GENEVA ADJOURNS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 October 1933, Page 5

GENEVA ADJOURNS

TEXT OF REPLY

TO NOTIFICATION BY GERMANY. (United Press Association —By F’ectrio Telegraph—Copyright; An GENEVA, October .16. Before adjourning, the- delegates adopted the text of’ the reply to Germany’s notification. The reply was despatched by iMr -Henderson to Herr Neurath as follows : “I have now communicated to tlie General 'Commission Your .Excellency’s' 1 telegram of October 14, announcing the decision of the 'German Government to discontinue participation in the work of the Conference' for the'reduction 'and limitation of armaments, 'and- indicatmg the reasons far that decision. The German Government took the step at the moment when ''the Bureau had jugt decided to submit to the Genera] Commission .a definite, .programme. ! “This programme was to be completed (wiifhin 'a limited period and provided for: realisation, progressively, in accordance with the resolution of !the (Conference ]in .’ which Germany j herself concurred, of . a reduction of \ armaments comparable . with those ’ contemplated in the conveiition su'b ; . mitted to, the general ’ Conference. ! This programme provides also for corresponding measures of . security tmd for realisation of the equality • of right which the German Govern-, ment ha* always placed in the,,, fore- j front of its demands, I regret the grave decision which has been taken by jour Government, for, ..’reasons which, I ,afl» unable t p 'accept as' valid.”

GERMAN WITHDRAWAL REVIEWED

COMMENT IN ENGLISH PRESS

LONDON, October 16

News of. Saturday’s, developments

was received with complete calm in London., where the announcement of Germany’s ' withdrawal from b°th the Djisafirnaiment '.Conference and the League : of '.Nations was attributed to the desire to create the maximum impression .Jn ■ Germany... Hitler’s explanation of his action ’ is: generally regarded' aeV, entirely unconvincing, particularly) in. .view of .the fact ■- that the "proposed Convention, so far from inflicting ‘humiliation on Germany •Would be to: confer npon .her the equality which; she demands, at the end df eight' years."’": - The - “Daily Telegraph” •’’ "-'States •• This is - not the time ..far. alarmist, .gg'Tta/ion.. No grounds, exist 'for any J fear that peace ' is : endangered by: '.the ! latest, aud most sensational prOof of the spirit by which ■ Germany policy is; guided under Nafci dictatorship. that has been done to "mitigate the consequences of defeat and - humiliu-: tion for Germany 1 has counted for | nothing. ! The “Daily Mrtl” ' in 'a leader! says: The disarmament situation is, not seriously changed. Geneva’s 'talk- j jng shop has ’received a blow, but is | anyone the worse for it? Britain! should strengthen her fleet immediately, | ■while France further extends the de* | fences on the Eastern' frontier.

“The Times” -says : It is the plain duty of other Governments to show Hitler that the ways of the swashbuckler and hothead will bring him no success in diplomacy. The German 'Chancellor has chosen the very moment when negotiations seemed nearer than ever before, to make his announcement. The Hew situ a tio n will not be met -by the countries whom Germany ha,s defied, meting either hurriedly or singly. The best way to recreate hopes of removing, one potent cause of woi’ld unrest is to put into shape an agreement which is open to 'Germany, (and reduce it ifeir public (consumption to the simplest terms. The “Daily Herald” urges that the best way to retrieve- the disaster of the week-end is for the Conference to

continue and produce a Convention, giving genuine. substantial di sarm n* ment.

FOUR REFRAIN FROM VOTING

GENEVA, Oct, 16. The representatives of Hungary, Soviet Russia, Poland, and Turkey Were the only delegates who refrained f |rom voting approval of the text; - The f Russian, Polish and Turkish representa- ' tives did not vote, because they had not participated in the negotiations referred to ih the reply. The Hungarian representative did not vote approval of the text of the .reply, because, he said, his country, according to the peace treaty, was in a special position, and had to, consider the disarmament problem from a different angle to the other countries. GERMANY BLAMES BRITAIN. BERLIN, Oct. 17. The German newspapers have officially been warned not to indulge in- any violent attacks on Britain, but to confine the necessary hostile comments to •Vithe'individual Ministers. ] Herr Neurath, expounding to for- / eign-pressmen Hitler’s,.broadcast, broke ;no new ground. He again charged the Powers with discriminating against -Gerriinny. He said that no reply to Mr Henderson’s note would be necessary. Germany had said her say. RUSSIA’S ALARM AT BREACH. LONDON, Oct. 17. 'Jim “Manchester Guardian’s” Most-

cow correspondent states; “The Russian press interprets the breach of the League of Nations Disarmament Conference a.s being a most serious threat to peace. There is no sympathy with the German policy.” AMERICA NOT INTERFERING. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. The Roosevelt Administration has deckled to leave to the European Powers the determination whether disarmament efforts will be continued on a general scale clown, and will not be represented at L'ne various conferences on the Continent this week.