Paris, Nov. 7.
'RENCH press comments this morning were unanimous in^ criticizing the speech delivered by Herr Hitler at Weimar yesterday, and stressing the dangers resulting from it.
"The Master of Germany has spoken and instead of stretching out his hand as one might have expected, he withdrew it," declared "L'Epoque," "Mr. Chamberlain really has no luck. First Saarbruecken, now Weimar.
It seems very difficult to be able to open discussions with the German leaders for they are firm believers in the principle that they are allowed everything.
For them there is no right but that of the strength of the Germ; an race. War-mongers must be, according to them, those who ar e not ready to serve their ends. If, as we believe, Herr Hitler's attitude comes of the knowledge lof his strength, it will be admitted that our leaders haven't a [minute to lose, for time flies."
According to "Lo Jour-L'Echo de Paris," the Weimar speech showed little progress from the one made at Saarbruecken. "It will not surprise anyone to see the Fuehrer attach so much ime portance to the opinion of British and French opposition circles," the paper added.
"The Chancellor referred only to Mr. Churchill and Mr. Greenwood, and did not mention the speeches made by Brit h and French Government leaders.
Considered from a domestic viewpoint the Weimar speech, ike the Saarbruecken one, appears, in the eyes of the German people, a justification of the policy of rearmament and privations which myst be imposed ju the near future."
The Berlin correspondent of "Lo Journal" will cause to reflect those optimists who imagined that after the Munich Agreement, a general accord between the major Powers Could be achieved from one day to the next, "The difficulties remaining to be solved are many and one of the main ones is the problem of disarmament, the journal continued. "In this connection, the Germans submit material claims on the relations which should, in future, exist between the armaments of the Western Powers and those of the Third Reich. Germany has no intention of losing the lead taken since 1935, and it may be considered certain that Germany will do all she can to maintain this lead."
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