A NEW ERA.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18624, 24 February 1926, Page 9

A NEW ERA.

GERMANY AND THE LEAGUE FORECAST OF FUTURE. (BY CABLE —TRESS JLSHOCimOJf—COriMOET.) j ("XHS lraiES.") | LONDON, February 22. The Cologne correspondent of "The Times" says that tho Cologne Univdtsity celebr&ted the British evacuation by unveiling »a memorial of students killed in the war. Dr. Stresemann (Foreign Minister/ declared that Germany was always willing to negotiate for the reconstruction of Europe, but if tho spirit of the Locarno Pact were accepted as a symbol of the future, Allied troops must be withdrawn from the Rhineland. That was the logical consequence of the new European situation, by which nations sought to etolve the problem of security by methods other than military force. Berlin correspondent of "Tho Times" declares that tho speech il interpreted as meaning that the Government believes that entry to the League of Nations creates an entirely new situation in foreign affairs. One of Germany's first aims will be to seek new support, within the League, for the • liberation of occupied territory, Germany assumes that the Geneva tribunal is not yet a haven of peace, but of struggle for international power. She expects strong opposition before she obtains her rights. OTHER ENTRIES OPPOSED, UxjarfiAitAH *xn tt.s. exsts issocuTMJt.) (Received February 23rd, 7.85 p.m.) LONDON f February 22. The House of Commons league of Nations Parliamentary Committee, o» the motion of Sir Hum* Williams, seconded by the Labour member, Mr T. Shaw, passed a resolution declaring that there were grave objections 0 the enlargement of the League Council beyond Germany's admission, and urg* ing the Ministry to strenuously oppose such a course. CONTROVERSY EXPECTED. - « ■ (BEUTBB'S TtLtanustiJ LONDON, February 22. "There will bo many a disappointment on tho long road towards the final world-wide consecration of the Locarno spirit," said Sir Austen Chamberlain when receiving the Freedom of Birmingham. He warned his listeners to expect a controversy ovei Germ any'B entry to the League and of the place she would occupy in the Laagae, but, he said, if the men who met a.t Locarno would meet to discuss the new problem they would be able to deal satisfactorily with it. DANGER OF SMALL STATES. (iUSTfIJXtAjr A?n> HZ. CABLE ASSOCXiWOK.) LONDON, February 22. A Hamburg reports that a mass demonstration bv » Mipublic organisation known as the "Reich's Banner," which was originally j designed to counteract Monarchist societies, was attended by a large nam* ber of German and Austrian dal®gat«6. The speakers urged that the existence of small artificial European States constitute a continuance of the danger similar to that of 1014. Speakers declared that speeches like the recent one by Signor Mussolini showed the necessity for Austro-Gorman unity.