The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-10
HOPE NOW FOR
AVOIDANCE OF
AN0PENBREAK
Davis Will Deal With Ger
many in Attempt to
End Deadlock
LONDON PREPARED TO
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Copyright 1888 by United Pres.)
GENEVA, Oct. 10.-(UP)--
America and England today took
a joint lead in the effort to re-
move the French and German
deadlock threatening the life Of
the world disarmament confer
ence.
Norman H. Davis, chief United
States delegate. and Captain An
thony Eden, chief British dele
gate, decided at a long meeting
to coordinate a British and Amer
lean policy toward seeking an
agreement between France and
Germany.
1t is understood that Davis I'm.
dertook to concentrate efforts on
persuading Germany to abandon
its demand for stronger anna.
ments while Eden agreed to nego-
tiate with the French. He will ask
France to lessen the penalties she
seeks to impose on violators dur"
ing the test period of information
al armament control.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. (UP)
State department officials were
hopeful today that the crisis at
Geneva brought about by Ger
many's demand for rearmament
would pass without exploding the
disarmament conference. An
American protest to Germany -
considered possible Saturday -
appeared less likely today.
Suave, gray-haired Ambassador
Norman H. Davis, it was reported,
was acting again as a buffer be-
tween France and Germany.
Largely as result of his efforts
and the explanation made last
night of Germany's demands by
Foreign Minister Rudolf Nadolny,
it was believed that an open break
between France and Germany had
been averted.
The Geneva crisis was precipi-
tated last week by Germany's de-
mand that it be permitted to have
samples" of ornaments denied
to it by the Versailles treaty and
that there be no four-year trial
period" of international arma-
ment supervision before German
arms were increased.
Over the weekend the states
men at Geneva have been discuss
ing the German issue. 1t has been
decided to "carry on" and not
allow Germany's challenge to the
Versailles treaty to disrupt the
entire conference. Thus the i'm
Iminent danger of an explosion has
been averted. But the basic issue
remains unsolved.
| T. That issue is whether the YER
sailles treaty shall be respected
in letter as we'll as spirit for the
present or whether France and
Great Britain will make some i'm
mediate concessions in guns to
their defeated foe just as last win
ter they recognized its theoretical
right to armament equality.
LONDON, Oct. 10.-UP)-
The British government yesterday
definitely abandoned all hopes Of
reaching an "ideal" disarmament
convention.
A two-hour cabinet meeting de-
voted to the forthcoming arms
conference in Geneva. converting
next Monday, decided instead to
instruct the British delegates to
force q showdown with Germany
and seek a compromise accord on
arms control.
A spokesman for the govern
ment after the extraordinary ses-
sion of the cabinet told the Unit
ed Press that eve now will do
our utmost to prevent the dis
armament conference from be-
coming a re-armament conven-
ton"
! In a gesture to the French,
Great Britain also is prepared to
acknowledge the justification of
the French sense of insecurity on
the continent which they agree
makes impossible Frances prompt
reduction of ornaments without a
satisfactory trial period Of arms
control designed to test Ger
many's good faith in disarma-
ment.