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The Washington times., 1936-03-07
France Places Army
On Emergency Basis

PARIS, March 7 QN.S0.-Be-
fore Adolf Hitler's verbal bomb
ing of the Versailles Treaty had
died on the radio, the French
War office decided today to can
eel all army leaves forthwith and
recall all abSenteeS.
Premier Albert Sarraut and
War Minister Louis Maurin held
a war council and discussed par
tial mobilization. but this drastic
action temporarily was held in
allegiance.
Instead, Foreign Minister Elan
din summoned an emergency Ses-
sion of representatives of the four
participants in the Locarno mill
tary assistance pact-omitting
Germany-to decide on action
against the Reich.
The foreign office. it was re-
ported. already has telegraphed to
the League of Nations Secretariat
demanding a meeting of the coun-
Gil to declare Germany violator
of the Locarno agreement.
A meeting of the League COM
mittee of 13, which is the council
without Italy, is due to meet at
Geneva Tuesday for further
coercive action against Italy, so a
session of the council could easily
be called.
Under the terms of the Locarno
pact, Britain, Italy and Belgium
The Washington times., 1936-03-07
Hitler Move Alarm S
World Powers

would be required to give military
and naval assistance to France If
the League council declares Ger
many an aggreSsor and France the
party attacked"
In cases of fragrant" aggreS-
sion immediate and automatic as
sistance is required without action
by the council
Whether the council actually
will be called upon to sit in judg-
ment on Germany will be decided
by the Locarno Signatories at
their meeting at 6 p. m. today.
Germany's discarding of the
Locarno Treaty-aS illegal under
the terms of that pact as was her
remuneration of the military
clauses of the Versailles peace
treaty last year-does not relieve
other nations of their obligations.
If the League Council acts
against Germany, France will call
upon Britain to rush an expedi-
tionary force to the Continent and
back up French military action in
the Rhine.
There is no provision in the
Treaty of Locarno for it's cancella-
ton by any one power, or for uni
lateral notification of any part
of the Versailles Treaty.
Only the League of Nations Coun-
Gil. by two-thirds vote. following
appeal by one or more of the
signatories, is empowered to serve
notice discontinuing the pact. One
years notice is required, and the
League must itself give assurance
that it is in a position to provide
the security envisaged under the
Locarno document.
NANCY. France. March 7
0N.S0 rance's Twentieth
Army Division of $4,000 men,
with headquarters here, has been
ready for German reoccupation
of the Rhine zone "for more than
a year." therefore "all dispositions
have been taken" it was stated
at headquarters here today.
The population of this eastern
town is quiet.
The Washington times., 1936-03-07
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Continued from Page y
interest of her own safety.
takes over full sovereignty of
the demilitarized zone lin the
Rhineland) from today on"
CHEERED BY POPULACE
AS he was speaking, residents
in the principal Rhineland cities,
including Cologne, Frankfurt and
KoblenZ, were cheering German
troops marching into the demili-
tarlZed zone for the first time in
II years. with the Nazi Reich'S
crack air force units flying over
head as a protective eye.
The notes announcing the move
were sent through diplomats to
Britain, France. Italy and Bel
gium, Locarno signatorieS with
Germany. A memorandum con-
tanning its main points also was
dispatched to the United States.
With Germany restored to full
equality and sovereignty" now
that troops have reentered the
Rhine, the "chief obstacle to Ger
many's membership in the
League of Nations has been re-
moved" Hitler told the ReichStag.
Now Ready to Return
Germany. therefore, he said, is
now ready to return to the
League.
With Germany's reentry into
the League, however, the future
must bring colonial equality" +"
Hitler declared, in his first formal
and public demand for return
Of the Reich's lost empire.
Points in Hitler's speech and
note to the powers include:
/. Germany is willing to re-
place the demilitarized Rhineland
with another mutual demilitar-
lied buffer zone between Ger
many on the one hand and
France and Belgium on the other
"as deep as they wish"
These zones must, however, ex-
tend into Belgium and France
The Washington times., 1936-03-07
ENVOY
EXPLAINSA|M

