Evening star., 1933-05-13
NATIONS INTENSITY
WAR 0NDEPRESS|0N
Hitler Pr0nouncement Await.
ed in Hope 1t Will Open
Way to Solution.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May Governments
Of the leading nations, vexed by internal
burdens and harrassed by international
disagreements upon major problems.
sought today for the quick and far
reaching solutions" which President
Roosevelt himself declares are necessary
ito save the economic life Of the world"
At London, the Presidents repre-
sentative. Norman H. Davis. worked
with spokesmen of other powers to put
into operation the general tariff truce
agreed to yesterday As q constructive
preparation for the opening of the
World Economic Conference June IL.
Warned by the growth Of anti Ger
man feeling in France and Great
Britain. Chancellor Hitler and his cabi-
net prepared a declaration Of policy on
the disarmament question upon which
the conference at Geneva is now dead
locked.
Hitler's pronouncement, to be made
to special session Of the ReichstAg
next Wednesday, Is being awaited by
=
great importance which may open the
way to the quick and far-reaching
solutions"
Response to Statement.
The Berlin announcement Of the spe-
cial Reichstag session appeared to come
az direct response to joint statement
issued by President Roosevelt and
HJalmar Schacht, German emissary. at
the end Of their Washington discussions.
Quick and far-reaching solutions are
necessary to save the economic life of
the world" said the Roosevelt -Schacht
statement. In part.
This. aim cannot be achieved unless
along with economic disarmament there
is military disarmament.
international cooperation Is needed
above all else to restore economic life
and to insure peace"
This appeal and the call for the
Reichstag meeting. came at a moment
when Germany's position in the world
community was becoming more and
more the target for sharp criticism.
Paul Boncour Warns Reich.
In Paris, the Germans were warned
by Foreign Minister Paul Boncour that
the strict terms of the Versailles treaty,
including penalties in case of violation,
were still applicable If the Hitler govern
ment refused to Cooperate in q general
disarmament treaty and attempted to
rearm. A similar suggestion was thrown
out in London on behalf Of the British
government.
Anti-Hitler sentiment in England,
which became particularly acute with
the operation Of anti-Jewish measures
in the Reich. burst into the open both
In and out Of the House of Commons,
where Labor members sharply assailed
the government for permitting the visit
Of Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, Hitler's special
envoy.
Home Secretary Sir John Gilmoup
assured the Commons that Rosenberg
would be given his marching orders
II he did anything contrary to the in
terests Of Great Britain. Sir John
Simon, the foreign secretary. is re-
ported to have given DR.. Rosenberg
some confidential but frank advice
about the attitude of Britons toward
the present regime in Berlin.
Antagonism Demonstrated.
The popular antagonism to Hitler was
demonstrated in London by the act Of q
British war veteran in carrying OF and
pitching into the Thames . wreath laid
by DR.. Rosenberg upon the British war
memorial in whitehall.
At Geneva. the Disa armament Con.
ference nursed its wounds and con-
tinued to search for the formula"
which would bring Germany to support
the British proposals. and to accept .
conscript army in place of the existing
Reichswehr with its voluntary servics
for Q term Of IL years.
In Paris, the French government
waited for some expression from Presi-
dent Roosevelt which could be inter-
preted as willingness to grant q war
debt moratorium for the period Of the
Economic Conference. and thus help
the Daladier government to persuade
the Chamber of Deputies to agree to
pay the debt installment due last De-
cember.