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French View Of Yesterday's Long Harangue
-ITALY'S
VIEW OF SPEECH
Rome, To-day.
Hitler's speech is fully approv ed by Signor Gayda, writing in "Giornale d'Italia.”
"It was evident,” he says, "that Germany and Italy could not sub- mit passively to the policy of en- circlement."--Reuter.
American View Of Speech
Feeling Effect NOT A QUESTION
Of World Opinion
Paris, To-day.
"Hitler is marking_time,” is the first French com- ment on Hitler's speech, which was less violent than was feared.
Hitler's long defence of his rape of Czecho-Slovakia: is noted as showing the effect of world opinion.. It is felt that the firm Anglo-French attitude, cul- minating in British conscription, is beginning to tell.
Washington, To-day. Poland,
SOME members of Con-
gress have expressed Rumania
frank disappointment at
the
speech.
tone of Hitler's Cleave
Others call it blustering or bluf-
fing.
Mr. Sol. Bloom, acting chairman
Closer
Bucharest, To-day.
of the House of Representatives THE probable effect of foreign affairs committee, de- clared:
the German denun-
ciation of the German-
"In one breath he says pence for the world and in the next Polish Pact will be to breath makes a virtual ultimatum hasten the development to Poland."
of co-operation between Senator William Borah, dean of Poland and Rumania. the Senate's foreign relations committee, considers that Hitler It is reported that after the regarded his speech as ending the return of the Rumanian Foreign matter of further world peace dis- Minister, M. Gafencu, from his cussions. — Reuter,
trip to European capitals, the Bal kan. Entente countries will hold another conference in Bucharest.
At the conference the Bul- garian territorial demands would be discussed.
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BERLIN, TO-DAY. WHILE THE NAZI PRESS WELCOME HITLER'S SPEECH ENTHUSIASTICALLY, FOR- CIRCLES EIGN POLITICAL
ARE FRANKLY PESSIMISTIC.
One diplomat told Reuter: "It Isn't a question of whe- ther there will be a war but when.”
The speech is widely interpret- ed as meaning that Hitler is de-
termined, to settle the Danzig question in his own way, although The decision to denounce the he knows that the fate of Europe Anglo-German Naval Treaty caus- probably hangs on the way he set- ed no surprise, as it was long ex-tles it. pected....
Cancellation of the German-Pol- ish Treaty shows that Poland is still the point where tension lies.
There is no disposition to feel that a slackening of the efforts of the Democratic powers in defence of peace is justified.-Reuter
- POLAND AND CZECHS Many are comparing the pro- cedure against Poland with that against Czech-Slovakia.
If the two are parallel, it is thought the next move will be far wider and more energetic demands to Warsaw-Reu- ter.
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