Evening star., 1933-05-14
HITLER 70 DEFEND
REICH ARMS STAND
AND SHIFT BLAME
French Fear Declaration for
Military Revival Despite
Treaty.
CHANCELLOR PREPARES
VIGOROUS CRITICISM
Reichstag Address Wednesday to
Flay Other Nations for Deadlock
at Geneva Farley.
BY the Associated Press.

by tno hSSOCldlcu FTcSS.
BERLIN, May 13.-Chancellor Hitler
using the Reichstag as an international
sounding board, will defend Germany's
foreign policy in an address Wednesday
and lay the blame for deadlock in the
Geneva Disarmament Conference where
the Nazi government thinks it belongs
Realizing the political isolation into
which Germany has drifted, the Nazi
chancellor will make heroic effort to
make his countrys position clear to the
world in a speech which his followers
say will be one of his supreme efforts.
A vigorous protest against the failure
of other countries to disarm will be
uttered by the German chief OF state,
it was authoritatively disclosed today.
Herr Hitler also will defend Ger
many's uniformed organizations, such
as his Brown Shirted Storm Troops and
the Steel Helmets, against efforts at
Geneva to rate them as part OF the
states armed forces which must be sub
jected to treaty limitations.
The chancellor will attempt to Cor
rect erroneous views" which he believes
are prevalent in foreign countries with
regard to the Reichs uniformed men
and the governments intentions upon
armaments policy in general.
Hopes to Clear Air.
The chancellor's address. which will
be delivered before a specially sum-
moned meeting of the Reichstag. will
be designed to clear the air as a prep
aration for the opening of the World
Economic Conference at London June
II.
Visible results must be achieved at
the Disarmament Conference before
the world can hope for success at the
Economic Conference, the chancellor
and his supporters are said to believe.
A reply to recent expressions in official
quarters at London and Paris. suggest
ing that Germany's present course may
lead to imposition of the penalties pro-
vided by the Versailles treaty-such
as reoccupation Of the west bank Of
the Rhine by allied armies-is car
tain to be found in the chancellor's S
address Wednesday.
Germany is not to be intimidated
by any ultimatums on the arms ques-
ton, and has no anxiety over the
French governments secret record Of
alleged German treaty violations, an
authority here declared in comment
ing upon remarks uttered by Lord
Hailsham, British war minister. and
Joseph Paul-Boncour, French foreign
minister.
German withdrawal a second time
from the disarmament parley-which
has been one of the chief anXieties
at Geneva-will not be announced in
Herr Hitler's speech but his pronounce
ments may prepare the world fer any
such move. Nazi spokesman said to-
day.
Prepared Carefully.
The address to the Reichstag. now
completely controlled by the Nazis, is
deemed by the government to be of such
importance that every effort is being
made to prepare for its successful de-
livery
AS part of this preparation the chan
cellor conferred with his party leaders
at Munich today. Moreover. DR.. Alfred
Rosenberg, special Nazi envoy at Lon
don, and Count Rudolf Nadolny, Ger
many's chief delegate at Geneva. were
summoned to return to Berlin for i'm
mediate conferences with their leader.
The seizure of Socialist centers at
Hamburg by the government today
yielded a store Of 3.79O682 marks in
cash. At Bielefeld $1,000 marks were
seized at the homes of Wilhelm Karl
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