NAZI AIMS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 March 1940, Page 5

NAZI AIMS

HITLER’S REPORTED PROPOSALS ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES OF INFLUENCE. COMBINATION TO SUPPRESS BOLSHEVISM. NEW YORK, March 18. The Rome eoi'iASpoiulenl of the “New Voi-k Times’’ says that Herr Hiller’s original peace proposal as understood at Hie Vatican was as follows: —

1. General, simultaneous and immediate disarmament. 2. A. return to the Four-Power Paet in the form of a new European directory, substituting for the League of Nations four States dividing Europe into zones of influence, and inaugurating an anti-Bolshevik policy aimed at the liberation of Russia, by arms if necessary, from Communism. Recognition of absolute religious freedom after Germany has forced all Jews to emigrate under the * direction of England, Italy and France to Palestine. Ethiopia, and Madagascar respectively. 4. Absolute freedom of trade and access to raw materials, with close economic co-operation with the United States, and the facilitation of Italian and German emigration. 5. Restitution within 20 years of the German colonies, or equal colonial compensation, or at least protection of German emigration to determined areas in Africa. fl. Reconstruction of an independent Poland, composed primarily of Ihe central zone of the Polish territory with 10.000,000 inhabitants, with Gdynia to be a Polish free port, and also with free trade for Poland through Danzig, and a general facilitation of Polish communication to the sea; a settlement of the Polish frontiers by an internationally-controlled plebiscite. with the Polish and Danubian minority problems to be settled by transmigration. 7. The Czechs, Slovaks and Magyars to constitute a tripartite State, allied to the Reich, which would enjoy industrial and communication privileges therein for 25 years. 8. Austria to remain in the Reich. o A. Danubian Federation to be constituted as a Customs union equalising the interest of the large and small States in the Danube Basin. with Italy. Germany. Rumania. Yugoslavia, Bohemia, Slovakia and Hungary participating therein. 10. Status quo of the Balkans to be maintained.

11. Free Customs transit for Italian goods through Jibuti (French Somaliland), anticipating an expiration of the Suez Convention, and also new status for the Italians in Tunisia. It is believed that Signor Mussolini is convinced that a peace by this method would be hopeless, and that one of his reasons for meeting Herr Hitler was to induce the Fuehrer to make modification. VATICAN DENIAL PLAN NOT PRESENTED TO BRITAIN. LONDON, March 19. The Vatican officially denies that the peace plan was revealed from a Vatican source. The British Government officially denies knowledge of the plan and says it has not been presented to it by Mr Welles or anybody else. Such a plan has never been taken very seriously in London, according to a diplomatic correspondent. He says the 11 points are the kind of points which might be expected from the Nazis, including references to the restoration of peace and sops to several Powers. Beyond that they would give the Nazis all they want in Europe and in no way right the wrongs Germany has done to her neighbours.