NEW PEACE OF SECURITY

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 419, 28 April 1937, Page 5

NEW PEACE OF SECURITY

: BRUSSELS MEETING | MINISTER'S COMMUNIQUE German Manoeuvring j Press AssociationI—Copyright. 1 —Copyright. j ~ (Received 11.30 a.m.) Brussels, April 27. After an interview between Mr Anthony Eden and Dr. Van Zeeland, M. spaak, Foreign Minister, issued a communique stating that the discussions centred chiefly on strengthening the peace of Europe and the elaboration of a new Pact of Security for Western Europe. A London message stairs: — A German attempt to neutralise Belgium permanently, thereby paralysing Franco-British intervention on i the western front in the event of trouI ble in the East, formed the backI ground of yesterday’s conversations ■ between Mr Anthony Eden, British I Foreign Secretary, and Belgian MinI isters, says the Morning Post’s Brusj seis correspondent. I The German Government, it is un. I derstoed, intimated that it will guari antee Belgian independence only if ! Belgium denounces her League Coven, i ant obligations and gives 'assurances ■ that she will not allow under any cir-

cumstances the passage of foreign iroops across her territory. The correspondent adds that ’here is. no doubt that Germany is employing all its resources to weun Belgium from Franco-British influence. The ; chief result of Mr Eden’s convsrsai lions is to show how far she has not succeeded.