Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 311, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1936 — Page 3
MARCH 7, 1936.
HITLER DEFENDS ARMY MOVE IN DEFIANTSPEECH War Fears Grip Europe as German Troops March Into Rhineland. (Continued From Page One) calling an emergency meeting of the League Council for Tuesday. Then came news that Italy had accepted in principle—even if bound with reservations—A League offer to negotiate a peaceful settlement of Its war on Ethiopia, and thus left Itself inside the diplomatic framework for delicate, anxious days to come. All over Europe statesmen met to talk over the situation. Telephone and telegraph wires and cables flashed diplomatic dispatches. Diplomatic couriers were started on a race through Europe by train, motor car and airplane. Drives to Opera House The diplomats had before them the material for a war or for peace, for anew effort to end the jealousies, fears and hates that have endured for more than 17 years since the World War ended—or for months or years more of bickering. After he handed the diplomatists of the Locarno powers copies of memoranda, and gave other envoys copies through the foreign office, Hitler drove to the Reichstag meeting in the Kroll Opera House, used in place of the old Reichstag Building whose burning—allegedly by Communists—swept him from normal constitutional leadership to dictatorship. President Hermann Goering called the Reichstag to order. Two deputies who had died were commemorated and Wilhelm Gustloff, Nazi leader in Switzerland, was memorialized ns having been killed by a “cowardly assassin.” He was shot to death at Davos, Switzerland. Reviews Days of War Then Hitler rose. He started quietly by saying that the Reichstag had been convened to give deputies an opportunity to hear a government declaration “which I am sure you and the whole nation will consider important, and which may be decisive.” He went back to the dark days of 1918 and said: “Germany more than other nations felt the wisdom of Woodrow Wilson’s policy. Germany had the misfortune to be defeated. Wilson's articles (the 14 points for a just peace) were Germany’s last hope in her despair.” Then the present: “Today everywhere guns roar, where peace bells should be ringing. “History will show that the earth went through a crisis after the war such as has visited humankind only once in a thousand years.”
Bled White, He Cries Germany, Hitler said, was bled white by the huge post-war political debts of Versailles. “The present European crisis,” he said, “is due to the glaring unreason with which the vital interests of peoples were ignored. I would like the German people to learn from this unreason that it is insupportable to allow a discrepancy between realities and the vital interests of people. "All European nations are members of a family, though they may quarrel. Their fate is inseparably united, culturally and economically. Statesmen who are unaware of this fact, who refuse to adjust differences by compromise, will cause an explosion. “It is impossible in such a small territory as Europe to maintain a system of unequal rights. This will create bitterness on one hand and a psychosis of anxiety on the other. Deputies Cheer Feuhrer “Many people talk today of the •German question’. With that is connected the ‘German regime,’ ‘rearmament,’ ‘the German nation’s lust for war’—or ‘Germany’s intention to attack.’ “No! Gentlemen! The German question is different. We are a densely populated nation of 136 persons per square kilometre. (That is, 524 persons per square mile. In the United States there are 41.) “We are not less industrious, not less intelligent, than other people. We also are not less loving of our honrr.” Here the deputies cheered vigorously. Scores French Attitude “Our campaign for equality has not harmed the French nation,” continued Hitler when the cheers had subsided. “Bolshevist chaos in Germany would have harmed it. The German move to attain equality does not mean raising European controversy but settling it. History will admit that in struggling for Germany I never for a moment forgot my responsibility toward common European civilization. “I have repeatedly attempted to throw the bridge of friendship to the French nation. “The bitterness of war memories is vanishing. Those whom I once regarded as enemies now appear to be honorable fighters./ “Germany has no interest in seeing France suffer. France could gain no advantage by Germany’s misfortune. Blames French-Soviet Pact “But ratification of the FrenchRussian military pact compels me to consider the German situation and draw the consequences of it, no matter how severe they may be.” “The French-Russian pact contradicts Loc?.rno. “As long as our sacrifices are understood I am ready to make sacrifices. But as soon as it is clear that sacrifices are not appreciated, I must proceed to end an intolerable discrimination.” Here Hitler made again the declaration that he has made before, and which he made specifically when the Saar was returned to Germany £ year ago: “We have no territorial claims in Europe.” Then he read his seven-point memorandum. Soon the meeting was adjourned and the stock market closed firmly with knowledge of his declarations. Stocks and bonds were in demand t nd gained an average of one to two points. Filling Station Bandits Get S3O Two armed men last night held up Theodore Sheppard. 1420 N. Sheffleld-av, at the Emerichsville filling station, 2241 W. 16th-st, and took S3O.
