ABSTRACT
On 16 March 1935, Adolf Hitler announced that Germany would no longer be bound by the disarmament clauses of the Treaty of Versailles specifically, that she would introduce conscription and establishes an air force. The French government was contemplating a mutual assistance agreement with the Soviet Union, and commenced negotiations shortly after Stresa, although the agreement was not formally concluded until the following year. The German cartoon appeared during the Stresa Conference. It was already known that France was contemplating some kind of agreement with the Soviet Union. The Anglo-German Naval Agreement, which authorized Germany to build up to about 35 per cent of Britain's naval strength, was hailed in Germany as a victory not just for German diplomacy but for peace. The British opposition cartoon takes a very different view of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement. British admirals are seen as conspirators, whose common interest with their German counterparts transcends their duty to their country.
