Evening star., 1932-07-27
GERMANY SOUNDS
WARNING ON ARMS
Won Schleicher [Vsmands Re-
lease From Limitations
of Treati es. =
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I many,s level, or by REQ tganizing-
1 ncreasing-Germany's ttWn defenses.
A foreign Office spokesr nan explained
| today what the general lneant by re-
/ organization.
1.-THE provisions of the, Versailles
| treaty covering munition factories" he
1 said, make it obligatory to operate
! those factories uneconomiC ally, and that
| results in a waste of army funds.
Gen. Won Schleicher wart Is to achieve
better results by more eco ho1licaI oper-
| ation! That is what he means by re-
| orge eniZation.
In addition to that Germany can
increase her security by permitting
proper physical development of her
/ youth, even without direct military
| training, by putting young men in q
| position to he4r ward of the attack Of
a powerful opIa1nent on what has bseu
| up to now an almost dsefenseless peo-
ple!'
! He said the, government had no in.
! tention Of absorbing Adolf Ffftler's
storm t, oops into the army. The quail
! f1catieus which determine the selection
of the storm trcs7psrs. he said are
quite G~.ferent from those of the army
Regarding the alternative of reduc-
! tions OF armanerts' of other powers to
Germany's level, he said: There aren't
many who, believe that miracle will
happen"
I'VE shall take the other course" he
added. "if security and, equality are de-
MED us in the futureV
"Timid souls may object that it will
cost money We cannot afford" he went
on, "but to' them reply that a mod
ern, relatively adequates defense force
is not dearer than our present one
under the Versailles tretty, which inn
posed some senseless cork1itions entail
ing useless and unproduo otiVe expendi-
lures.
Every sane German will agree that
the best value must be got out of every
penny spent on the country's defense"
Opposes Dictatorship.
The general also informed the nation
he was opposed to a military Dictator
ship. Such government is out Of the
question, he said, because the only gov
eFnmentr possible is one supported by
the broadest majority of the people.
ct am less a military man" he said
thar many ministers who, processing
democracy, still put their faith In bay
onets To say that the Junkers Qanded
aristecrats1 and the generals overthrew
the previous cabinet is an arrant lie.
Nothing gals a soldier more than
being dragged into politics. 1t has been
said that am trying to make the army
a political instrument, but nothng is
farther from my mind"
French apprehension OF German or
ganizations. he said, apparently refer
ring to such groups as Adolf. Hitler's
national socialist storm troops. is un--
founded Hitler was right. he said, In
declaring that the reichswehr (tf1e
army was responsible for the defense,
of the nation.
Persons closely in touch with political
Developments predicted today that Sun
DAYS election would not result in a. ma
jority in the Reicf1stag either for the
rightist supporters Of Van Papen. in
cluding Hitler'S NaZiS, or the coantlon
of socialists and, centrists which ram the
government uncser DR.. Heinrich Bfuen-
ing.
Pressure was being exerted on the
rightist leaders to eliminate TINS pos.
sibility by outlawing the communist
party, thus preventing its support from
going; to the other side. But 1t was
pointed out that such action probably
would result only in an enormous in
crease In the vote Of the socialist oppo-
sition.
EIectisn Cost $3.50
In the meantime most of the retoic-
ing over the election, the fourth in Ger
many this year at a. cost OF up 10
$3.50, 900, came from the makers OF hags'
and. emblenns- who were doing roaring
business.
Tens of thousands of yards of bunting,
in the colors Of the different parties,
are displayed in Berlin; alone now that
the campaign is in full blast.
A score of powerful orators, headed
by, Adolf Hitler, released flood OF
speecfl-making throughout the country
for the Nazis, the Nationalists and the
Middle parties.
Former Chancellor Heinrich Bruen-
ing, also far from yielding submlssively to
the rightist wave which swept him ous
! of offiee, has been acclaimed by tens OF
thousands at his meetings In his home
state of Westphalia. .
Hialmar Schacht, former president OF
the Reichsbank. has gone on the hus-
tings with sharp criticism of certain OBJ
servations DIR. Bruening. made OF his
(Schachts) political activities In the
past.
The old Socialist leader. Philipp
Scheidemann, who proclaimed the Ger
man republic in 1918, also has taken
hand in the campaign. His picturesque
silver gray mcuStache and goatee have
gone, however. He explained he was
clean shaven for the first time in his
| life because he had to be so to escape
insults from. young rCwdies."