Oct. 16.
The policy of the Nazi Party has prevailed in Germany. Herr Hitler has not been able to secure a dispassionate consideration of the problem of Disarmament in the light of the notable concessions offered by France during the last week. Although the danger of Germany leaving the Conference for a and time has long been perceived, the precipitance of the present action, embracing as it does resignation from the League, has evidently come as a shock to Europe. Until fuller information is available it seems to justify the contentions which, all' along, have. imposed caution removing the obstacles to Germany's re-endowment with full status asa World-Power. 'Phe truculent assertions by which the Nazi Party won, first electoral support and' then absolute authority in, the Government, have been plain reject tions of the obligations of the 'Treaty of Versailles. Germany' action has, onthe face of it, destroyed the Four Power Pact and, has brought the Treaty of Versailles again, on to the|di eéuncil-tables of Europe. In his broadcast Herr Hitler drags out the musty distortions and misrepresentations of the terms on which the Germans agreed to an Armistice in 1918. This is a sorry end to what might have been an honourable effort of- German ce-operation with the-other Powers of the world: Itndocs much achieved by British and American friend-
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