DISARMAMENT PROPOSALS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9430, 29 January 1921, Page 5

DISARMAMENT PROPOSALS.

(Received January 29, 2.5 p.m.) , PARIS, January 28. Military experts have furnished reports to the Supreme Council m which it is understood they recommend that Germany be given until July to disband and disarm her civil troops and immediately surrender a large quantity' of war material under serious penalties. Some newspapers do not think the French and British views are so irreconciliable as they appear. "Le i Petit Journal" says.: "If our allies give up the idea of exacting all they might obtain and adopt a scheme diminishing France's share, ft wiTi be legitimate for France to obtain from the Allies a precise assurance that they will immediately help France to restore her financial equilibrium which has been disturbed by the uncertainty regarding Germany's payments." It is understood the Conference is considering a scheme requiring Gei'many to pay the Boulogne annuities plus an annual tax of about 12 per cent of German exports. The impression is that finality is likely to be reached . ____^______i _

the* meeting which had been called, , The president (Mr W. J. Taylor) announced the news of the death of the late Mr Tucker, than whom, lie said, no man had done more for tfie Association during its history as an organisation. The records of the Association showed m how many directions he had promoted its welfare. Out of respect to the memory of the late Mr Tucker, the president moved that the meeting should adjourn until » next Saturday. The motion was carried m silence, all standing, Mr Taylor asking that any motion of sympathy should be reserved until next meeting.