The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-05-17
GERMAN CHANCELLOR
AGREES ARMAMENTS
ARE BAR TO PEACE
Promises to Cooperate With
Roosevelt in Seeking SoIu-
ton to Problem
WOULD SCRAP ALL ARMS
Declares This Generation Has
Suffered Too Much From
Insanity Of War

Berlin, May Chancellor
Adolf Hitler, In an imprisoned speech
before the reichstag. Wednesday
gratefully endorsed President Roose-
velts plan for relieving the interna-
tlonal crisis and promised cooperation
with his efforts.
me chancellor agreed that without
solution Of the disarmament problem
lasting economic reconstruction was
unthinkable.
In behalf Of the nation, and esne-
clally the young Nazi movement. he
pieoged that Germany would 70 as
Tar as any nation in disarming, even
to the extent Of scrapping her whole
military equipment. provided other
powers did the same.
He particularly offered to refrain
from any claims for instruments Of
aggression so long as other nations
scrapped theirs.
There is but one great task before
the world. namely, to secure the peace
Of the world" the chancellor exclaim-
ca amid the plaudits Of his listeners.
Denies Invasion Plans
He denied that Germany contem-
plated an invasion of France or Po-
land. emphasizing that his nation Is
devoid Of all instruments Of aeeres-
sion.
Germany, the chancellor said. il
ready to Join any non-aggressiou pact
In the realization that the hieh-
minded proposal of the American
president to inject the mighty United
States as the guarantor OF peace In
Europe would mean great tranquiliza-
ton for all who desire peace"
Detailing with figures the extent to
which Germany Is disarmed under the
treaty Of Versailles, and presenting
statistics to show that other nations
are bristling with ornaments. the
chancellor demanded fiercely:
what more concrete security can
France want from Germany? Has
not Germany any right to security for,
herself?"
His government, he pledged, would
proceed on no other path except that
prescribed in the international trea.
ties. but he asserted Germany under
no circumstances would sign any pa
per which continued her disqualifica.
ton.
Should such effort nevertheless be
made, he warned that Germany would
withdraw from international confer
Fences and from the League OF Nations
No new European war could mend
matters, the chancellor declared, but.
on the contrary even II resort to
force succeeded the result would only
be greater disturbance Of balance
and the germ would be laid for more
trouble, misery and distress.
Would Cause Collapse
Such madness would end. he pre-
dicted, in the complete collapse OF the
social order as 1t IS known today.
Loud laughter greeted the chancel-
lor's scathing references to ideas pre-
vailing abroad about German sports
clubs being the equivalent Of military
formations
He closed his speech with an asser-
ton that 224900 Germans have COM
mitted suicide from despair since the
treaty Of Versailles was signed.
When the chancellor finished his
speech. which lasted an hour, the
whole house arose spontaneously and
sang Deutschland Ueber Allies"
All Of the parties. including the So
cialists. voted for resolution agree
ing with the Hitler statement and re-
emphasizing the nations claims to
arms equality.
Addressing the reichstag with
speech Of peaceful undertone written
after he had read President Roose-
velt's message to the world. Hitler de-
clared his generation had suffered too
much from the insanity Of war ito
visit the same upon others"
The chancellor. delivering his mo-
mentous announcement before
reichstag crowded with uniformed fol-
lowers, castigated the treaty Of YER
sailles and demanded for the German
people "the right to live
Behind him was vast Swastika
banner, and beside it black. white
and red flag.
Gives Government Aims
With great emphasis he declared at
the special Reichstag session that his
government was dedicated to stamp
ing out communism. providing jobs
and re-establishing stable government
His young Germany" he said, has
the deepest understanding for similar
aspirations and for the justified
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