ENFORCING PEACE

Evening Star, Issue 17329, 17 April 1920, Page 6

ENFORCING PEACE

GERMANY HEAVILY ARMED INTERALLIED COMMISSION’S DISCOVERY. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. „ PARIS, April 14. M. Mdlerand (the French Premier) and Marshal Each will go to San Remo oa ounday. The disarmament of Germany will be thoroughly discussed at the conference, which begins on the 19th in«t. ‘The Times.’ It is believed that the San ference will deal immediately aaid J finally witn German disarmament, and will adopt special measures fer the destruction of war material. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. *l'he .interallied Commission m Germany report a remarkable abundance of arms and ammunition in many districts. Experts discovered that the Reidiswehr troops in the Ruhr district used 'a power* ful new bullet, manufactured since the armistice, and fired from ordinary rifles, which pierces tanks. at m. .... LONDON, ApHl'ls. JH aiurchdl stated in the. Commons that the Interallied Military Commission haa reported that 14,000 field and heavy guns were available for destruction, and other 5,800 on the eastern fortifications were still to bo handed over. All these would be destroyed. The Air Ministry estimate that Germany has 15,000 aeroplanes available for war purposes. Those ware being listed preparatory to the Interallied Commission taking them over. The work of the Commission was being assisted by the Germans, and was being accelerated as much as possible. The Ruhr district is outwardly calm, but only 10 per cent, of the arms have been delivered. JUNKEEDOM ALIVE. ' LONDON, April 15.' Ihe German Cnancellor (Dr Muller), speaking in the National Assembly at Berlin, said the danger of the reactionary movement had not ended with the Kapp fiasco. The Baltic troops, which were billeted in the eastern States, .continued to threaten the republic. Any repetition of the Kapp coup would be fought with the same vigor as' before. The Gentian newspapers complain that, are moulding .ihe Reichswehr to their republican purposes by eliminating the republican elements. The officers are still overwhelmingly royalist. The Socialist newspapers assert that ' plans for a fresh monarchical coup are well advanced, and the leading conspirators i are meeting at Danzig. These newspapers publish a manifesto appealing to the woikers’ organisations to make preparations to counter the royalist moves, including the formation and training of new republican guards throughout tho country. April 14. In the House of Commons Mr C. B, Harmsworth announoal that flie" German Government had apologised for the illtreatment of Mr Vaight, the correspondent of the ‘Manchester Guardian,’ and had ordered a strict inquiry into the occurrence.

WASHINGTON, April 15. Following upon the receipt of official advices that the Germans had billed Paul Demottc, an American citizen, at. AVeisel, Air Bambridge Colby, Secretary of State, has sent a vigorous Note to the Ebert Government demanding the punishment of those guilty in the affair. SAXON ANARCHISTS. . PRUSSIANS AND BAVARIANS INTERVENE. BERLIN, April 15. The Imperial Guards occupied■ PJauen •quietly. The Bavarian Guards ousted the Reds at Klingenthal,- intercepting motor cars containing 600,000 marks which Hoelz had exacted from terrorised capitalists. Hoelz, before his •departure, blew up s section of the Klingenthal-Zvendenthal Railway. TURKEY'S SPLIT. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 14. The situation in Western Anatolia ia improving. It is reported tihat Yusuf Izzet Pasha, the Nationalist commander of the 14th Corps, surrendered to the Anti-Nationalist commander, who occupied the towns of Brusa and Pandeuna. .Uio Nationalist headquarters were transferred from Angora to Sivas. This is regarded . ns indicating the influence of Mustapha Kcmal, the Nationalist leader. CASPIAN FLEET’S FATE. • The Times.” LONDON, April Jo. 'The Times’s ’ Teheran correspondent states that the Caspian fleet of 15 ships, which surrendered to Persia, was interned and disarmed at Enzeli. The officers at first wished the British to accept the surrender. but it was pointed out that the fleet was not entitled to embroil a largely defenceless Persia with the Bolsheviks. BALTIC PROVINCES. LIVONIAN TERMS TO LENIN. LONDON. April IS, The Livonian peace conditions comprise stragetic guarantees, war indemnity of two milliard roubles in ’gold, the return of all railway material and bank securities carried otf by the Bolsheviks, also demand portion of Russian gold reserves as a s r< off against taking over portion of 'he Russian Public Debt prior to tha Bolshevik regime. GERMANY'S OBLIGATIONS. REPARATION COAIAIISSION FIRM. I BERLIN, April 15. \ Germany failed to convince the Repara--- \ tion Commission that the handing over' f ,\ of her mercantile vessels under the Ver- ' \ sailles Treaty will her economi- \ cally. The Commission insist on an im- \ mediate compliance with the treaty. The A Government, however, are making a further effort to soften the Allies. BELGIANS AT FRANKFORT. PARIS, April 15.. Seven hundred Belgian troops have nr- ( rived at Frapfort. There waa_ great enthusiasm among the French garrison. Germans lined the streets, but showed no hostility, ■GERMANY DISCOUNTS MILLERAND. BERLIN, April 15. The German newspapers, commenting on M. Millcrand’s speech, stated that the French allegations regarding German militaristic tendencies cannot be accepted from * a Minister like Millerand, whos« Government are merely the tools of Foch. It is necessary to know whether the San Remo conference will convince* France that she must be permanently turner the political and moral control of her Allies. MORE TROUBLE PREDICTED. '. , Reuter’s Telegram*. BERLIN, April 15, - In the National Assembly the Defence Minister announced that he had ordered the arrest of Major Ebhardt, commander of the Baltic naval, force—a portion of which was being disbanded and disarmed. —forcibly, if necessary. The Minister added that the news from Pomerania was most serious; He warned the Conservatives that the - Government would not permit fresh disturbances. The Government troops could not leave theRuhr Basin until all arms had been sur-. r.rffri