INADEQUATE MILITARY FORCES
GERMANY CAN ONLY PROTECT FRONTIERS BERLIN, February 11. ’A picture of Germany in chains was minted by General Groener, the new Defence Minister-. Addressing the Budget Committee of the Reichstag, he declared; “Enchained by the Versailles Treaty in a manner nearly unbearable for a sovereign people, we cannot make war on a great scale with our army. We can only protect the frontiers and secure our own neutrality in times of conflict. In order to fulfil this task our little army must have the greatest energy in manoeuvring capacity. How the art of war is to develop we do not know, but we certainly cannot keep pace with the other nations.” He concluded by stressing that the army must keep clear of the “ political Inna line.”
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Evening Star, Issue 19789, 13 February 1928, Page 4
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129INADEQUATE MILITARY FORCES Evening Star, Issue 19789, 13 February 1928, Page 4
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