ANGLO-FRENCH AMITY

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 September 1923, Page 5

ANGLO-FRENCH AMITY

PROSPECTS OF RESTORATION PREMIERS’ LONG TALK. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS, September 19. After luncheon at the British Em- - bassy, Air. .Baldwin met Al. i’oincare e and they conversed for a couple of e hours. f- A communique issued says : The 3 Anglo-French Premiers took advanj tage of thffir meeting to exchange views on the general political situation. It j is not to be expected that, in the course of one meeting, they would be able to settle any definite solution but they ’ were happy to establish a common agreement on their views, and to discover that on no question was there any difference of purpose, or any divergence of principle, which might impair the co-operation of the two countries, on which depends so much the settlement and peace of the world. It is expected that Air. Baldwin will remain in Paris overnight. Hie French Cabinet meets to-mor-row. It is authoritatively stated in London that the meeting cannot be de scribed as a conference, but as a preliminary talk. LONDON, September 20. 'The “Morning Post’s” correspondent says: ‘‘Paris which yesterday was most sceptical as to any real improvement in Franco-British relations, resulting from Air Baldwin’s meeting with AL I’oincare, is to-night just as jubilant after the publication of what_ is regarded as an astonishingly satisfactory communique. The “Westminster Gazette’s” Paris correspondent emphasises the fact that

the communique was previously sub- , niitted to AL Poincare in the ofrm in which it was issued. The ‘‘Daily Express” says: It is reported that Al. Poincare and Air Baldwin were unable to reach any definite conclusion regarding reparations. It is understood that Air Baldwin was wholly unable to conform to the French viewpoint. Paris newspapers commenting on the Baldwin-Poincare meeting, emphasise the absence of the spirit of antagonism which produced bitter-sweet notes exchanged in the recent weeks. “Le Figaro” says Those who speculated upon the cooling of the Entente will be able to estimate j:he correct temperature of Franco-British friendship, from tho short communique issued. BERLIN EXPECTS REVOLT. LONDON, September 19. The ‘‘Daily Telegraph’s” Berlin correspondent states the Reichstag meets on September 26, ostensibly to approve tho stabilisation proposals, but actually its more important duty is likely to be the sanctioning of the abandonment of resistance in the Ruhr. The ‘‘Daily Express’s” Berlin correspondent says: Though the city is outwardly calm, there is general nervousness, everyone expecting a “push.” During the last few days the authorities have laid special telephone cables to outlying police stations and military quarters. Several distinguished foreigners received mysterious warn-

ioreigners received mysterious warnings to send their wives away. The extremists on both sides are daily becoming more active, especially the Nationalists, who are openly discussing a rising. Housewives are daily besieging the City Hall, appealing to the authorities to reduce the food prices, which are now 50 per cenit above the equivalents in foreign countries. Students and other youths are training to joint the Black Reichwher. Communists are engaged in active propaganda, but they are unlikely to start the rising, as they have received orders from Moscow to await events. GERMANY’S AWAKEYING. BERLIN, September 19. Herr Hertseifer, Prussian Minister of Public Welfare, addressing the dele gates of the Centre Party, declared that one great German mistake was the belief that England would haul them out of then* difficulties. Such credulity in leading places had reduced Germany io her present condition. It would be well if Germany got rid of the idea that the whole world had nothing more important to do than help them out of the Ruhr scrape. “We cannot permanently continue the Ruhr adventure,” he srid. “Moreover the great improductive expenditure incurred by Reich on behalf of Ruhr adventure was the main cause of the mark’s ruin.” TRADE UNIONS TO ACT. LONDON, September 20. The “Daily Chronicle’s” Berlin correspondent states Socialist members of the Reichstag met ami unanimously agreed everything must be done to come to immediate negotiations aiming at the liberations of the Ruhr. Probably the Socialist trade unions will assume the responsibility for suggesting a method by which the Ruhr conflict may be ended. The “Dail Express's” correspondent says the Belgian National Bank’s safes are filled with a mass of German marks. The stocks have continually increased since the Armistice. The bank has already sold 362 tons of marks as waste paper.