, 1935-01-28
UNEASINESSA
GERMAN ARMS
STAND SHOWN
BY Louis p. L0chner
copyright. 1885. by The Associated
Press

BY Louis p. Lochner
tCopyfight. 1885. by The Associated
Press
BERLIN, Jan. %. w. German mil
ltary circles declined 10 become ex-
CITED Monday I've the news that
m Geneva and other European CEN
terS uneasinesS exists because Of
Germany's attitude toward arma-
ments.
The reichswehr standing army
was represented TO the Associated
Press BY a well-informed source as
feeling.
we don't believe any govern
mFnt would be so mad as to start
war with us owe our arms policy"
OF the exact details Of this arms
policy, no reich official will speak.
Shut Up Like CLANS
Germans pride themselves on their
almost brutal frankness, but when
II comes TO discussing their military
affairs, they shut up like clans.
All the world knows that Ger
many Is re-arming vigorously. But
you can no more get IN admission
OF this obvious fact than you can get
a dyed = In = the = wool Nazi 10
concede that Adolf Hitler isn't In
fallible.
The question of Germany's arm
aments Is a highly political one. 10
which Adolf Hitler alone car give
the answer" General Werner Won
Blomberg, minister OF defense. said
IN an interview.
Adolf Hitler Is not likely 10 break
the German official silence.
I confess I don't understand his
~reticence. Apparently I am IN good
company, for no less a statesman
than ex-Premier Stanley G.. Bald
win Of Great Britain publicly plead
ed with Hitler to raise the veil Of
secrecy" with reference to Ger
many's rearmament.
Baldwin, 1t seems, accepts Ger
many's rearmament: despite asser-
vations To the contrary. but believes
the peace of the world would be bet
ter served If the Germans stated
right out what their game Is.
Instead, there Is rumor monger1ng
both within and without Germany
of a kind that is calculated TO in
tensify the feeling that Europe Is
sitting on a smouldering volcano.
The resident foreign correspond
ents In Germany for the most part
take the position that they are not
In Germany TO act as military spies.
War-Like Preparations
The longer these correspondents
have lived in Germany, however, the
wider Is their range OF acquaint-
ances. Hence, despite themselves,
those who have been stationed here
for more than a decade. hear all
sorts OF things that, IN the absence
Of official figures, conjure up IN
their minds a picture OF war-like
preparations that Is probably much
gIoomier than reality.
This Is the sort Of thing that hap
pens:
A friend Of many years standing,
an engineer. suddenly chucks his job
and moves his family to Muensters
where there Is a large Reichswehr
garrison. He was a major in the
old Imperial army, and rated IS an
exceedingly able army engineer.
I didn't embarass this friend by
asking why he's going to Muenster-
The answer Is altogether too OBJ
vlous: he rejoined the army.
In the absence Of an official state
ment as 10 the strength OF the re-
armed Reichswehr. I can scarcely
be blamed IL 7 regard such inc-
dents from my immediate &C
ouaintanceship as typical. and II J
conjure up the vision Of an army
Of three or four million instead of
the 100000 permitted BY the treaty
Of Versailles.
Official figures probably would run
to only three or four hundred thous-
and. But official figures are de-
MED me.