Germany's military occupation
of the Rhineland was due to the
fact that France has entered 6
military alliance with Soviet Rus
sia, Ambassador Hans Luther, who
signed the Locarno pact for Ger
many when he was chancellor r
1925, said today.
In an interview here, the Ger
man envoy explained in detail
Germany's action.
Ambassador Luther said:
I'VE have warned again and
again that if the other parties
to the LOcarnO pact failed to
live up to their obligations, we
would no longer be bound by 1t.
"By the Treaty of LOcarnO we
were given a guarantee that
there would be no war or inva-
sion on the part Of France or
Belgium without the orderly pro-
cedure. within the League Of
Nations as to who was the
aggressOr.
I'm the new alliance which
France is concluding with Soviet
Russia it is quite distinctly said
that even if the League fails to
reach a decision as to Germany
being the aggresSOr, France Of
ferS its aid to Russia.
THAT means that the basic
idea of the LOcarno pact is
destroyed.
THAT is why Germany is
not willing to continue its
previous attitude toward the
LOcarnO pact.
"The action which Germany
has now taken does not mean
that we abandon the idea of
nOn-aggreSSiOn contained in the
LOcarnO Treaty. On the con-
trary, Germany Is extending
the LOcarnO idea by offering
to conclude 25-year nOn-aggreS-
sion pactS with all of its
neighbOrS.
The Washington times., 1936-03-07
New Peace Treaties Proposed
For Europe BY Hitler

; Declaring new ideas were at
tempting to get hold Of mankind,
Hitler said:
"The BOlshevist revolution is
not only externally but inter
nally bringing pressure upon ma
tionS. Not only political, hui
man and economic ideas are
breaking down and burying its
present repreSentativeS-but the
world of ideals is torn down,
God is being dethrOned, and re-
ligiOns and churches are being
wiped out"
INEQUALITY UNBEATABLE
The chancellor said inequality
was unbearable to an intelligent
nation. German soldiers, he said,
merely fulfilled their duty to their
country just as the Allies did. He
said the major German problem
in which the world should not in.
terfere-iS the maintenance of a
living standard. He said:
"If Germany serves as the
bulwark against BOshevism, she
must be granted equality and Sc.
curity. 1t is impossible to keep
the German nation as slaves
forever.
Turning to France, Hitler
brought cheers when he said:
For three years 1 have tried
vainly to build a bridge between
France and Germany. Why
shouldn't it be possible to re-
move obstacles in the way of
such an understanding?
1--WE see the beginning of a
FrancO-SOviet alliance, but no
body is able to see the cOnse-
quenceS, and it is unknown
whether fate favOrs mankind.
"All my concrete proposals to
France have been rejected.
First, I proposed an army of
100000 men and then of 300, 600,
but these proposals and others
were rejected" (Germany's
army is now near the half
million mark.)
HITS FRANCO-SOVIET PACT
Hitler declared the Franco
Soviet mutual assistance pact was
upsetting the European balance
Of power. He claimed he himself
did more for the maintenance of
peace than could have been ex-
pected Of him. He said:
For the Nazis it has been
most difficult to teach nations
understanding, whereas it would
have been easier to teach
revenge to France"
He said the Franco7Soviet pact
forces Germany to draw resulting
plans for which II am very sorry,
but Germany is not obligated to
The Washington times., 1936-03-07
PEACE VIEWED
UPTOBR|7A|N
By KINGSBURY SMITH
international News Service

All Europe was seen here today
as placed on the threshold Of .
new war by Reichsfuehrer Adolf
Hitler's defiant action in finally
sending the German army into
the forbidden Rhineland.
Whether Europe will plunge
over the brink into a new gem
eral European war was believed
to depend on whether Great Brit
ain can restrain France.
Powerful forces of diplomatic
intrigue was seen as likely to
pull both for and against war
in the immediate future.
Soviet Russia and the French
general staff were viewed as likely
to be the chief forces in favor Of
risking a general European war
to crush the rebirth Of German
militariSm. -
Great Britain was seen as the
one hope Of saving Europe from
the beginning of what it was
feared might quickly develop into
a new world war.
The Washington times., 1936-03-07
LEGION GIVEN
GERMAN GUN

DENTON, Md, March IA
German field gun captured during
the World War has been presented
to Caroline Post of the American
Legion and will be placed on the
courthouse green here, it was an
nounced today.
The county supervisors have
agreed to construct a concrete
mount and to pay the cost Of
transporting the gun here from
the Aberdeen arsenal.
The gun will serve as a me
mortal to Caroline county soldiers
who served and died in the World
War, and a memorial plaque will
be placed on the gun.
The Washington times., 1936-03-07


