Melbourne, Oct. 7.
"No peace offer but a blustering attempt to justify war" was how the Australian Prime Minister, "Mr. R. G. Menzies, today described Hitler's speech.
The Premier added: "The plain questions to Hitler are: Is the independence of Poland and the national integrity of the Czechs and Slovaks to be restored? Is aggression to cease? Will there be some effective peace machinery and real disarmament "Hitler's outpouring of words" Mr. [Menzies commented "does not answer these questions." Reuter.
London, Oct, 7.
Chancellor Hitler's peace offensive in Europe did not end yesterday with his address before the Reichstag. neutral diplomatic observers be lieved here last night.
The Reichstag speech, it was believed, was directed primarily at the German nation to impress the German people with the firmness and defiance of their Government.
Observes were impressed by the lack on^really concrete proposals in Herr Hitler's Reichstag speech and believed if was an invitation for further inquiry by Britain and France, through a neutral Power. Most neutral quarters here believed that Herr Hitler's final peace terms would reach Britain and France through confidential diplomatic channels and that they would not be disclosed to the German nation, particularly, until a final reply has been received from the Allied Powers.—United Press.
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