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THE CHINA MUE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBE
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(Continued from Page 37
There followed, onwards from Sept. 25 a period of intensive exchanges of views at Geneva, in which the delegations" of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy and the United States In were primarily engaged. these conversations Sir John Simon, took an active part- The then Foreign Secretary ftried to find any modification în the British. Draft Convention] which would bring about umi- versal acceptance
When Sir John Simon sd- dressed the Bureau of the Dis on the armament Conference morning of October 14 he re- vealed that he was proposing a modification of the MacDonald Plan in a fundamental respect. Its operation was, in fact, to be divided into two distinct parts. Herr Hitler's Kise
For the original "Five Years' Plan" was now to be substitut- draw from the Disarmament, favoured the complete abolition Germany's notice of military air forces, the inter- ed an "Eight Years Plan," Conference
of intention to withdraw from nationalisation of civil aviation, embodying what
for was, Britain, a revolutionary idea, the League followed on Oct. 21, and the creation of an inter- though one which had figured and became effective last week. national air police. Others Still doggedly determined to desired to prohibit air bombard in earlier French proposals.
Yet others were? Stripped of its trimmings, the clinch the Disarmament Con-meat while retaining military proposal was for the division of vention which had seemed so air forces.
two near, the British Government caly prepared to agree to pro- the total period into
its endeavours hibition of bombing subject to separate phases of approximate persisted in ly equal duration, the first of throughout the ensuing winter conditions which seemed diff-
Its efforts were cult to fulfil which should have an experi- and spring. mental or probationary charac-now directed through the diplo- The discussion - came to an inconclusive end, was never re- matic channel.
sumed In fact, the obstacle to Rome Conversation. Sir John Simon went to Rome Progress remained as before,] a conversation with the seeming impossibility of in mind that the year 1933 had and had seen the development of an Signor Mussolini in February finding a basis which would be entirely new policy in Germany of last year. "Mr. Anthony acceptable to Germany and to with the coming into power of Eden was despatched to Paris, Herr Hitler nine months Rome and Berlin for the pur-1 before.
+
ter.
To grasp the purport of this proposal it is necessary to bear
France
on
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The position is not made pose of explaining our point of easier by Germany's refusal to Conference table, Sir John Simon justified his view, and learning by direct resume her place at the Dis- as Sir Samuel Hoare proposal by a reference to the contact what is the attitude of armament
of other Governments to our for, "present unsettled state
observed in the House of Com M. Europe."
Paul-Boncour, Memorandum "
Aug. 1, 'It seems Once again the results proved on
discuss representative of France. was
plain clearly impossible to more outspoken in his refer disappointing. It was ences to a new and aggressive that France could not tolerate any agreement for abolishing ly militaristic regime in Ger- the idea that her disarmament air warfare without German
adimitted He
quite should coincide with Germany's co-operation.” many. Thus, 19th Dec. frankly that it was France rearmament.
The French Note of April 17 which had made the vital reser-
dashed STRANDED WHALES vations respecting the British "Barthou's No draft proposals, and he spoke of such hopes as still survived in certain political events which London Drawing attention to the Disarmament Conference the German budget figures, then just available, which could not overlook."
showed great increases in pro-
Tats.
Srd Dec. Thurs., 2nd Jan 1936.
Germany Withdraws vision for the fighting services," In accepting the French view France preferred to place in as to the practical requirements the forefront of her preoccupa- of security, the British Govern- tions the conditions of her own
For all practica. ment automatically found itself security."
300 Found On Beach
In Tasmania
CATTLE IN NEIGHBOURHOOD PANIC-STRICKEN
Hobart (Tasmania). 6th Jan ranged against the German purposes the work of the Dis- Three hundred whales extend- immediate ammament Conference was ating for half a mile have been 1935 requirements for
found stranded on a beach near recognition of equality of an end. 2nd Dec.rights 4th Dec.
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It is believed that the whales, Henderson the decision of the of disarmament in the air. German Goverment to with Facts again disprove this state which are commercially valueless, stranded themselves after stamp- -They British policy on aerial limi-eding in shallow tation was declared by Mr. died later Benter Baldwin in the House of Com mons on July 1, 1932. It would have provided for AL--The complete proibition of
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