Fuehrer specified.
2. Hitler is willing to sign a
non-aggreSSion pact with France
and Belgium for 25 years. Italy
and Britain are asked to be guar
antors.
8. A similar non-aggression pact
is offered to all states east of
Germany. Lithuania, with which
Germany has long had trouble
over the German majority in the
Semi-autonomou city of Memel,
is specifically mentioned for in
cluSion.
League Must ReOrganize
S. The League of Nations, with
Germany back as a member, must
be reorganized and divorced from
the now completely dead-so far
as Germany is concerned-treaty
of Versailles.
6. The Locarno pact. which pro-
vides for military and naval aid
by the five Signatories in the
event one is declared by the
League Of Nations council to be
an aggressor, is no longer ap-
plicable. Hitler blamed the
Franco-Soviet pact, similar to the
Locarno, for its notification.
Z. The new "Locarno" is to be
applicable also to air forces. The
present security pact does not
specify aerial action against an
aggreSSor.
8. Germany demands a return
of at least some of her colonies,
through friendly negotiations"
concurrent with the Reich'S re-
turn to the League.
9. The proposed quarter-century
pact of nonaggression is to be
open also to the Netherlands, not
a Locarno Signatory.
Acts without Delay
Hitler acted without a seconds
delay. AS he made his dramatic
announcements before the Reich.
stag and in notes to the Locarno
powers, troops marched into the
valley of the Rhine River for the
first time since the World War.
Today's events occurred 10 days
short of a year after Hitler, in
violation of the terms of the Yer
sailleS treaty, restored conscrip-
ton in the German army and
openly rearmed the Reich with a
vast mechanically equipped army,
a huge air force, and increased
navy.
AS he did then, Hitler today dis
solved the Reichstag and called a
new national plebiscite for March
20 to approve his policy.
Hitler was cheered again and
again as he addressed the ReichS-
tag in the Kroll Opera House and
all the nation over the radio. There
was a slight break of emotion in
his voice when he pleaded, at the
close of a speech lasting sn hour
and a half, for the country to sup
port him "in our fight tor the
honor and greatness of Germany .
The fuehrer open his speech with
a long exposition of the injustice"
done to Germany by the Treaty of
Versailles. He said:
"That was an example of how
wars should not be ended.
"Since the World War tension
has increased more than ever.
"The god of war has not laid
down his armOr, but marches
through the world more heavily
armed than ever before.
DENIES RESPONSIBILITY
1--WE are not responsible for
this development.
"The German people claim
Just the same right to live as
other peoples of Europe.
"They have just as little
longing to die as heroes for q
fantastic ideal as have the
French or the English -.
can overwhelming majority
Of German men have gone to
war because they could not
help it.
"Instead of a gradual de-
crease of tension between ma
tiOns, hatred and envy are the
emotions ruling the peoples
now. The final milestone of
the World War has become the
dragon seeds for new fights
In tha ~U0rld -
The Washington times., 1936-03-07
FRANC0-S0V|ET
PACT BREACH,
FIRST AIM
Non-Aeeression Offer
Is Move to Isolate
Moscow, Claim
BY H. r. KNICKERBOCKER
Copyright. 1886. by International
News Service)


PARIS, March German and
French soldiers faced each other
today across the Rhine for the
first time since the World War,
and Europe trambled in a new
crisis as Chancellor Hitler OF
Germany. tore UP the last scrap
of the Versailles Treaty and tossed
the Locarno treaty into the waste
basket.
Attack on Soviet Pact
While heavy boots of German
troops rang in gooSe-Step tempo
across seven Rhine bridges the Lo'
carno treaty had forbidden them to
cross, statesmen in Paris, London
and Rome hastened together In a
desperate attempt to meet the
fresh menace of war.
Hitler is trying to force us
to permit him to attack the So
Wet Union," was the succinct
reaction here to his offer to
sign a non-aggression pact with
France. England and Italy to re-
place the Locarno treaty, and
thereafter to re-enter the League
of Nations.
The whole aim of French pol
icy since Hitler came to power
has been to protect herself by
forming a ring of allies around
Germany.
This ring was completed by
the Chamber of Deputies ratifi-
cation of the Franco Soviet pact,
in which France and Russia
promise mutual assistance in case
Of German aggression.
Now, however, if Hitler'S latest
offer were accepted, France, by
promising not to attack Germany
under any circumstances, would
nullify the Franco-Soviet pact.
HitlerS' reputation of the Lo-
carno treaty means withdrawal Of
Germany'S only written promise
not to attack France, and the
opinion here is that this is his last
and strongest threat to coerce
France into abandonment of the
Soviet alliance.
Depends on England
Now, however, as always, France
depends upon England, and Eng
lands policy in keeping the
powers about evenly balanced in
Europe leads to belief she will now
counsel France to go slowly and
explore every possibility of the
League of Nations before attempt
ing to retaiate by force against
the reserve German troops on her
eastern border.
British caution is all the more
likely now because of her tense
relations with Italy, and Hitler
took into account a British tip
when, instead of sending troops
in force into the Rhineland, he
sent only small contingents and
specifically declared they had a
chiefly symbolic value.
The Washington times., 1936-03-07
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Edward in close touch with situ-
alton.
GENEVA-Hurried conference
held by League of Nations dip
lomats. League council meeting
expected to be called Tuesday to
consider Germany's coup.
WASHINGTON - England re-
garded by observers here as best
possible safety valve in prevent.
ing outbreak of European hostili-
ties.
The Washington times., 1936-03-07

