Evening star., 1940-03-01
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was shown every courtesy by the
German government"
Mr.. Welles, arriving from Rome,
where he already had conferred with
Premier Mussolini on his fact-flnd-
ing mission for President Roosevelt,
was greeted in the German capital
this morning with the shrieks of
air raid sirens which were uninten-
tionally martial-it was a regular
alarm rehearsal.
1t was understood that the main
purpose of Mr.. Welles' talk with
Won Ribbentrop was to prepare the
ground for the Americans meeting
with Fuehrer Hitler tomorrow.
Clipper Mail Seizure Cited.
In developing the thesis that Brit
ain has a stranglehold on the world,
Won Ribbentrop was believed to have
told Mr.. Welles that British CEN
sorship of American clipper mail at
Bermuda was mere pinprick for
the United States compared to what
all Europe as we'll as Asia feels all
the time.
So long as England holds Gibral-
tar and the Suez Canal, for example
so Won Ribbentrop is supposed to
have argued-there IS no security
for the rest of the world. According
to the German view, England uses
economic strangulatlon as one of
her chief weapons for holding the
rest of the world in submission, and
therefore Germany is rendering a
service to civilization in challenging
BritalnS right to such a practice.
Germany, in the foreign Office
view which undoubtedly was COM
municated to Mr.. Welles, would
rather fight to the bitter end than
to agree to compromise by which
after some years, when England is
in control of strategic control points
governing raw materials and the
worlds business. she decides to get
enemies and neutrals by the throats
again"
Incitement Charged to Allies. =
Won Ribbentrop, according to re-
liable sources, also pointed out that
Germany established a protectorate
over Bohemia and Moravia (heart
of the former Czecho-Slovakia re-
public and seized Poland only be-
cause England and France tried to
use these areas as operating bases
against Germany.
If the present grip on Bohemia
and Moravia is tight and if Poland
at present is ruled with a firm hand,
Won Ribbentrop was represented as
ready to say to Mr.. Welles in reply
to any questions along these lines,
this is due solely to the fact that
the British and French even now
have not ceased trying to incite
these little nations to rebellion.
The foreign Office lays claim to
being in possession of evidence that
the British are busy in L;thuania,
stirring up trouble there, and espe-
cially encouraging the Poles there
to create a disturbance in the So
called governors area" of Poland
administered by Germany.
Czech Emigrants Encouraxed.
Similarly, according to this view,
Czech emigrants are being encour-
aged. The view is that once Eng
land and France are ready to give
guarantees that they will not stir up
bations in Germans "Lebensraum"
living space-great freedom for
the little nations under Germany's
protection is bound to insue.
Mr.. Hulls views against autarchic
systems, according to sources close
to the foreign minister, also were
rejected as arising from a lack of
understanding of how countries like
Italy and Germany came to be
autarchic. Again Britain's "stran-
glehold" on world trade was cited
according to these sources-as the
reason for systems which, other
things being equal, they would
rather do without.
Commentators on the Welles-Von
Ribbentrop conference also left no
doubt that Won Ribbentrop would
acquaint Mr.. Welles with the vast
ness of the Russian German eco
nomic program, to prove by this
that Germany cannot be beaten
economically.
Asked whether Won Ribbentrop
was prepared to waive the claim to
colonies now that Russia was sup
plying all essential raw materials,
authorized sources replied emphati-
eally in the negative.
Want Luxuries, Too.
/ "We are getting enough of things
necessary for our existence, but we
want our share of the luxuries of life
ALSO" these sources said. I'VE like
bananas as much as anybody does.
We like coffee, cocoa and multitude
pf other things that make life pleas
ant and which other nations obtain
from their colonies. So why should
we renounce our rightful claim te
territories illegally taken from us?"
After his conference with Won Rib
bentrop, Mr.. Welles devoted the
afternoon to making notes on the
talk prior to a conference at 6 pm.
with Baron Ernst Won. Wiezsaecker
foreign Office chief Of protocol.
Mr.. WelleS met American news
paper correspondents soon after his
return from the talk with Won Rib
bentrop and said "as previously un-
derstood, all my talks are confiden-
tial and such report as I shall make