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Hokitika Guardian, 20 September 1932, Page 5

The /principle cf the limitation of armaments Is, ini theory, accepted by all, and it seems desirable in the highest degree, that the statesmen meeting at Geneva should - come to an early decision as to whether they are prepared to /abrogate those Clauses of Part Five of the Versailles Treaty which . ar, a inconsistent with disarmament. A reasonable decision on this point would either bring the representatives of Germany to Geneva or furnish the strongest evidence that what the present Germany Government really desires is liberty to- re-arm.

BRITISH NOTE CRITICISED. (LONDON, September 19. The ‘‘Daily, Chronicle,” in a leading article criticises the British note as being an unsatisfactory use of Britain’s opportunity to- clarify Europe’s problems. It says: “The trouble is that it ignores facts.” FRENCH UNCERTAINTY. WHAT DOES BRITAIN MEAN P PARIS, September 19. The British Government’s statement on the German claim to equality in armaments, has been received with mixed feelings in France, in view of the possibility that it means tampering with the Versailles Treaty in bi‘der to v save t-he Disarmament Conference, but the apparent rebuke to Germany for raising this thorny issue at the present juncture is applauded.

german claim supported. BERLIN, September 19. Mr D. Lloyd Gteorge has an article in tlie “Beerson Courier,” in which he declares that he is ono of the surviving statesmen responsible for the Treaty of Versailles, and as such he supports tlie German claim to obtain equality in armaments. He asserts that the victorious nations have shamelessly broken faith regarding disarmament.

GERMANY'S SECRET ARMING. LONDON,’ September ,19. ' The London Daily Chronicle's Paris correspondent says that the dossier cabled yesterday showing Germany’s armaments, allegedly establishes beyond doubt the fact that Germany has been arming herself feverishly for several years, and that factories in Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Italy and in Russia, have secretly been manufacturing' for her, guns, rifles, ammunition and aeroplanes. 1 COMMENT in THE PRESS. (Received this day at 9.25 a.m' fpARIS, September 19. M. Pertinax in the <r Eoho de Paris” says the British statement is one of the strongest pieces of diplomatic wilting. “>Le Matin’’, urges M. Herriot to open before the world court at the Hague or League, the dossier cabled on 18th. September and thus assist in fixing the adjustment whereof Britain speaks. The “Figaro” remarks: “It is our fortune that Britain likes to settle international ‘affairs in the salon, not in the ring.” NO OFFICIAL U.S. COMMENT.

lßeceived ( ,this day at 10.15 a.m.) WASHINGTON, September 19. Although the State Department is officially; making no comment on Bri-tain’s.-note relating to the German armament claim, it has unquestionably created a favourable impression in official circles.