WAR OF REVERE.
REPUDIATED BY NOSKE. COMPLIANCE \W IXH TREATY. WILL NOT SURRENDER OFFICERS. fn.v Cable—Pros* Association.—Copyright.) (Received !'.3~> a.m. ) PARIS, August 22. Korr Xoeke (German War Minister), interviewed by a Weimar correspondent, repudiated as absurd the idea of a war f>l revenue, policy v.as absolutely clear. She whs making ail immense effort to carry out the treaty. Vmt was fn<-..j with inextricable diilicuities. Hotlieils of Bolshevism existed generally, and s second revolution during t!ie coining winter was possible. The army must l*e only HW.OOO by April. This, -meant tlrat 1 r>o.ooo men would e-hortly be thrown on the streets, adding enormously to the unemployment problems. It was impossible -u> hand over German officers to the Allies. No one had yet clearly pointed out a single act imputahle to ofneers. He added that it was a mcra.l impossibility to intervene ami surrender officers to the enemy annv. — (A c;:d XX CaUe.)
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 200, 23 August 1919, Page 7
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151WAR OF REVERE. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 200, 23 August 1919, Page 7
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