The Washington times., 1935-04-13
FORESAW
FAILURE WITH
REICH ABSENT
Stresa ConfereeS Pleased
At New Turn Taken
In Move for Peace
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make official announcement it
will be called.
Your correspondents informa.
ton comes from the highest au.
thorities, but without permission
to call it official. This probably
is because there is one embar.
RAISING aspect to announcing pub
liciy now an invitation to Ger.
many to attend the new confer
ence.
Germany is being hailed be-
fore the League Council to an,
swer for her sins. 1t is felt it
would look a little odd to ask
her to join the allies in q con-
fereltce while she is still in theory
q criminal in the dock.
So the time for making the an
nouncement is still under debate
and there is even a possibility it
may not be made until after
Geneva.
It may not sound like Q great
accomplishment for this confer
ence to conclude only with an
other conference, but this was the
result Mussolini had predicted
would be the only thing it further
could accomplish.
MusSOlini Victor
Mussolini declared at the out
set nothing could be done without
Germany, inasmuch as the sole
purpose of the Allies was to try
to persuade Germany to return
to the family of nations, and as
long as the family refused to
talk with her there was no chance
Of getting her to agree to any
thing.
Now Mussolini emerged from
StreSa with vastly enhanced pres
tige and personally he is wearing
all the laurelS himself. 1t will be
under his leadership that the new
conference of Europe will be at
tempted and his proud boast that
he would make Rome once more
the first capital Of Europe as it
was in imperial days bids fair to
be realized.
BY its decision, the conference
has agreed upon moderate
course with Germany.
The fire-eaters have swallowed
their fire and there is no talk of
Coercing Hitler's reich.
Hint From Hitler
Hitler himself, by deciding yes
terday that he is willing to agree
to multilateral pacts Of non
aggression even if the other mem
bers agree to support each other
against an aggreSsor, was a hint
from the F'uehrer he would like to
talk and the conferences decision
was the Allies prompt reaction.
Most important, however, was
the conference agreement to treat
Germany gently at the League ses-
sion called to hear the French
protest against violation of the
Treaty of Versailles.
Instead of charging her as a
criminal nation, which was the
initial idea behind the French
protest, it is now plain that the
League will let Germany off with
something like a mild renroof
At the same time the League
will breathe fire and birthstone
against any future violators of the
treaty.
Others Admitted
Extremely interesting was the
fact the new conference will i'd.
NIT all neighbors of Austria be-
cause this also brings Hungary
into the scene. Hungary. too, is
one of the defeated central pow
ers suffering from a treaty i'm
posed upon her, and claims the
same right Germany took 10 re-
arm and be treated as an equal.
But Hungary's Little Entente
neighbors have sworn they would
invade Hungary if she rearms.
This topic was today discussed
IN StreSa at the conference, and
the decision to invite all the neigh.
bors of Austria was the result.
Logically, then, the invitation
ought to include Bulgaria.