is understood that the train Ribbentrop, German Foreign Berlin, Dee. 4. which Herr Joachim von Minister, will travel to Paris jon Monday, in order to sign the Franco-German "no-wat" declaration, will stop at Compiege.
It was in a railway carriage near Compiege that the Armistice was signed in 1918, At Compiege, Herr. von Ribbentrop will change into a special tr: and expected to arrive at Gare des Invalides, Paris, at 11 a.m, on "Tuesday.
He will call on President Lebrun in the afternoon, The German Foreign Minister's departure for Paris to sign the peace declaration comes as a climax to several weeks of Francophile propaganda in the pri ess and over the radio and in ithe utterances of public men. References to France on the subject lof the general strike were so overwhelmingly and suddenly sympathetic as to arouse comment in diplomatic quarters here, It is considered in these circles that the signature of the Franco-German declaration must be considered Jconnection with the anti-French de-British Penal monstrations in the Italian Chamber, fas it is felt inconceivable that the lat-Reforms ter could have occurred without the approval of the German Government.
One of the objects of this demonstra: tion, it is believed, was to create a London, Nov, 30, diversion in the south in order to] Sir Samuel Hoare, Home Secretary, [give greater emphasis to Germany's revealed more of his plans respecting Eesture in the north, with the aim of penal reform, when he moved the furthering her designs in other parts second reading of the Criminal Jus-for. Europe. tice Bill in Wie House of Commons The oficial view as put by the: yesterday.
plomatische Korrespondenz" is: "It The Bill improves methods of death is anticipated that the German-French ing with persons found guilty of of-declaration is intended to overcome fences and codifies and simblines the prejudices and create a new basis for Criminal Justice Law. fruitful ce-operation. States of order, Dealing with young offenders, Sit which oppose the decomposing forces Jot the world, now open their doors Samuel Hoare said that he felt he must have effective means of dealing {to the good reconstructive forces of father nations."—Reuter. with them. "Accordingly, in substitution for out-of-date methods, he was Genesis of Declaration proposing compulsory. attendance Paris, Dec. 3. r, was the last conversation at Ber-, otisy Cropostl, he declared, was tesqaden between Reichfuchrer Hitler land M. Andre—Francois-Poneet, then French Ambassador to Berlin and Rome, that led to final non-aggression" Declaration which is to be signed here on Tuesday.
The idea of a declaration similar to that signed by Herr Hitler and the British Premier, Mr. Neville Chamber. lain on September 30 was then and there studied by the two men. And the text of the projected declaration was practically agreed upon when Herr Ernst von Rath, Third Secretary in the German Embassy in Paris, was murdered.
Following the von Rath killing and! the anti-Semitic wave of persecution Ju the Reich, an atmosphere litre favourable to further parleys was fereated, But the arrival in Berlin of M. Robert Coulondre, new French Ambassador, resulted in a resumption The declaration is embodied three points, which constitute @ pact of non-aggression, assuring mutual frontier guarantees, and which foresee consultations between the two countries in the event of the threat of war arising between them. Furthermore, each country may continue to maintain its present system of alliances.
France Adheres {o Points of Policy based on the view of experienced social workers that wise punishment should do good, and not harm, should not break the thread of youthful offenders' lives nor take them out of employment, if they were employed, At the same time, the Home Secretary pointed out,' the punishment must be unpleasant, He proposed, therefore, compulsory attendance centres, to' which the young could be sent for a limited number of hours—the maximum. being 60 over w period of six months—and at which they would be ordered to attend for a given number of hours a day, the number never to exceed three.
'The idea, Sir Semucl Hoare con-eluded, was that young offenders would' be ordered to attend the centres on Saturday afternoons evenings, that they would be deprived of leisure, that they would not have fun such og going to foot Dall "matches or films, that they would be made to look' rather ridiculeus among their friends and that they would be given some kind of useful training.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.