MUST GET OUT."

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 167, 16 July 1924, Page 5

MUST GET OUT."

GERMANY'S TONE TO ALLIES. SHARP LESSON BY FRENCH. , LONDON, July 7. Much space is being devoted by the German Press to the forthcoming Allied Conference in London, at which, says the Berlin correspondent of the "Times," it is presumed the question of the evacuation of the Ruhr and other "nonTreaty areas will be discussed. The "Zcit," which is the organ of Dr. Streseiuann (Foreign Minister), and must, therefore, be taken to reflect the views of the German Foreign Office, maintains that as the cities of Dusseldorf, Duisberg, and Ruhrort were occupied on the pretext that Germany was not fulfilling her treaty obligations, it is obvious that their occupation becomes invalid, and their evacuation imperative, the moment a general agreement is reached regarding the fulfilment of the treaty provisions. The "Zeit" adds significantly: "It must be quite clearly and unequivocably understood that, without definite assurances with regard to tho evacuation of the Ruhr and the three cities mentioned, no final result can be achieved at the London Conference." A French court-martial at Dortmund sentenced four Germans to 10 years' imprisonment for belonging to a local secret society organised for the military training of civilian volunteers. Evidence was given that the society sent volunteers for six weeks' training in occupied territory. The German Government, whose attitude is largely due to the prompting of the Nationalists, has lately been inclined to adopt a high-handed stand towards the Allies. It has been disposed to resist the Allies' demands for military inspection and control, and to attempt to dictate the terms on which the Ruhr and reparations questions must be settled. A proposal to restrict the licenses issued to foreign aircraft in Germany was reported to be meant as a reprisal for the Allies' refusal to modify the aircraft clauses of the Treaty of Versailles. The Reichstag is opposed to the adoption of the Dawes report on reparations . till the Ruhr is evacuated. French opinion is disturbed by a report from London that at the Allied Conference on reparations a proposal will he made to set up a new body for the purpose of considering, quite apart from the Reparations Commission, the defaults of which Germany may be guilty with regard to obligations lying outside the Treaty of Versailles.