The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-14

speech. It was brief, delivered slowly and clearly, without drama tic gestures. He asked the council to take official mott that Germany has broken the Rhineland articles of Versailles, thus permitting guar antors of the Locarno treaty to support France and Belgium. He asked also that the league give It's support by recommending measures to league members.
 These rneaslres he envisaged are economic and financial penalties.
 What Would Happen
 If the council followed the course France asked 1t would:
 1--Formally recognize the treaty violations charged.
 2-Notify Britain and Italy as Locarno guarantors and so obligate them to give immediate aid to France and Belgium.
 3-Consider economic and finan- cial penalties such as those inl- posed on Italy for its war on Ethi- opia.
 After Flandin's speech the coun- ell held 8 secret session in the tn- vitation to Germany.
 Joseph A. Avenol, secretary gen. eral of the league, informally in. vited Germany to attend todayt meeting. Germany did not reply.
 Hence the councillors had to de- eide the manner in which to send a formal invitation for the records
 Question of Invite
 Great Britain asked that the in" vitation be sent under Article XVII of Versailles, covering disputes be- tween league members and non- league members. Germany would prefer this course.
 France and Belgium opposed They demanded that Germany be invited as a signatory of the Lo- carno treaty which she is charged with violation and the counci adopted this course.
 The invitation was drafted and dispatched at once and the dele. gates began to talk of the action they ought to take in using the week k-end for secret negotiations and at Monday afternoons counci meeting.
 That Germany was invited at al was considered a victory for peace
 May Soften Debate
 Council members believe that 1! Germany accepts the tone of de- bate will be softened and negotia' tions of a friendly settlement-tha' will turn crisis into peace con- solidation--will be made easier.
 Opinions differed whether Ger many would accept. Some counci members believed that Britain al ready had assurances in secret tha Germany would accept.
 Others feared that Germany would be angered because the invi' tation was sent not under thu league covenent, but Locarno.
 Under the covenant, any actior would be delayed; under Locarnt immediate action is provided. France To Reinforce
 Paris, March I4-(UP)-Furthel reinforcement of troops guarding Frances fortified eastern frontier will be recommended by an arm, su.ocommission, the Paris Soir re- ported today.
 Strasbourg reports said the sub' commission, now inspecting troops in the eastern Notifications, would report to the full army commission Wednesday.
 Recommendation for reenforce' ments will be made on the grounds that 60,000 German troops in tht Rhineland represent only a part oi Germany's actual strength on th' | frontier.
 Soir said that 35,oo0 Rhinelant garrison police and 10000 of Prus. sian Premier Herman Goering'i military forces moving in to tho remilitarized zone.
 In addition, the newspaper re. ported 5000 Nazi storm troops must be counted as well as 100000 mer int he labor corps and the Schut; Abtelung-the elite of the storm troops.
 stand of Czechoslovakia
 Geneva, March l4-(UP)-Czecho- slovakia, well informed sources to- day said, will decline to join with France in any military action against Germany unless the Reich makes an armed attack on France.
 This attitude. which coincides with Britain's conception of her ob. legations under the Locarno treaty created considerable surprise here particularly because of the little entente's repeated assurances thal 1t stands firmly with France iEi the iatter's present attitude. The same sources said that Czechoslovakia Justifies her attitude on two grounds:
 l-That since there has besn nc