Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-10-14
GERMAN REICH
QUITS LEAGUE
CONFERENCES
Reichstag Dissolved And Elec-
ton Proclaimed As Test OF
Governments Action.
INTENTIONS ARE PEACEFUL
Europe Views Movement With
Alarm As New Crisis In Inter-
national Affairs Is Expected.
BY HAROLD A. PETERS

United Press Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, Oct. 14.-Germany in
bitter anger announced today her
withdrawal from the League Of Ma
tons and the world disarmament
conference.
President Paul Won Hindenburg
at the governments request immed-
lately decreed the dissolution of the
dormant reichstag and proclaimed
for November IL a general parlia-
mentary election, designed to test
the nations opinion of the double
Withdrawal which precipitated
Europe into its gravest crisis in
years.
In an official communique the
government said:
I'm view of the humiliating and
dishonoring demands of the other
powers at the Geneva disarmament
conference the government has de-
cided no longer to participate in the
discussions of the conference and
simultaneously to notify the League
of Nations of the reich govern
ment's withdrawal from this body.
so that the nation could be CIV
en- an opportunity to decide these
questions, vital to Germany's fate,
the reichstag was dissolved today
by presidential decree. New general
elections will be held November H."
Nation Seeks Peace
The government in formal pro-
clamation tc the nation emphasized
its peaceful intentions and its rea-
diness completely to disarm if other
nations did.
Chancellor Adolf Hitler, called
the greatest orator of his time, an
nounced that he would explain his
action to the nation III national
ly broadcast radio speech at p.
m. q p. m. EST)
The government action was taken
after long and anxious conferences
between leading ministers-Chan-
cellor Hitler, Baron Konstantin Won
Neurath, foreign minister, and Wer-
ner Blomberg, defense minister,
particularly.
While they were meeting, the
German delegates at Geneva were
pleading with American disarma-
ment delegates to intercede with
the British delegation and see that
the door was not closed to agree
ment.
But this morning the government
learned of the text of speech
made by Arthur Henderson, presi-
dent of the disarmament confer
ence, in opening the meeting OF the
steering committee.
Then, it was said reliably, the de-
cision to announce the withdrawal
was at least decided in the belief
that Germany was confronted with
a solid front of her World war enc
mics.
It was believed the government
was not fully acquainted with the
speech made by Sir John Simon, pre-
senting a loosely drawn eight year
disarmament plan.
But whether even this new ges-
t,,re would suffice to ease the pre-
sent crisis was doubtful, in view OF
the drastic nature of the German
governments action.
BY calling an election 1t insured
a vote on it's nationalistic program,
and virtually insured a reichstag
with a complete Nazi representa-
ton.
Regardless of the Simon plan,
Germany had said that she would
not wait four years for other ma
tions to begin disarming unless she
in the meantime were permitted to
rearm herself up toward their le-
vel.
LONDON, Oct. IA. W.H-Europe
faced diplomatic crisis OF the
gravest moment today when Ger
many announced her withdrawal
from the League of Nations and the
world disarmament conference.
WASHINGTON, Oct. IA. W.R)-
Germanys announcement of with
drawal from the world disarma-
ment conference and the League
of Nations was viewed by officials
here today as virtual defeat for the
strenuous disarmament efforts OF
the last two years.