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What Treaty Provided By United Pres* The demilitarization of the German Rhineland was effected by Section 111, Part 111, of the Versailles Treaty. Part 111 contained the “Political Clauses for Europe.” Section 111 follows: LEFT BANK OF THE RHINE Article 42. Germany is forbidden to maintain or construct any fortifications either on the left (west) bank of the Rhine or on the right bank to the west of a line drawn 50 kilometers (31.05 miles) to the east of the Rhine. Article 43. In the area defined above, the maintenance and the assembly of armed forces, either permanently or temporarily, and military maneuvers of any kind, as well as the upkeep of all permanent works for mobilization, are in the same way forbidden. Article 44. In case Germany violates in any manner whatever the provisions of Articles 42 and 43. she shall be regarded as committing a hostile act against the powers signatory- of the present treaty and as calculated to disturb the peace of he world.
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2 GROUPS SEEK EUROPEAN AND ASIATICPOWER Statesmen Know Chief Peril, but Are Helpless, ’ Simms Declares. (Continued From Page One) ever you like, so it is and so it will remain until humanity is made in another mold. Germany, Japan and Italy, therefore, are the present danger spots because they are the most powerful of the “have nots.” Unless the principal “haves”—notably Great Britain, Soviet Russia, France and China—by some miracle can find a satisfactory solution, an early collision is inevitable. Sir Samuel Hoare, former British foreign minister—and a far abler stateseman than recent events may lead casual observers to believe — very clearly sees the handwriting. Just before he took the rap for the ill-fated Italo-Ethiopian peace proposal, he told the League of Nations: “It is not enough to insist collectively that war shall occur, or that war, if it occurs, shall be brought to p.n end. Something must be done to remove the causes from which war is apt to rise.” Sir Samuel thereupon warned, in effect, that what is driving Japan, Germany and Italy to war is the lack of essential colonial raw materials and the fear that, in time of greatest need, such materials would be withheld from them.
Suggested World Inquiry He suggested a world inquiry, and that in such inquiry" emphasis should fall upon the free distribution of such raw materials among industrial countries which require them so that all fear of exclusion and monopoly would be removed once and for all. Going a step further, George Lansbury, Labor Party leader, later moved in the House of Commons: “That this house affirms its profound belief in the futility of war, views with grave concern the worldwide preparations for war, and is of the opinion that, through the League of Nations, His Majesty’s government should make an immediate effort for the summoning of a new international conference to deal with the economic factors which are responsible—such as the necessity for access to raw materials and to markets and for the migration of peoples with a view to arriving at an international agreement which will remove from the nations the incentive to pile up armaments, and establish the peace of the world on a sure foundation.” Stopped Short of Mark Former Prime Minister Lloyd George went beyond Hoare or even Lansbury. He told Commons he did not believe there would be peace in the world until the question of mandates was reconsidered. But even he stopped short of the mark. Vividly he illustrated the well nigh hopeless task ahead of Europe if it calls such a conference as he and the others suggested. For while he dramatically cited how little Belgium had got “the best part of German East Africa,” and how little Portugal and Holland own vast tropical colonies, he neglected to mention that little Britain sways one-fourth the land surface of the globe or that the empire holds the lion’s share of German mandates. More obviously still, he f tied to suggest sharing British mandates with Italy, which he observed has few colonies, or with Germany, which has none. Nippon, of course, is doing very well by herself. European statesmen see that the demands of Germany, Italy and Japan for room to expand are bringing war nearer by the hour. But they are human so they want nations other than their own to make the sacrifices necessary to avert the impending calamity. No one here, however, seriously sxpects any sweeping reshuffling of the mandates. As for any solution short of providing Germany, Italy and Japan with colonies, or their equivalent, few believe one possible. The Hoare plan, which may be revived, simply would not work. The reason is simple. In time of peace, raw materials are always available. Nations lacking them can import them. It is in time of war that such materials become a matter of life or death, and it is precisely then that they can not always be obtained. Every nation, there-
