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Conditions.

Conditions.
As has been pointed out in former
installments, German rearmament was
to be contingent upon certain con-
cessions, above all that which would
involve Germany's remaining In the
League Of Nations.
1t will be recalled that Germany IN
October, 1888, gave notice that she
would leave the League because her
demands for rearmament went I'M
needed; that note of resignation be-
comes effective in October OF the
present year-unless something else
happens.
Also Germany will, as indicated
above, be asked to sign documents In
tended to neutralize the effects OF her
rearming. So, now the question Is:
Will Germany do this-all this?
Equality without Reservations.
1t appears that the present trend
of government opinion in Germany Is
distinctly against accepting any con-
ditions, the viewpoint being that
equality with other great powers
should be conceded without any pre-
liminary conditions. Germany main
tains that she has an unqualified
right to rearm in view Of the fact
that all the other signers of the Yer
sailles treaty have failed to carry
cut their pledge, contained therein. to
tnaugurate disarmament.
Therefore, Germany at this moment
feels that the right to rearm should
be given now and without any con-
ditions. When 1t is realized that the
permission to rearm is more than
just gesture-when it is seen that
1t is definite and absolute-then Ger
many is willing to discuss the ques-
tion Of canceling her League resigna-
ton and Of adhering to treaties which
imply that her very existence Is a
threat against France and Austria.
Pressure Brought.
Already the ambassadors of Great
Britain and France at Berlin are ex-
erting quiet pressure on the German
government in an effort to make it
accept the London offer. Whether
German diplomacy will be able to re-
sist this pressure or not, cannot now
be said: On one side is the smarting
sense of the deep humiliation of the
peace treaty, the wounded pride OF
great people; on the other is the
desirability of clearing away as speed
lily as possible the International vexa-
tions Of Europe.
AS matters stand at the moment Of
this writing. Germany has, in prin-
ciple, won a tremendous diplom attic
and political victory which in time
to come will add to her prestige.
Triumph of Resistance.
Fighting against the most difficult
odds of modern history Germany has
consistently, for years-even long be-
fore the ascent of attacked
the Versailles treaty.
She was successful in warding off
the criminal trial of former Emperor
William and Field Marshal-later
president Won Hindenburg, in
dicted in the treaty as war GRIM
inals.'
She was successful at Lausanne In
1892 in her refusal to pay any further
war-reparations inStallments - like
wise provided for in the treaty.
She recently proved, through the
plebiscite in the Saar district, the
correctness of her claim that the
Saar was overwhelmingly German and
should not have been affected by the
Versailles treaty, at all.
And now Germany has won cOndi
tional acceptance of her demands for
rearmament.
Further PerSpectiveS.
There is some reason to believe
that Germany will not stop at this
pOint-she wants the complete struc-
ture Of the obnoxious Versailles treaty
undermined.
So, it may be expected that in due
time the German government will
make demands for the restoration Of
what is now known as the Polish Cor
ridor, and that, quite especially, she
will ask that all her foreign colonies
be returned to her.
Also. In line with the known policy
of Realm Leader Hitler. Germany
will-some day-ask to be relieved Of
the charge Of. war responsibility
heaped upon her by the Versailles
treaty.
When these things have come to
pass, Germany will be satisfied The
permission to rearm is merely step
an important one, it is true, but
more will have to be taken ere Ger
many feels she can raise her head
as high as the rest Of the world.
Peculiar Situation.
IL Is one of the anomalies of the