In his Danzig speech, Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop has clearly shown Germany's diplomatic game, politi-Cal circles here declared. After the failure of Herr Hitler's "peace offend sive," Germany is trying again to separate France and Great Britain by placing the responsibility of the war on and referring to France as a possible friend of Germany, "It is utterly useless to comment on such absurdities" was the semi-official reaction here.
Very few papers commented on the speech and saw nothing new in the xwh Ne wk pr, interest a" pláyed by the press here in the German Foreign Minister's statement is attributed to the fact that the speech was intended mostly for home consumption, Writing in "L'Ordre" this morning, Pertinax said the speech was "all that could be expected from the vulgar man who made it," adding that "Public utterances of Nazi leaders are just as shameful as their deeds." Herr von Ribbentrop's main purpose he concluded, was to "hide from the German people the desperate position in which their Fuehrer has placed them."
"Lo Jgurnal" also stressed that the speech brought no new factor into the international situation. "It was hardly worth while to confer with Herr Hitler for two hours to make such common-place utterances," the paper added.—Havas.
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