Evening star., 1933-05-12
SCHACHT PARLEYS
END. IN HARMONY
Tells Roosevelt Germany Is
Ready to Back Truce With
Minor Reservations.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The conversations between President
Roosevelt and the representative OF the
Hitler government Dr.. Hjalmar Schacht
came TO an end today in a somewhat
friendlier atmosphere than was ex-
pected during the last few days.
DIR. Schacht informed the President
he had received word from Berlin to
the effect that Germany was prepared
to accept the world truce with some
miner reservations"
The difficulties which the German
government has put in the way of the
world truce during the last AZ hours
cannot be considered as being caused
by economic necessities. They were
merely q retaliatory answer to the attl-
tude adopted by the American govern
nlent at the Geneva conference, where
the American delegates shared the
point Of view OF the British and the
French that Germany should not be
permitted to provide her army with ag-
gressive weapons; that is TO say. tanks
heavy artillery and. military airplanes.
DR.. Schacht came to Washington
with the hope he could prove to the
President that the German thesis FOR
equality In armaments' was legitl-
mate and essential for a successful
conclusion of the Limitation OF Arms
Mr. Roosevelt not only of the righteous
ness of the German claim, but also OF
the fact that the German people, who
have been Inundated since the end OF
the war, are 100 per cent behind Hitler
on this demand for arms equality.
Holds to U. S. Aims.
The President, while sympathetic
listener, had to explain to the repre-
sentative of the NaZi government that
America pursues only one aim in its
international relationS-and that is
quick solution of the economic and po-
litical ills of the world.
He is reported to have added that
the conference at Geneva was sum-
moned to limit rather than increase
ornaments and that the slightest at
tempt to rebuild the deadly offensive
weapons which each nation possesses
would defeat the purpose of the Geneva
conference. There are definite indica-
tions. the President is said to have
added. that the Nations which possess
heavy armaments are now willing to
reduce them if they think they can do
50 without risk to their own security.
There are two ways OF guaranteeing
the security of nations-one by dis
armament and the other by an agree
ment among nations not to attack each
other. 1t is up to Germany and Amer
lea to re-establish confidence and peace
III the world.
The American Government as Pre-
mier Ramsay Macdonald has already
stated in the British House OF Com
mons. is willing to go into a con-
sultative pact which would considerably
strengthen the Kellogg-B BRAND Fact
This is an epoch making step in the
foreign policy of the United States.
AGtien Up to Germany.
1t is now up to Germany to take
the necessary steps and facilitate the
success OF the Geneva Conference,
without which the Economic Confer
ence can yield no positive results And
this can be done only by Germany
refraining from building those sample"
offensive weapons, on which she ap-
pears to be SO insistent.
In the joint communique issued to-
day by the President and DR.. Schacht
this was emphasized in the sentence:
Quick and far reaching solutions are
necessary to have the economic life of
the world We are convinced that
this aim cannot be achieved unless