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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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In a Reichstag speech on May 21, 1935, Adolf Hitler denied war plans, demanded return of German colonies lost at Versailles, asserted rearmament rights, and endorsed collective European security. Cabinet approved conscription law violating the treaty, with one-year service term.
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ANY PLAN TO
PROVOKE WAR
Says Nation Will Also Seek The
Return Of Colonies Taken
From Her At Versailles
CONSCRIPTION IS APPROVED
Cabinet Passes Measure In
Violation Of Treaty With One
Year Term Of Service
By FREDERICK C. OECHSNER
(Copyright, 1935, By United Press)
BERLIN, May 21.—Reichsführer
Adolf Hitler told the German na-
tion and the world tonight that
Germany will demand the return
of her lost colonies and full equal-
ity in all respects with other na-
tions, but has no intention of going
to war or entering an armaments
race.
In an eagerly awaited speech to
a packed session of the reichstag
in the Kroll opera house, which
was broadcast to all Germany and
to leading foreign nations, Hitler
gave a thorough exposition of his
foreign policy, embodied in 13
points.
He declared that Germany is
ready to participate in a collective
system of security to guarantee
European peace.
Germany, he said, has every
right to re-arm despite the Versail-
les treaty, because the other sig-
atory nations have already scrap-
ped the treaty by not keeping their
pledge to disarm to Germany's ley-
el.
Regarding
Germany's current
building-up of a submarine force
—also prohibited by the treaty—
Hitler said Germany would accept
elimination of submarines 'in case
of equal international regulation.'
BERLIN, May 21. (U.P.)—The cab-
inet today passed Adolf Hitler's de-
fense law providing for a Germap
conscript army in violation of the
Versailles treaty.
The cabinet acted before the
reichstag convened at 8 p. m. Her-
mann Wilhelm Goering, minister of
propaganda, opened the proceedings
with greeting to the Saarland dep-
uties, sitting for the first time. The
representatives of the restored
province were greeted
with loud
cheers.
BERLIN, May 21. (U.P.)—Reichs-
führer Hitler today decreed a one
year term of compulsory military
service for Germans.
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Primary Location
Berlin
Event Date
May 21, 1935
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germany demands return of lost colonies and equality with other nations; right to rearm asserted; conscription law passed with one-year compulsory military service term, violating versailles treaty.
Event Details
Reichsführer Adolf Hitler delivered a speech to the Reichstag outlining Germany's foreign policy in 13 points, denying intentions to provoke war or enter an armaments race, demanding return of colonies taken at Versailles, asserting right to rearm due to other nations' failure to disarm, and expressing readiness for collective European peace security. Cabinet passed defense law for conscript army before Reichstag session; Goering greeted Saarland deputies; Hitler decreed one-year compulsory military service.