The Archive · 1937

Moscow Blamed for War Scare

Berlin, Feb, 19.

By a decree of the War Ministry, the Chas of 1917 was called appear before the Board of Review uring the coming summer. In East Prussia. which is under a special Yegime, the class of 1912 was also called but that class will "dispense with labour service and will begin military service starting on October That Germany no longer faced any war danger after she had rearmed herself, was declared yes terday by Dr. Paul Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda, in the course of a long political ' speech delivered in the Deutsehlandhalle here before a gathering of 20,000 Nazis, "There will be no war" the Reich's Chief Propagandist affirmed. *I may tell you frankly to-day that our Feamnament had involved a serious "Our adversaries claimed that Frenchmen would re-occupy Rhineland if we came to power. 1 dare say that in the meantime Frenchmen lost the desire to re-enter the Ruhr.

"Atler we concluded our rearmament we tore up the Treaty of Ver~ sailles and threw it into the face, of our adversaries, ©The Fuehrer has stretched out his hand to the people of France. We have no territorial claims toward France.

Attack on Vatican After giving an outline of Germany' relations with Japan and the Balkan states, Dr. Goebbels strongly attacked the Holy See.

"As far as 1 am aware." he said, "the Red Government of Valencia and Barcelona is accredited to the Vatican but not the National Spanish Government of Gen. Francisco Franco, This gives one food for tought, On whose side are Chris-ion churches In the struggle against Bolshevism As regards the situation in Spain, he said Germany was strongly determined.to prevent Bolshevism from Using western Europe and Spain "as 8 spring-board for its aims."

In conclusion the speaker denied that Germany had sent troops to, Spanish Morocco, "The report came. from Moscow and was spread by the Paris press. This caused us to) Tauneh 'a counter-attack," he said, alluding to the German press reports on the alleged creation of a Commnist republic in southern France.

germany" he added, "will be able to prevent Moscow from throwing Europe into a state of chaos. This T can formally proclaim."—Havas.

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