make sacrifices for the under
standing of Europe only, but in
the interest of the German people
also"
Chancellor Hitler offered four
points to prove" the Locarno
Treaty would be violated by the
Franco-Soviet pact. They follow:
81. 1t is an uncOnteSted fact
that the pact is directed
against Germany.
"2. France under the pact
takes over obligations far out.
doing its obligations under the
League covenant.
SO. 1t is uncOntested that
France assumes the right to de-
eide unilaterally (alOne) which
nations are aggreSSOrS.
"4. 1t is uncOntested that
France has taken over Obliga-
tiOnS to act as il the League
and Rhineland pacts did mot
exist"
France, by concluding the
Soviet pact, has destroyed
factually and in spirit the
Rhine pact"
Then, amid great cheers, Hitler
declared:
Germany no longer feels
bound by the LOcarnO treaty."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-26
WOOD GATHERING IS
 AIM OF SKI CLUBS
 TREK FOR TOMORROW

Some of the Juneau Ski Club $ harder souls are making use of the opportunity offered by the holiday weekend to wend their way up the Douglas Ski Trail today to the shell ter cabin, where they will spend the night and get in full day of ski ing and wood gathering tomorrow.
 As nearly the full supply of wood left at the cabin by the Forest Ser vice crew has been exhausted, it now devolves upon the club to lay in enough wood for the remainder of the season All who can, will climb the trail tomorrow to lend hand with the wood gathering.
 For those to whom the trek to the cabin appears a bit too much, Pres ident Ernest Parsons is endeavor- ing to have an old time skier at Ev- ergreen Bowl tomorrow afternoon to instruct beginners in making turns, and oversee their practice on the snow covered slope of the bowl.
 Those who take to the Douglas trail to aid in the numbering, will take their own lunches, but they will doubtless find hot coffee await ing them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-26
NE w SALMON
 CANNERY WILL
 BE BULL I NOW
Plant Will Be Constructed at Ellamar Mine
 Buildings Used

Construction plans for the new Western Fisheries Company's sal non cannery at Ellamar on Prince William Sound call for the erection of a cannery building and a ware house during the spring months, ac- cording to James w. Parks, head of he company.
 The new cannery replaces Parks Eyak River cannery which was de- ;troyed by fire year ago. The Ella mar location was formerly a mining
 amp, and many buildings, includ- ng bunkhouse and several resi- fences. which were part of the min ng establishment will be used in connection with the cannery opera ton. These buildings have all been put in first class condition as part of the fall building program.
 During the past fall, the company built dock and new water main. This work required two months. It is expected the spring building pro- gram, including the new cannery and warehouse, each A by 250 feet, will require about three months. A crew of twenty men, largely local residents, is being used on the job. These men will have total of five months employment during the off season on this construction.
 The cannery will be either one or two lines, with possibility that one line will be installed for the first season, and a second added later.
 It is planned to complete the con- work in the spring; but this, as we'll as the operations dur ing the coming fishing season, de- pend largely upon the settlement of conditions now facing the industry.
 Parks said that he planned to hire fishermen from among the Indians of a neighboring settlement, as well as many other local fishermen
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-26
ELECTRA FROM INTERIOR WITH
 10 PASSENGERS
Calvin and Mcdonald Are Aboard Plane from Bluff
 Mine Due This P. M.

