The Archive · 1936

German Gesture Towards Britain Over Colonies

Bern, Oct

gulden "Geeon" ("poor the The country te myelicd. by the National Colonial Conference due start at Breslau on October 10, A campaign to make the country "colony-cautelous" had been worked up for some time, and the Breslau conference was to be accompanied Spectacular publicity.

'A cryptic announcement Issued today attributes: the postponement of the conference to the illness of one of the organizing ofteals, but there 4s ood reason to believe that me explanation Iles. deeper, 'Br. Schacht, Minisie® of Eeonomte Afacs, and, Herr Ritter von Opp, Director of Coloniat Affaire, ae Teed eis of the "colonial movement, but ere Witler himaolt fas never" been 4 'Teading' exponent of the colonia} Jcampalgn, Herr von Ribbentvop. the German Ambassador to Great Brith, also Tukewarm on the subject, batieving that pursuit of the colonial dqestion' wit be. harmful "i "Great Britain is thereby antagonized.

Events at the recent Brllsh Conservative congress. have provided strong weapon for the school working for better Felations with Britain even at the cost of temporarily snerincing he colonial questioner,

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