mutual tual assistance to France and Bel Belglum Belglum Belglum glum in the case C'lse Clse ' of ot aggression In InIolaUon inviolation \IolaUon IolaUon folation \ of ot the Locarno LOC'lrno LOClrno Loc'irno Locirno ' ' pact ( Thepact The Thep'lct Thepact p'lct plct pact ' guarantees the frontiers of ofBelgium ofBelgium ofBelgium Belgium and France rrnnce Prance ; ; the guaran guarantors guarantors guarantors tors are Great Britain and Italy ItalyBritish ) I Brltl.e.h Brltle.h Brltleh British . gf gotieral gcAleral ernl staffs stalTs under the thetreaty thetreaty thetreaty treaty , also consult with those of ofrrance ofPrance ofFrance rrance Prance and Belgium Belflum : Italy Is notas not notas notas as warm to this trend as is Great GreatBrIt11n GreatBritain GreatBritain BrIt11n Britain , and It Is virtually certain certainthat certainthat certainthat that \ Mussolini l\Iussollni l Iussollni will demand certain certainc1ar1flc'1t1onc certainclarifications certainclarifications c1ar1flc'1t1onc c1ar1flc1t1onc clarifications ' ; of the sanctions sys . . , ; " ' ' _ 3 3xza r . , 9 4 I xza { c ,1 1 Y Ys a t- t - tj ! s j s .1J J .1 1 . ; .1'L 'L L ' f p f fi i ! q0 n ' t4 t4f f 2 2a 2y 2i a y i . 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Hitler , of course , declared decl.lred decllred . that hi hiscountry . . country was no longci longCl longer bound bounl1 b3 by b3the bythe bvthe the Locarno pact , in view slew , iew of the thefact thefact thefact fact that the rl Fiench riench ench had null1fied nullified nullifiedit null1fiedIt It beiore betore bel ore him by entering entermg Into themutual the themutual themutual mutual 'ls ls ' assistance < . ; lstance agreement "Ith Ith with "Iththe " withthe withthe the Sovietloac1um SovietJoaclum Soviet SovietJoachim Joachim loac1um Joaclum ion LOn ton Ribbentrop Rlblentrop , , as the offi 01Ji oft 01Jicwl oftcoal official cial cwl coal cwlrepreSeTitntlLe coalrepreserntatiie reprcsentatiLc repreSeTitntlLe represerntatiie of 0/ 0 0the / the Hitler Hiller gov govenl1l1ellt goverrinient govemment enl1l1ellt errinient , explained explamed theuellrer's the fuehrer's fuehrers /uellrer's uellrer's uellrers fuehrer f / uehrer uehrers ' ' s et etcuse e excusc ' . cuse in a 25 minute speech before be/ore be ore / theleague the theleague theleague league councilIn council in St James lames ' palacl palace palaceThree palace1'hree palace1hree ' Ihree Three ' hours later the council , iitthEcuador Illth uitli IllthEcuador uitliEcuador Ecuador absent and alld Chile GillIe not votingofficially 1otlllg iotusg , , , officwlly officially went on record , by an 11 to too to0 o 0 tote , as regarding Germany a tiolator tlola bola tlolator bolator tor of o f the tile treat treaty treatyAfter ) After the council meeting the therepresentat1 therepresentatrv thercpresentativcb representat1\ representat1 representat1e representatrv \ e es : . of Great BrItam Britain BritainFrance , rrance trance , Belgium and Italy 1t'1ly 1t1ly ' ( the Lo LoC1rno Locarno Locarno C1rno carno PO\\ PO powers POers \ ers ) went Into a huddlt huddle huddleand huddleand " and came out with a plan for se secunty security secunty cunty curity which was publicly an announted announced announced nounted nounced by Anthony Eden Lden , lllltish Btltish lllltishfm.I Btltishforeign Britishforu fm.I fmI foreign ( . n secretaiy secretalY secretary . , In the tbe house of ofcorumons ofcommons ofcommons ofcommonsShould corumons commons corumonsShould commonsShould Should the plan phn be accepted bv by bvGermany byGermany bvGermany Germany It " will 111 brlDb bring brin . ; about a re re'Vhal reviral revival 'Vhal Vhal viral ' of world "orld orld " economic andVorld and \Vorld Vorld world