Bringing ten passengers from the Interior, the Pacific Alaska Airways Electra, piloted by Jerry Jones, with Walt Hall as co-pilot, was due to arrive at the Juneau airport this afternoon. The Electra left Fairbanks this morning at 11:40 tJuneau time).
 The PAA plane will remain in Juneau overnight and return to Fairbanks tomorrow, Louis Dele becque, Juneau PAA agent, an- nounced.
 Passengers from Fairbanks to Ju- neau aboard the plane were: Harry Shepard, MT. and Mrs. Fred Pader- son, w. c. Brady, Mrs. Golden Brady, Grant Murdock, Jerry Gall yin, J. M Mcdonald, Otto Miller, H. G. Erickson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-26
The Year lin Sports

wider, not to say wilder, use of the pass, although laterals generally were less common than they had been in 1885 The result may not have been better football but it paid huge dividends in thrills for the spectators. Nor did it harm the box office.
 With such post-season duels as Washington and Pittsburgh in the Rose Bowl, and Louisiana State and Santa Clara in the Sugar Bowl to come, the mythical national cham pionship race must still be consid- cred open.
 National Championship Loses
 Among a plurality of experts, how ever, these games can do nothing more than throw additional light on just which team deserves to be ranked behind Minnesota Not the least of the seasons strange devel- cpments was the spectacle of Min nesota, despite it's defeat by North western after q successive victories, again selected in the final Associat- ed Press ranking poll, as the coun- try's No. l outfit. The final rank ings otherwise placed Louisiana State second and Pittsburgh third.
 The sectional championship races saw Louisiana repeat in the South eastern conference, Duke in the [ Southern and Nebraska in the Big Six Arkansas, whose passing at tack was feared by all, ascended the Southwest conference throne, and Northwestern captured sole posses sion of the Big Ten championship for the first time in history. Wash ington ran off with the Pacific Coast title and Utah State topped all rivals in the Rocky Mountain cir cult. Tn the East, Pittsburgh gen. erally was ranked at the. top all though Penn and Yale both wound up with better records.
 GUt-SIiot hCNItM
 High-lights of the season other wise:
 Larry Kelleys soccer kick" of a free ball that enabled Yale to beat Navy -. :. The same all-Amer- ica ends magnificent catching of passes tossed by all-America quar- terback Clint Frank The upset champion, Duquesne, which whipped Pitt and Marquette and was itself upset by West Virginia Wesleyan as well as Detroit Yale's 26-23 conquest of Princeton after trailing 16-0. Baylor's 21-pjoint fourth per- iod rally after Texas led 18-0.
 The furore that followed Pitts selection as Washington Rose Bowl opponent in view of the Panthers' previous Rose Bowl record: Three games lost, total points 20 against 89 for the opposition :. . Prince tons request that Palmer Stadium be mo mans land" as far as drink ing was concerned.
 Havard's feat in tying Princeton, 14-14, and holding Yale to a l4-l3 count after dismal start.
 Fordham making one first down
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-26
HUSKIES, PITT
 WORKING HARD
 FORROSE CAME:
Loss of Al Cruver by Injur- les May Be Serious Blow
 to Washington Cause

PASADENA, Cal, Dec 26.-With the Rose Bowl game less than a week away. the University of Wash ington and Pittsburgh football teams bore down today in the hard est practice sessions of their train ing schedules.
 The Huskies went to the polo field at Santa Barbara to complete prl- vacy while Pittsburgh. at San Der nardino, also held secret workouts.
 The loss of fullback Al Cruver by injuries may hurt the Husky cause, since Nowgroski, regular fullback, has a bad leg. Coach Jimmy Phe- Ian is grooming Merl Miller to Now groski's understudy. Miller start ed the UCLA game.
 The Huskies break camp tonight to take a deep sea fishing excursion Sunday morning and drive to Pas adena Sunday night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-26
Juneau Florists,
 FOIta Have Best
 Yu|e Decorations
Dr. Kaser, Harland, Bur ford, Cosmopolitan Beau
 ty Shop Other Winners

George w. Folta was awarded first prize for the best outdoor Christmas tree in Junau and the Juneau Flor ists won first for the best window display, it was announced today by the judging committee.
 Second best outdoor tree went to Dr. E. H. Kaser and third to c. E. Harland. The tree at the Ray Day home and one at Tom Aliens were given honorable mention
 Second in window display went to Jack Burford and third to the Com mopolitan Beauty Shop.
 Judging the Christmas displays were c. D. Beale and Rod Darnell for the Rotary Club and Harry Lu- cas and N. Lester Troast for the Chamber of Commerce.