Evening star., 1935-03-21
Seeks Special
Session of
Council.
ITALIAN NOTE
ALSO OFFERED
FIandin Accorded
Confidence of
Senate.

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PARIS. March 2l.-France today
accused Germany of violating treaty
obligations in a note which the Reich
refused to consider and. at the same
time. asked the League of Nations to
put Germany on trial.
The French government requested
IAN extraordinary session of the
League Council for the examination.
The note to Germany said the Ger
man action was clearly contrary" to
treaties and agreements and raised
''the most formal protest"
Two Notes Rejected.
The French communication was
similar to one of the Italians de-
posted in the Wilhelmstrasse, but the
Berlin foreign Office announced Off
cially that neither note would be con-
sidered.
Whereupon the French government
disregarded an arrangement with Ber-
lin and published the note which cov-
cred three typewriter pages.
1t warned Germany that the decision
70 re-establish its army was clearly
contrary to the contractural engage
ments written in the treaties that
Germany signed" and declared it
Frances duty to raise the most formal
protest against these measures with
regard to which it now had formulated
every reservation"
Document Accepted
Ambassador Francois-Poncet lett the
note at the German foreign office,
which accepted" the document but
disregarded the real situation End that
therefore could not be taken into
consideration.
This was taken b. French officials
IN Berlin to mean that neither the
French nor the Italian notes would
be answered further than by acknowl-
edsments of their receipt.
The German actions. said the note,
ARE equally contrary to the decIara-
ton of December l9, 1882, whereby
the Reich government voluntarily
recognized that general statute of
armaments carrying equality of right
for Germany With all nations should
not be made without the establishment
Of security regime for all
France insisted that the neSotia-
tions between herself and england
we're completely free and fully COM
patible with respect of treaty right
for the establishment of contractual
means of new arms statute for Ger
many in general settlement of the
problem Of security and of armament
and that the government of the Reich
had appeared justify confidence in
accepting such procedure"
Law Publication Hit.
The publication OF the German law
March 16,' said the note, intervening |
shortly before the date fixed |
for the first exchange of views be-
tween the government of the Reich |
and one of two signatory governments |
of the London communique of Febru- |
sry 3, constitutes new manifestations |
of the methods the government of the |
Reich intends to oppose to the offers |
of conciliation which had been made |
to it.
"A double conclusion thus must be
drawn by the government of the
tFrench) republic on one side and in |
q general fashion the government of |
the Reich deliberately distrusts the |
essential principle of the right of a
people that no power can denounoe |
the engagement of treaty or modify |
its stipulations except with the agree |
ment of the contracting parties and
by means of friendly agreement; on
the other side, and in particular after |
having itself marked its desire to see /
cleared up between the Interested |
powers the immediate effect of the |
negotiation to which it was invireo, |
the government of the Reich has de-
liberately taken the most effective |
measures to compromise the fate OF |
this negotiation in taking for itself |
in advance and unilaterally through
a fait accompli of one of its essential
objects.
THE government of the republic
has the duty to make the most formal
protestation against these measures
with regard to which it now makes all
reservations.
Uneasiness Laid TO Reich.
Conscious Of the efforts of con-
ciliation which it has not ceased to
follow, in an loyalty and with the most
constant care for German dignity to
associate The Reich fully with the or
ganization Ct European security, It can
only lead 10 the account of German
government responsibility for the state
of uneasiness thus created IN the
world and the consequences which can
result from it--that is to Say-thoSe
obligations which from this fact may
be imposed on the governments OF the
different interested countries.
Determined. so far as 1t IS con-
cerned, 10 seek all means of irtsrna-
tional cooperation designed to oissi-
pate this uneasiness and to safeguard
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