Vorlddisarmament worlddisarmament \ worlddisarmament disarmament conferences \ which hlch arE arenot arenot > not concluded , , but are arc meiely melely merely out outof outof outof of session for a whileDecide while whileDecide Decide on Quick Action Achon ActionThe ActionTlie majordivisions m'1jordlvlslon Tlie The plan falls into three m'1jor m1jor major ' dlvlslon divisions The first calls c'1lls c1lls ' for Imme Imme- Immediate Immediate immediate - - diate action on the part p\rt p rt ' \ of the 1.0 10 Lo 1.0carnQ Locarnq . Locamp carnQ 51gD sign signitorics 51gDtories \tories tories itories \ no matter what whatGermany's \ whatGermany's whatGermanys hat hatGermany's Germany's Germanys ' attitude and 1nd beh1vlor behavior beh1vlorThe behaviorThe behaviorThe The secon second part alms at en tbUo tbling : ? ; Germany eniblingGermany tblingGermany to restore the tbe faith ofother of ofother ofother other nations n'ltlons nltlons ' In her integrity intebrity a as asa asa " a keeper heeper of treaties The thlrl thin thlrlIsions thin1visions ( ' Isions visions , beginning beglnnln new permanent perm'1nent perm1nent ' se security " security 0 0curity curity planning in a serlE series > S of con conferences conferences confercnces ferences to start 8t1rt probably prob'lbly problbly ' In Mn MayIn Mas May Masn /n n In / sllcha sucha such sllch a program proram [ { of ofconferences o f fcon conferencesncio conferencesnet conferences con f fererices ererices erericesnew net new ( ) efforts efjorts uould ltould uoudd be made not onl only onlyto onlyto ) to preserve llie the peace of 0/ 0 0Europe / Europe , but butthat butthat butthat that of the entire uorld ltorld The meetingswould meetings meetingslCould meetingswould lCould would lCouldnot wouldnot not be content with wah wahmerely withmerely merelyscratcliing merely merelyscratc1l1ng merelyscratching scratc1l1ng scratching the . surface of oJ the security securityproblem securityproblem securityproblem problem by trying try mg to arrange . settle settlement settlernent settlement ment rnent of exisiting xlSltmg difficulties dl/licultl dl licultl / ( s Theywould They Theywould Theywould would wouldgo backover back bacJ . go over all the econom econon econoni- econoni economic econoniic - ic lC and financial troubles winch wilich which have haveprecipitated haveprecipitated haveprecipitated precipitated precipitatedmost most of vie the recent Inter InternatIOnal international international natIOnal natIOnalcrISes crises , andattempt and attempt to guard guardaga.t guardagah.t guardaga aga.t agat agah.t agaht future'these . . . t their t/H.lr tH.lr t H.lr Hlr thur / . recurrence in m theuture the future /uture uture / futureIhcse . Ihcse 'these these ' hese conferences would belimited not be limited to league le\gue le gue ' \ powei pO\\elb pO elb powers \ & The Unit United United United ed St States 1tes < and . Japan .T'1pan .T1pan T1pan ' \ nould ould be In tern befcie befOie befote reasserting Ital Italy's Italys 's s ' obll obli obllgatlon5 obligations obllgallons gatlon5 gations under uncler the Locarno treaty tre1tv tre'ity treity tre1tvSeek tre'itySeek treatySeek ' Seek Concessions From Germany . It is planned pl1nnell to deal del . ! with Ger Germany Germany Gcrmany many in the conferences if she will willagree willagree . ! agree gree to several seer'll seer ) se\ se \ er'll erll ' compromises ComlromlE ) ' ! > S In Inthe Inthe Inthe the conferencesVoull1 conferences \ would \Voull1 Voull1 be dl discussed discussedorganization discussedorganization < ; cussed cussedorgamz1ton orgamz1ton organization ! for collective cotlect1\ cotlect1 cotlect1e collectne \ e securIt security securityarmament , armament limitation , Improvement improvementof of economic conditions cOIHI1tlOns tlie the creation cre'ltlOn creltlOn ' y " ' " ; > , h " .N/-r"t .Nrt .N N r"t rt . ' / ? - " ' " ' " 'P P ' < " .Nr"t'P " \ - s < > , sx -x x - . . < . < s M y vvy : vv vva r- r - a , a at ax x t tW t W JY , SY . ' 1 A ; (4d 4d ( IYr I sF Ya kz a + s r s 3i's 3is ' 1 , e a t tJ J J , + r a 1i na a , i iP P rue ' ' , o , a . 