Last night’s debate in the House of Commons on the subject of German rearmament, was hailed today as a warning on the part of Great Britain to the Nazi government to cease its persecution of the Jews and other minorities in the Reich in order to make the friendship of other nations possible.
Official circles and close observers pointed out today that the declarations of Sir John Simon, Stanley Baldwin and David Lloyd George in the course of the debate, must be taken as conclusive evidence of Britain’s keen interest and feeling with regard to the position of the Jews in Germany. The three statesmen pointedly told Germany to become “reconciled with its internal and external friends.” Their statements indicated that Great Britain is closely watching Nazi discriminations against the Jews.
POINTS TO DISCRIMINATION
For the last eighteen months the German government has done everything to arouse antagonism by offending the sentiments of the Jews and of others, Lloyd George declared. While advocating international equality for Germany, Lloyd George emphasized in his speech that it is difficult at this present moment to put Germany’s case before the world as just, because of the anti-Jewish discrimination in Germany.
Joining in the appeal of Lloyd George, Baldwin, the Lord President of the Council, announced that all nations would be prepared to help Germany in trade and finance if the present government in Germany were to appreciate this appeal.
“I hope that tonight’s debate may open new aspects in Germany,” Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary, stated.
The London Times reported today that the British Ambassador
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