HONOUR OF GERMANY.
CAN IT BE TRUSTED. BRITAIN S POINT OF VIEW. FRANCE StXLL INCREDIBLE. (By Cable—Press Association.— Copyright.) (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 21. Frfni. 3 c .°r res Pondcnt 3 report that L h °^r mOn is disinclined to share Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald's conMence m the German sense of honour. lhe Paris correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says M. Poincare is sending a >ote to M. Barthou stating that only when the Allies have agreed what measures should be taken if Germany fails •,, Ca £ y OUt the everts , programme, will France consent to abandon her position. . . The Ruhr "Daily Telegraph's" political Observer states that France aske for definite Allied agreement on the consequences Of a possible German default and on German security. So far as this is connected with economics and finance M. Pomeare is willing to co-operate in the icheme subject to these reservations. . (A. and N.Z. Cable.) FREEDOM A CONDITION. RULE IN THE RUHR. EXPERTS' ACCURACY. (Received 11.30 a.m.) BERLIN, April 21. Herr Marx, Chancellor, Herr Stresseman, Foreign Minister, and Herr Luther, Minister of Finance, interviewed separately, declared that Germany was prepared to. do her utmost to carry out the experts' reports, conditional on the independence and freedom of the occupied area being restored. Herr Schacht, interviewed, stated the experts' reports were based on economic and financial principles of which the accuracy was incontestable. The experts over-estimated Germany's financial capacity, but despite the heavy burden of reparations Germany was offered economic unity and independence. If accepted the importance of this must not be overlooked. Herr Helfferich, ex -Minister of Finance, attacked the experts' reports. He said the German people were lost forever if they take this curse upon their shoulders. It means a fresh signature to obligations which cannot be fulfilled. ("Sun" Cable.) ARREST OF JOURNALIST. B m i ALLEGATION OF TREASON. (Received 11 a.m.) BERLIN, April 21. The editor of the "Rote Fahne," a Communist journal, lias been arrested on a charge of treason in publishing a description of clandestine military training in Pomerania.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) *
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Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 95, 22 April 1924, Page 5
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