NILATERAL denunciation of Berlin Apr 28. two more treaties was announced by Herr Hitler in his antic iously-awaited speech before the German Reichstag here today.
The treaties denounced were the Anglo-German Naval Treaty, whereby Germany and Britain each agreed to limit their naval construction, and the German-Polish Pact, in which the two countries guaranteed not to attack each other. Herr Hitler also replied to President Roosevelt's message appealing for world peace, In his reply Herr Hitler rebutted President Roosevelt's alleged insinuations that Germany was ihreatening the peace of the world.
The fear of war, he declared, was purely the result of an unbridled press agitation. ' He was, however, he said, ready to give an assurance to each State named by President Roosevelt, on the condi ition of absolute reciprocity and provided the States concerned requested such an assurance from Germany "together with appro: nate proposals.
With regard to Britain, Heri Hitler declared that when the Anglo-German Naval treaty was signed, this was done in the con~ viction that war between Britain and Germany would never again be possible, Now, however, he was compelled to state that Britain, both officially and unoft ly, lof {no doubt that such a conviction was not shared in London, He st till hoped, however, that it should "be possible to avoid an armament ts race with Britain, "Tie only claim we have ever made, and sha 11 continue to make, on England," he declared, "is for the return of our colonies: but this, he added, would never become a cause for a military conflict.
With reward to Poland, Herr Hitler stated that he lid made an offer {or the return of Danzig to the Germon Reich andthe. construction of a through corridor between Germany Droper nnd East Prussia, in retura for Sint he was prepared to give Poland 1.25 years" nonsaggression.guarantes, Stain "Poland had returned and he. thertare, considered the exiting non fguresvion treaty between Germany and. Poland t= no longer in existe nee."
Work stopped throughout Greater Germany' today 9s several, million people, who. had "been ordered 0 favemble before radio. sels listened io"the speech, then' providing the maximum oudignce for the Fuhrer' Historic pronouncement. No ote from tie: Fronen or Polish Embasties was resent at the Reletataz to hear the Fuehrer speak. Sir Robert Ogitvie= Forbes, the Counselor of the British they were taken from other com munities and made into other nations which they nnd never wished to be If President Roosevelt had specific instance in mind when he spoke of reports according te which (further acts of aggression. were con templated a Eniasiy, represented Great Beta Reply {o U.S: Presider Opening his. speech, Herr Hitler made an immediate reference to President Roosevelt's message.
"the President of the United States." he said, "has addressed telegram to mo, the singular contents of which ave known to you. Before received this document. the rest of the world had received knowledge of it by radio and the pross. Moreover, we received in numerous comment: from the democratic press of the world the friendly enlightenment that this telegram was a very clever and practical document aimed at burdening the authoritarian States with the re= sponsibility for the warlike measures of the plutocracies.
"Therefore," Herr Hitler declared, decided to convoke the Reichstag In order to give you a chance of bear= ing my reply to the telegram and of either confirming or rejecting it. 1 botieved it appropriate to do this in view of President Roosevelt's proce-duro and in order to inform the world of my reply by means similar to those he used."
Replying to President Roosevelt's Proposals, point by point, the Fuehrer and solely lay in unbridled press agit: ask him to name the States trea with aggression and to state who he aggressor in question; "President Roosevelt said that the world is plainly moving towards moment when this situation must end in catastrophe unless a rational Way of guiding events is found. false declared that 1 have repeatedly asserted that 1 and the German people have no desire for war and that if this be true there need be no Tewish to point out, firstly, that T have not conducted any war; second-Ly. that for years past 1 have ex-Pressed my abhorrence of war, and itis also true, my abhorrence of war mongers; and thirdly, that I am not oan meet shu era war and Yer fante wore. artitclally "pressing pamie: Points 10 and 11 of Herr Hitler's Bae ace ti eae 5 sequences for the wortd, cintering into the Great War and Provided use world
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