The Washington times., 1935-03-22
EUROPE'S ARMS
FACTORIES ON
DOUBLE SHIFT
BY II. r. KNICKERBOCKER
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LONDON, March 22.-Tension
in Europe viSibly increased today
and meetings of allied representa-
tives tomorrow in Paris and OF
British and Germans in Berlin
on Sunday will take place to the
roll of drums, the marching tread
Of new recruits and the roar OF
munitions factories running dou'
BILE shifts.
The armaments race has en-
tered its first lap at breakneck
speed.
All along the Franco German
frontier fresh reinforcemets are
moving into that mighty chain
Of Notifications from Switzerland
to the North Sea which is
Frances first line Of defense.
Army Term Doubled
French boys whose older broth
erS served but one year in the
army are now kept two years
under arms.
Italy announces she is keeping
her army classes Of 1913 and
1914 under colors to bring the
total of the italian regular forces
up to 100000.
The British are rushing their
program to make their air force
second to none.
Russia's Red army Of million
men lies vast and mysterious IN
the background with its Spokes-
men at the Kremlin demanding
no compromise with Germany.
Germany is hurrying to COM
plete equipment Of its admitted
SO divisions. Evidently confident
OF its strength, it is giving not
one inch in the diplomatic battle.
Notes Flying Thick
This battle for the moment Is
decisive. Every statesman in Eu.
rope is modified, and their notes
from government to government
are flying as thick as machine
gun bullets.
But the strength Of each note
depends entirely upon the armed
forces behind it today. The Allies
claim that Germany, who yester-
day demanded equality, today al
ready has achieved superiority.
French War Minister Maurin
announces Germany'S actual
strength is 100000 men. More i'm
presSive were the words of British
Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon
when amid the silence Of a tensely
listening House Of Commons, he
declared:
"The figure indicated by the
German declaration Of her ef.
fectives exceeds that which any
power in western Europe at the
present time could match"
Thus the British Foreign Min.
lister, on the eve Of his visit to
Berlin, admits Germany has the
upper hand.
Will Not Surrender
It is evident she does not intend
to surrender it.. To the French
and Italian notes OF protest Ger.
many returned the curt answer:
II didn't break the treaty;
you broke it first
The French, now Smarting un-
der this fresh snub, are confirmed
In their resolution not to parley
with Germany and not to admit
her to the league, but to hail her
before the council for condemna-
tion. The French say:
Germany has broken her
promise and there is no use
trusting her again. The only
thing for the allies to do now is
to band together in q straight
military alliance"
The British reply:
"SOme promise is better than
no promise. We must exhaust
every means Of persuasion on
Germany before We 60 back to
reliance on our armies alone"
Tomorrow Capt. Anthony Eden
IN Paris will try to make the
French see the sense Of this argu-
snent. He will undoubtedly at.
tempt to induce the French to
withdraw their summons to the
council to adjudge Germany, for
that summons presents an insur.
mountable barrier to Germans re.
turn to the League.
Success Unlikely
There is not much chance he
will succeed because France wants
to keep Germany out Of the
league, precisely to obtain a
Franco-British military alliance
Simon thus has an almost i'm.
possible task at Berlin. He had al
first to persuade Hitler to enter
an agreement with France, but
France now indicates she won't
have any agreement with Ger.
many at all SO long as Germany
retains its new and, from the
French standpoint, illegal" army
Out of this morass of suspicion
arises one certain factor. That is
Germany surely will not give up
one inch of the ground already
gained.