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Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 575, 29 May 1925, Page 4

11 rN DEN RU RC AFT ER M A Tll 7t seems to be impossible for our Motherland to keep out of the affairs of Europe. The eahleman now tells us that Britain has again become associated with France in bringing Germany up with a round turn —or at least in making yet another at tern pi to call Fritz to order. Is such a thing possible? With Von 11.indenburg in control of the Fatherland again, France tears the worst—and apparently the French Government lias impressed the British Cabinet that Germany is really a menace. Detailed reports of capable investigators published in London magazines and papers recently, amply prove that so far from disarming, as ho was: pledged to do, Fritz had very cunningly camouflaged his operations. All this whilst Von liindenburg was in retirement. What now. when the chief of the .hmk v ’"s is in powerk France's war debts to Britain to-day aggregate L‘023,000,000. Mow can France pay if she must arm against a dangerous neighbour again ? The Allies last year raised a tremendous loan to help Germany to recover economically. Britain underwrote practically the whole of the European portion of that loan—and to-day Germany has fully recovered financially, she worries France militarily, and is Britain’s Keenest industrial rival Last year the Gorman mark' was the symbol of worthlessness. During the recent Easier season Paris swarmed with German tourists—and French shops and hotels actually had to exchange five good francs for each German mark ! Under such conditions and with Von Hinirlenburg as President, mo wonder France insists on disarming the lliin.