Word: rearmaments
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...liberal Weltbuhne, von Ossietzky enraged German militarists by exposing their part in the famed Feme Murders. Under a strongly Socialist Government he was sentenced to jail, then fined instead. In 1929 the Weltbuhne published an article entitled Windy News of German Aviation, exposing the extent of German rearmament. In a historic trial von Ossietzky got a year-and-a-half prison sentence. A petition signed by 50,000 Germans failed to free him but an amnesty ordered by Chancellor General Kurt von Schleicher...
...second half of the question, namely Might and Rearmament, the chief local contest was that waged around the Admiralty's accredited "Big Navy" champion, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes. He made the outstanding gain of the election by an individual Conservative. Obviously no local counts were of much significance, but those for Right & Might, as exemplified by Captain Eden's meagre victory and Admiral Keyes's rousing triumph, caught the fancy of election wiseacres...
...Britain's general election. With his famed "balanced budget" now a symbol of the National Government's successful stewardship, the beak-nosed and scrawny Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke last week as a complacent treasurer who expects soon to float a $1,000,000,000 British rearmament loan without so much as flurrying the market. "There is not a single small country in Europe," Mr. Chamberlain declared, "which did not breathe a sigh of relief when it learned at last that we are going to put ourselves in a position to defend ourselves if necessary and play...
...have just described. ... It was the fear of a rearmed Germany that led France to settle her differences with Italy at the beginning of the year. It is very likely that what is called a free hand in Ethiopia was thrown in . It is upon the basis of German rearmament and French apprehension that the Italo-Ethiopian war and the dispute between Italy and the League can alone be properly considered...
...Overlate to stop a war, the Government ranged itself at the eleventh hour behind the Covenant at Geneva. Even now its action has been slow and halt hearted. While paying lip service to the League, it is planning a vast, expensive rearmament program which will only stimulate similar programs elsewhere. Government is a danger to the peace of the world and to the security of this nation...