Evening star., 1933-08-04
NAz|S FACE PROTEST.
ROM 3 NATIONS
Britain, France and Italy
Consider Action on Drive
Against Austria.
BY Gable to The Star.

Germany, according to best 1nforma-
ton available here.
Specifically this representation would
be against the violent anti-Austrian
propaganda of German broadcasting
stations and activities Of German air.
planes in dropping over Austrian towns
leaflets attacking the government Of
Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss.
Such q campaign. for one thing,
violates the agreement given by Ger
many, in unison with all countries at
the International Broadcasting Congress
at Lucerne, Switzerland. last May, not
to interfere in the affairs of other ma
tions by means of unfriendly radio
commentaries.
Again, under . clause of the treaty
of Versailles. Germany agrees to respect
the independence of Austria Also,
under the newly signed four-power pact
conceived by Italian Premier Benito
Mussolini, Germany agrees to pursue,
within the framework OF the League Of
Nations, policy of friendly co-opera-
tion with the other powers in the direc-
tlOn OF peace.
Obligations to Be Cited.
1t is believed that q Joint British
French-Italian protest will be made
under the four-power pact. recalling to
Germany that it is the other signatory
as well as its solemn obligations on these
points
1t will be remembered that early this
Spring the British Broadcasting Cor
poration permitted an uninitiated COM
mentator to make political speech He
happened to mention the fact that
Poland spends about one-third of its
budget on ornaments. This was bitterly
resented by the Poles, who complained
to the British foreign Office.
Since then an additional director has
been appointed to the board Of the
British Broadcasting Corporation. 1t is
not generally known. nor will 1t be
publicly admitted. but his real duty is
the censorship of both political and
social speeches SO as neither to give
offense abroad nor disseminate too
Socialistic utterances at home. He Is a
major In active service with the British
army general staff.
Symbolic Of the intensely strained
British German relations arising out of
NaZi threats to rearm In the air and
on land as well as propaganda attacks
against the Austrian government is an
outspoken editorial In the London
Times today. Considering that this
newspapers editorial page is often the
mouthpiece of the foreign Office and
the knowledge that today,s editorial
expresses the thinly- -cloaked private
views OF the foreign Office, it has i'm
mense significance
Entitled. 1914 and 1888" this edi-
tor1al recalls August 4, 19 years ago, as
the day Of the outbreak OF the World
War.
Pre-War Policy Recalled.
Can a cause for which Great
Britain has fought be said to have
triumphed. when Germany today seems
to be preparing, according to its present
chancellor, to unite to itself by force
those of its nationals who are subjects
of adjoining states?" asks the Times.
1T seems fundamentally to have the
same disregard for treaties and the
same contempt for the rights Of smaller
nations
Pointing out that German airplanes
are dropping propaganda and trying to
incite the AuStrians against their own
Before the war. German policy used
to alternate between paroxysms of bully
ing and fervid protestations Of friend
ship. Has it been very different since
the war? Its intellectual leaders are
then, as now, much the
same influence as drill sergeant over
his squad recruits ."
Germany then had the strongest
army in the world, concludes the Times,
without which its present extreme ma
tiOnalism now has the weakness Of
hysteria. 1t ends with the statement
that 1t can well understand the feelings
of Germany's neighbors and that Ger
many should not have actual equality
the spirit symbolized by the League of
Nations and the Kellogg pact.
Relations Grow Tense.
British German relations are sud
denly tense again as q sequel to the
German request for 40 police" air
planes, an order which they wished to
place with British manufacturers. This
request was made by Prussian Premier
and Reich Aviation Minister Capt. Her.
mann Wilhelm Goering to the British
air attache in Berlin more than q week
ago.
The British said mo" politely and
firmly. simultaneously recalling to the
attention Of the Germans the Paris air
agreement. This allows so German
policemen to be trained in flying. but
such q force is not allowed to perform
duties in the air or possess airplanes.
It Is reported that British manufac-
turers had already received orders for
40 planes and were refused an export
license by the British government.
Whether this be true or not. the British
governments refusal created an uproar
behind the scenes In Berlin.
It Is this din from Berlin" not
heard by public ears. that is causing
such a strained situation In the Anglo
German relations. 1t Is also the reason
why the British are considering what
next steps to take In connection with the
French demand for strict international
Of German rearmament.
Observers Doubt Story.
The London Daily Herald, labor Or
gan, today publishes . story, which Is
believed to have q sound bAsis, that the
French now have q secret dossier able
to prove to the League Of Nations that
the Nazi government has already broken
the Treaty Of Versailles by manufac-
turing secret armamentS.
The French threatened to produce
this vaunted document at the Disarma-
ment Conference in Geneva all during
last Spring. They never. produced 1t.
Even British observers declared .pri-
vately that they did not believe there
was much in it. But since Reich Chan
cellor Adolf Hitler's treatment Of the
Jews produced an exodus of German
Jewish manufacturers, additional start
ling information has come to light.
Many of these Jews have been either
heads of or connected with firms in
Germany which are in a position to
supply arms, tanks, airplanes, chemical
gas and other means of war. They
have dubbed" to the French The
French, therefore, are now believed to
have q real dossier On secret German
arms At last