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H , wn aww.WW.w awwWW.w awwWWw ANv . . . . . . + . r + : ' ,1w 1w ,1wNew , New German Motorized Army Crosses Rhine in Direct Violation Violationof of the Locarno Treaty . of or a new pact p1Ct of ot non aggression 199resslon for forall forall forall all Europe Lurope and \ what ha t \ will ill be V1Stly vastly V1StlyIntel vastlylnteresting vastlyIntel Intel lnteresting estlnj estlnb , the rc redefinition cfimtlon of ob- ob obl1gaUons obligations ob obligations - - ligations l1gaUons of nations n'ltlons nltlons ' under the le'1gue le1gue league leaguecovenant le'1guecoenant leaguecovenant leaguecovenantSie ' co\enant co enant covenant \ coenantShe covenantShe S/ie S ie She / v.ill vill tull uill . be asked asJ.ed asJed . to agree tliat that theFranco the theFranco theFranco Franco Soiiet Souet Soue treaty trroty be submitted subrmlted to tothe tothe tothe the Worlel World Worlelcourt Worldcourt orld court for renew reuew rettew rhe Elie court courtUJlll courtwill courtivill UJlll will be asked asl.ed asled . to giic gnc gtte a decision dLclSlOn dtcisiori onthe on onthe onthe the tulidity HIlLdlty validity of 0/ 0 0Germany's / Germany's Germanys ' ' claim clrum that thatthe thatlie thatthe the ( lie treaty is a violation of oj the Locar Locarno Locarno Locarno no pact pactThe The phraseology of . Mr .aIr aIr Lden's Ldens Eden's Edens Lden'sphn Eden'splan Eden'splan Edensplan ' phn plan Is at ( least east com couiteous courteous teous and po hte lite polite pohte to nitlcr IIltler Hitler It makes m'11.es m11.es m11es ' . no demanl1s demands demanl1sbut demandsbut demandsbut but slmpl'Invites simpiv slmpl\ slmpl simply \ Invites 'Invites ' ' him to present his presenthis claim before the tho court 'r'lnce rlnce Prince ! FranceIs Princeis 'r'lnceis ' ' is said to ha\ ha have hae \ e agreed to this as analternative an analternative analternative alternative to forcing Hitler UItler to remore re- re remove re remove - move more his troops from the Rhine Rhineland Rhineland Rhineland RhinelandPutt land landPub landPuts Putt Pub Puts It Up to Hitler . The diplomatic dlplomutl < . situation is an anabsorbln anabsorbing anabsorbing absorbln absorbing one For ror [ 'or or ' If Hitler Bitler refusesto refu refuses ts tsto to plead ple'1d ple1d ' befor before the court be he will willviolate \ willviolate ill illvIolate vIolate another treaty trent , , one which he hlmsolf himself liehimself hehlmsolf hehimself signed In 10'ii 10ii 1931 101 ' { he solemnly solemnly solewnl ) committed himself hlmselt to such uch proced proced- procedure procedure - ' ure , by signing the tbe optional clanse clause clanseof clauseof clauseof of the statute of the PermanentCourt Permanent PermanentCourt PermanentCourt Court of ot International Justice at atThe atThe atThe The Hague . , This "confers confers " compul compul- compulsory compulsory - . sory jurisdiction , not only regarding regard regard- regardIng regarding - ing Interpretation interpretatlon of ot treaties , any anyquestion anyquestion anyquestion question of International law and andthe andthe andthe the existence of any fact which constitutcs con constltutcs constatutes stltutcs statutes the breach of an InternaADOLF Interna.t Intcrna- Intcrna Interna- Interna IntcrnaADOLF - .t t . + Sf yq if X ! t tptw ptw ptwr , r / ' nasxa/ nasxa |