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France Expected to Invoke Covenant Following Hitler’s Action. (Continued From Page One) clauses that demilitarized the Rhineland, no one had thought she would act so quickly. Many believed that Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy had persuaded Hitler to strike while the League was making a supreme efTort to end the Italo-Ethiopian crisis. League officials expected France to appeal at once to the League Council because Article Eight of the Locarno Treaty provides that it can be denounced only by a twothirds majority of the council and only when “the League of Nations ensures sufficient protection to high contracting parties.” Nazis, Jews Clash By United Press DANZIG FREE CITY, March 7. —Several persons were injured today in a clash between Jews and members of the Hitler Youth organization. The Hitler Youth members gathered outside a synagog where a memorial service was being held for Jewish war dead and san anti-Jewish songs. Polish Cabinet Meets By United Press WARSAW, March 7.—Foreign Minister Joseph Beck of Poland conferred with the Polish cabinet today as soon as news of the Reichstag fore, wishes to have Its own sources under its own control at all times. Japan’s conquest of North China is not really to provide an outlet for her surplus population. It is to gain control of essential raw materials in time of war as in time of peace, and a controlled market for her goods. It is to keep the national wealth circulating under the Japanese flag. Germany and Italy desire colonies for much the same reasons. Italians can and do flock to Argentina, the United States and other parts of the world. But in time they cease to be Italians and the wealth they have created ceases to be Italian .
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speech of Adolf Hitler was received here. Premier Marjan Koscialkowski then held a conference with Gen. Rydz-Smigly, inspector of the army. Holland Keeps Neutral By United Press AMSTERDAM. March 7.—Holland will not enter a non-aggression pact with Germany, as proposad in Adolf Hitler's offer to Germany's neighbors, but will prefer instead to continue its historic policy of complete indepndence and neutrality, according to the first reactions of well-informed observers here. Officials declined to comment on the Reichstag speech. Vienna Is Pessimistic By United Press VIENNA. March 7.—Austria's reaction to the Reichstag speech of Adolf Hitler today was one of deep pessimism. Thousands of radio listeners heard the German Fuehrer's words as he spoke.
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DUCE ACCEPTS, I principle: LEAGUED PLEA Nation Hopes Decision Will Allow Time for Capture of Jijiga. By United Press ROME, March 7.—Premier Benito Mussolini and his cabinet will accept “in principle" a League of Nations plea for peaceable settlement of the Italo-Ethiopian war, it was announced officially today. The cabinet decision. Italy hopes, will give Gen. Rodolfo Graziani, commander of Italy's southern army in Ethiopia, time to capture Jijiga, important strategic point. With Jijiga captured and another military success backing up her diplomats, Italy then will be ready to discuss peace terms —on her own terms, to all intents and purposes. Mussolini canceled all appointments for the remainder of the day in order to follow personally all developments resulting from the Reichstag speech of Adolf Hitler. II Duce was receiving frequent reports from Berlin and other European capitals. He expected to confer with Fulvio Suvich, undersecretary for foreign affairs, and Baron Pompeo Aloisi, chief Italian delegate to the League of Nations. throughout the afternoon and evening. OFFICIALS AT ALAMEDA GUARDS Take Action After Citizens Threaten to Seize City Offices. By United Press ALAMEDA. Cal., March 7. Armed guards retained by city officials patrolled Administration offices today after threats of seizure by militant citizens who joined 3500 striking school students in protest against the ouster of Superintendent of Schools William G. Paden. The patrol was maintained despite a warning from District Attorney Earl Warren of Alameda County, who informed Mayor Hans Roebke and other officials that they would be held responsible for any violence.
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