The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-16
HITLER INVITED
TO SESSIONS ON
NEW CONDITIONS
League Rejects Nazi De-
mand That Peace PropoS-
ais Be Considered.
COUNCIL MOVES WARILY
Acts to Make Germany
Shoulder Responsibility
for Breakdown.
By United Press

By United Press
LONDON, March 16.-The
council of the League of Ma
tons, in secret session today.
rejected Fuehrer Adolf Hit
ler's demand that his pro-
posals for a new European
peace agreement be consid-
cred if Germany attends the
councils consideration of his
reoccupation of the Rhine
land.
The council agreed that Germany
could attend on the same basis as
the other parties to the dispute, but,
like France and Belgium, who con-
voked the council, she can not vote.
Hitlers first condition in his con-
ditional acceptance of the invita-
ton was that Germany be on equal
terms with the representatives of
other powers, which was regarded
as implying the right to vote.
Responsibility on Hitler
The council. avoiding the onus of
burning its bridges, partially ac-
copied the first condition, but denied
Hitler the right to vote, which would
have enabled Germany to block all
the councils decisions.
BY rejecting his second condition,
the council left Hitler the choice of
backing down or assuming the
responsibility for break between
Germany and the League.
The councils decisions were in the
form OF two resolutions. The resolu-
tons were embodied in a telegram
to Berlin, consisting of a curt reply
to Germany. The reply apparently
cleared the way for an early decision
regarding Germany's alleged viola
ton of the Locarno and Versailles
Treaties, on which Frances de-
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Based on Locarno Provision
The first resolution dealt with
Hitler's voting rights. The second
declared the council is not conpe-
tent to discuss Hitler's demand for
consideration of his peace pro-
posals.
The councils attitude was that
Hltler's peace proposals concern
only the Locarno powers-Germany,
France, Belgium, Italy and Great
Britain, and not the full council.
The decision that Germany can
not vote if she sits with the council
was based on the Locarno provision
that the guaranteed powers, France,
Belgium and Germany, can not
vote, whereas the guarantor powers,
Britain and Italy, can.
France and the Little Entente
Rumania. Czechoslovakia and Yugo-
slavia-were reported satisfied with
the councils decision because they
felt it avoids the trap Hitler had
laid for them. They believed Hit
ler's second condition was designed
to provoke fat rejection, which
would give the impression that
France and her allies had made the
council slam the door in Hitler's
face.
Flandin Given Support
Pierre Etienne Flandin, French
foreign minister, was reported to
have told the secret session that
it was the councils duty to proceed
with recognition of the fact that
the treaties had been violated.
which would open the way to sane
lions.
Flandin's statement that the
council should now proceed to rec
ognize the treaty violation formally.
it was reported, drew the support of
Russia, Rumania. Turkey, Poland
and Spain, the last on behalf of the
six neutral powers, Spain. Portugal,
Denmark, Argentina, Chile and
| Ecuador.
The neutrals were understood to
have met secretly before the coun-
Gil session and to have decided that
Germany had violated the Locarno
Treaty, although they did not at
tempt any decision on sanctions.
Ready to Proceed, Belief
The council seemed ready to pro-
coed without awaiting Germany's
reply to today's decisions. It was
not believed likely Hitler could
agree to sit on the councils terms.
because it would entail backing
down from his previous conditions.
The council Immediately called a
public session and at p. m. the
lights were turned on and the doors
opened in Queen Anne's room.
where the public sessions are held.
Prior to the public session. anoth-
er secret session was held, opening
at 6:23 p. m.