Shortly after the registration of the patent in Eire, counsel continued, negotiations took place, with the consent of Mr. Held, with representatives of the British Air Ministry, the Belgian Government, the Italian Government and the French Government.
As a result of discussions which Mr. Hamilton had in England with representatives of Viscount Nuffield, he believed that there were reasonable prospects of selling the patent in England; but the negotiations were obstructed by Mr. Held, and nothing resulted from them.
About the end of November, 1938, Mr. Held and Mr. Hamilton had a conversation with the German Minister to Eire.
The Minister stated that he was going on the following Monday to London, and that he would get in touch with them on his return.
On Dec. 14 Mr. Hamilton met Mr. Held by appointment, and when he asked Mr. Held what bad happened about the German Minister, Mr. Held said he gave him the papers—meaning the plans and specifications—on the day that the Minister left for England.
Mr. Held further stated, according too, are working hand-in-hand with the militarists. They organize children into Boy Scouts. They compel youth in Schools and colleges to take up military drill under the pretext that it puts them in the finest physical and mental condition. Volunteer corps, military training camps, officers' training corps, etc., spread attractions and offer free courses in the art of trapping and killing their fellow-men on the battlefield. It is not enough that a youth know how to use small weapons and take care of himself under adverse conditions, 2 conscripted to active soldiering, he must learn to kill by thousands and be skilled in the destructive weapons of modern warfare.
Humanity will soon wake up. The Boy Scouts will give way to Scouts of Peace. The schools will dismiss to the affidavit, that the Minister told him that he handed all the papers over to the Ambassador in London, and that they were now all in Berlin.
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