The Washington times., 1934-03-24
ALARM HINTS
NEW FRENCH .
ACCORD
London Sees German Planes
A Threat to English SeCur.
Ity; Situation Tense
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side By side ct the drop 0G ChC
German hat, the war may be post
poned indefinitely.
II she repeats her conduct h
the tense years, months and day
Immediately preceding the Las
war, giving Germany the ulusioE
that she will remain neutral, thu
war may be accelerated BY years
Britain and France together MAJ
give Germany pause that meek
never be ended by war. Britain
aloof, undecided, may give Ger.
many encouragement that could
only end in war.
This Is not the opinion Of ar
Individual. It Is the opinion oa
the responsible leaders Of France
italy, Jugoslavia, Czechos oslovakia
Rumania, Belgium, Switzerland
Holland, Denmark. And today u
Is the consensus Of o growing body
Of public opinion In Britain itself,
But listen to that British
Demosthenes, winston ChurchM'
'Now that the hldeous air
war has cast the shadow Of its
wings over the haEagsed evil
ization Of the Twentieth Gem
tury, no one can pretend that
by any measures which Ne
could take It would be possible
to give absolute protection
against an aggressOr dropping
bombs In this island and Killing
. great many unafmed men,
women and children. ..
Germany 10 ax1ning fast ana
no one Is going 70 stop hsF.
That seems quite clear. No one
proposes q preventive war 70
nreVent Germany breaking the
treaty of Versailles. She - 60
lAg 10 arm, she - doing IT, ShS
has been doing It.
AUTOCRATS IN POWER
Germany II FUled-1 am 60
ing to pick my words 30 that
there Is mo word Of 0ffensO put
in-by . handful Of SatOCEats
who are the absolute masters Of
that mighty, gifted nation.
"They are men Who have
neither the long interests Of .
DYNASTY to consider, for what
that is WOrth--and sometimes IL
n worth SOHmething-nOr have
they those very important He-
straints which o demOcraac
parliament and constitutional
system impose upon any execu.
tive government.
BORN OUT OF DEFEAT
"NOr have they the restraint
Of public opinion, which public
opinion, indeed, they control BY
every means which mOdeEn -.
parstus renders possible. They
are men who owe their power to
the bitterness Of defeat, whO
are indeed, the expression OF the
bitterness Of defeat, and Of the
resolved and giant strength Of
that mighty, that tremendous
German empire.
II dread the day when the
means of threatening the heart
Of the British Empire should
pass into the hands Of the pres
emit rulers of Germany. I dread
that day, but It Is mot, perhaps,
far distant. 1t is perhaps Only
. year or perhaps 1S months
distant"
Finally, the word Of authority,
the word of Stanley Baldwin.
lord president Of the council,
explanatory, reasSuring.
but all the more impressive In ita
quiet appreciation Of danger:
.-'T say that IL all our efforts
to bring about disarmament or
limitation Of SrmameMtS fail,
this government will zee 70 IL
that in air strength and air
power this country shall NO
longer be in . position inferior
to any country within striking
distance Of our Sh0reS."
In today's debate, the govern
ment promised to continue its ef
forts to bring about q pact to limit
armamentS.
If they failed in limiting gen
eral armaHnents they would try fOa
q pact to limit air armamentS.
Grant 500 Planes
They will probably offer Ger
many 500 military planes. ask hel
during two years to limit herself
to this number, and during the
two years try to get q general E1
ropean agreement to international
iZe civil aviation.
One Of its greatest Statesmen
said to this writer:
Eighteen months ago only
France asked security against
Germany. British scoffed al
fears. Today, since Hitlel
came, the British foreign office
understand, and British leaders
In general are beginning to ap
preciate French fears. Fol
Britain herself today feels the
need Of security.
(MondGD-The final article OF
"WtI War Gomez" Hitler hold
the GHstDer.)