"Throughout this peried the Government of the United States made known to the Government of Ttaly its anxious concern over the growing deterioration of peaceful international relationships. Both on the occasion of the Itslo-Ethiopian controversy and during the period preceding Healy's entry into the European war this Government addressed numerous communications to the Government of Italy in an effort to prevent new breaches of workd order. germany, from the time that Hitler and his associates came to power In 1983, bogan feverishly to construct vast_ armaments, while following a programme of repeatedly made and repeatedly broken promises a part of a skillful diplomatic ame designed to ull the suspicions of other countries. After employing for several months at the Disarmament Conference in Geneva tactics Which have since become a distinct pattern of German. poligy—further emends as previous demands are met Germany, in October, 1993, rendered impossible any effective international agreement for limitation of armaments ty withdrawing from' the Disarmament Conference. There then followed nearly six years during which Germany, having determined upon a policy of unlimited conquest, moved inevitably toward the catastrophe of war.
"Germany's work of preparation followed we main lines. The frst consisted in the creation of armed force. To this end her entire national economy was transformed into highly regulated and highly discipline ed war economy. Every. phase of
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