Evening star., 1935-04-12
Communiuue Says Hitler Will
Join Eastern European
Agreement in Spite of
Other Powers'StipuIations
DELEGATES AT PARLEY
CONCUR ON GENEVA PLAN
Willing to Pursue Course of Har-
mony in Program to Be Worked
Out at League Of Nations
Council Next Week, Laval
Says.
Copyright, 1888, BY tn. Associated Press1

Copyright, 1885, by the Associated PressJ
STRESA, April 12.-An oficial
communique stated today that Ger
many had informed Great Britain.
France and italy t., she is ready
to enter an Eastern European pact of
aggression even If some other
signatories "stipulate among them
selves accords of reciprocal assist
ance."
The information regarding Ger
many was conveyed to the conference
this afternoon by Sir John Simon.
British foreign secretary.
He announced that this offer was
mace today in Berlin by Foreign Min
lister Konstantin Won Neurath to the
British Ambassador there.
An agreement among the repre-
sentatives of France, Great Britain
and Italy as to the program they shall
follow in next weeks League OF Ma
tons Council session at Geneva was
reached today, Pierre Laval, foreign
minister Of France. informed the Asso-
ciated Press.
Premier Mussolini Of Italy and
Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald of
Great Britain were represented a. be-
ing in complete agreement with Laval
on the procedure of action to be taken
at the Council, which was called into
session on representations by France
that Germany, by rear1nament, had
violated the military clauses Of the
Versailles treaty.
France Drops Protest.
Previous to the announced agree
ment, France had agreed to refrain
from asking the Council to condemn
Germany, in return for a British
blessing on the French idea Of regional
European pacts within the framework
of the League.
A French spokesman said the agree
ment had been reached on measures"
to be applied against Germany or any
other power which violates treaties in
the future.
The spokesman further said that
Great Britain and Italy also had
agreed to support Frances protest to
the League against such treaty repudi-
alton as had been made by Reichs-
| fuehrer Hitler thus far. He added,
however, that any motion eventually
to be adopted would be left to the
League Council.
Before the agreement with England
was announced, France already had
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! of Germant's rearmament as in viola
ton of the military clauses Of the
Versailles treaty, and this was t. be
! submitted to the extraordinary Coun-
Gil session.
But Premier Flandin of France and
Laval during the second day of their
conferences here decided not to SUBJ
NIT the resolution to Geneva.
Authoritative British sources said
Great Britain does not plan to engage
in q general European security pact,
despite previous indications that such
would be the British program. In
stead, Great Britain was described as
giving her approval to the French idea
Of regional pacts-such as the pro-
posed Franco Russian treaty-operat-
ing under the League covenant,
Overture to Germany.
1t was indicated that efforts would
be made to get Germany into the
peace system and back into the League
Of Nations.
The assembled statesmen discussed
today what measures might be taken
against nations which scrap treaties
A British spokesman summarized
the session as devoted ito a detailed
discussion of the general questions Of
the unilateral reputation of treaties"
He added: Following that. there was
a discussion of such measures as
might be taken II treaty regulations
occur in the future. having due re-
sard to the main question, which is
the maintenance of peace In Europe"
The official said the exchange Of views
naturally was caused by Germany's
reputation of the Versailles treaty,
but that "the measures" referred to
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