AIM AT MONARCHY

Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1932, Page 5

AIM AT MONARCHY

IN GERMANY . 'vAUimv- •. • IMPRESSIVE MILITARY PARADE. ; ... . r \ ;•> : > j.i (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.), LONDION, September 5.. . At ifasast.- twenty . (members of >.tbe former; German Royal Family and . al&o the. m<»jority of r, th.e-jme?nbe r s of ithe ' German. Cabinet; - nbwti not President Hindeilburg, were among . the spectators 'of thebiparade/of SteeK H&lfnetsc ini Berlin on.. Sunday. •,■•••>.t; lo atm 1 oifi” The spectators numbered, a 197,000, and not: 160,000, as previously cabled. Press . correspondents describe it as “the moat momentous iMoiiarch'Gt demonstration since, the .war.” ■ There is ho longer any doubt that the Von .Papen and Schleicher Cabinet aims at the ultimate restoration of the HohenzoPern Monarchy, which, however. is. not likely to be .achieved until •President, Von Hindenburg and the exKaisen.are dead., ~ • jThe parade , .took seven hours to pass -the saluting base. The troops were W--1 armed*t Tbe fflajOrity were clad in -the eld time /tinifefnie end the hcene was j. ueminisem- of the' year , 1914. ■ .• SundayVrJJarade, .indeed, alone conelated pt- eleven thousand more Steel &«luett. then.; the festAbU|!>dd strength of the Srftlsh 'Arniy,, *nd 'Was Almost double, »i* e •of the official German

Republican;.Army. : .ivsiabi; •There 1 wa® a dramatic', moment when ' Herr Seldt called for,the Steel Hel.mets to. awear a long oath to preserve obedience. *> the leaders and loyalty •ol arms’.,untS» death-in the fight for Germany,’e freedom and,, greatness, also in comradeship against tne enemies of the fatherland. Whereupon a united “We S.ivear : 4”,',.Tang from the grey green masswith uplifted arms; .if Tfhree of the Steel -.Helmets were crushed to death during , the parade, and. four qf ’ (the spectators (were killed aa. the rWUH of accidente. The parade, of the German Steel 'Helmets. hsUB, •farmed the; pnew. • “Le .-Temps’*, says "It would have grave ’iConseiiuencea to the civilised world if the : world were to «liut its - eyes to*,.this- spectacle, whereas the real -military soul of Germany, is revealed with br.utab frankness.”-. ‘The .: Times' y■ fe views Germany’s cilaim to .’equality of ; armaments in conjunction with the Steel Helmets 1 display. It says.: "If. to not surprising that this,: claim to An; equality of armaments ,has aroused profound misgivings in the • neighbouring countries.” ;.r ' “The: Times,’' however, .urges the -BritishGovernment to-.; consider the question*? a» possible. "the; - «tt Would he ,im- j ’ possible in the long run, to keep a firstclass power ,:iii-A:.iße<sbifll«fcUMri.;-pottoiott. |, Gtrnumy must be given no excuse to take /unilateral fctltffi. destroying at one stroke proapecte o!. general disarmament.” .. • It, is understood that Germany will not send a representative to a meeting of the budget committee o! the Disarmament Conference on 'September 12. This would ’be the -first practical application of "Germany’s threat to boycott the conference, unless the equality der mand is grantd. , |The German Ambassador at Wa?-h----xnetbn has been ihfitrtfc,ted tlo- negotiate for a thirty months’ postponement of the current payment of three and ahalf millions sterling due to America by Germany, under the Mined Claims Commission for the cost of the Army of Occupation.,

THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES

ITS APPLICATION TO >' GERMANY

LONDON, September 4

Mr J. L. Garvin;- editor otfj?th© '“Observetr/”. flays: f, TjrW Treaty "of Versailles ’did not envisage Germany hold in everlasting subjection. It set forth' among other aims ‘‘general limitation in the arms of all .nation*,’ yet after thirteen year*’ peace, the armament of non-German Europe, is far heavier than in (■ Between now and the resumption of the Disarmament Conference, the world will want to know whether there is any prospect"' of relief from the >. mden, or whether the moral obligation of the VersaiMea treaty it taken seriously by politicians and whether , the latter are so infatuated as to. imagine a nation like Germany can be kept under thes perpetual stigma Of inferiority. •

GERMANY’S DEMAND

POWERS IN CONSULTATION

LONDON, i.Sepember 3

The portion rega?4iijg. : <> Germany's demand % arms, eqpalijky ist-Mfli: as follows s.The French L'abinet hfi$ ..-.fully the question and decided on a ft'.mal acknowledgment. Meantime, the signatories to the .European ; consultative'/.pact, recently initiated, under which the Governments concerned are pledged. L? keep one another informed on matters affecting mutual interests and exchange views' thereon with, candour, will, consult. These consultations will probably occupy some time, owing to the .Ministers in tb e various countries being/on holiday, or otherwise engaged. , ... Premier! Mussolini received the aide rnemoire from the German 'Ambassador at Rome, with whom he 'had a Jong conversation. The British Cabinet will fully re- , yiew the matter on Sir J, Simon’s return from .Balmoral, where he is visiting the King.