Paris, Mar. 30.
"France will be ready Yor negotiations likely to" strengthen peace when respect international Taw hag been restored."
Such were the words in which the Foreign Minister, M. Pierre-Elienne Flandin, reiterated "France's stand toward' Germany's repudiation treaties and remilitarization of the Rhineland, ina speech on foreign policy last. night before an electoral meeting in his constituency Vevelay, in the Department de 'M, Flandin emphasized that the bases for eventual negotiations with Germany "must be precise and serious.
He said he was disappointed that Herr Hitler's recent speeches had failed to define more clearly his Somewhat vague peace proposals of March 7.
"He contented himself with defining one important point, however, when he contrasted the value of treaties with what he called vital and eternal Fights of the German people.'
"Accordingly, the Reich refuses to submit to the judgment of The Hague Court the, question of the Franco-Soviet pad's compatibility with Locarno and Herr Hitler claims the
own house."
Fight to do, what he pleases in his Two Questions Raised This situation, he went on, raises two series of questions, The first, of principle, is: "What will be the value of existing treaties tommorrow if Germany reserves herself the right to repudiate them in the name of eternal morals and, vial rights' of the German nation?" The second a point of fact: "Who will, tomorrow, in Germany's view, be the whose decisions she will respect?"
"It is impossible not to perceive deep contradiction between the two opposing conceptions of international life, Germany's, which is that of might, and that of the rest of the world, based on law.
"At the present moment, doubtlessly for the sake of the requirements, his diplomatic propaganda, the Fuhrer proclaims his desire for 25 years peace, and later perhaps, for eternal peace, with France, "Is it for the sake of preparing peace that ho is hastily re-militariz~ Ing Rhineland, where' fortifications fare now being built? Why and against whom are they built?
"It Here Hitler is sincere when speaking of peace, he should define what he means by vital rights of the German people' and by "equality of
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