GERMAN ELECTIONS.

Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9800, 9 May 1924, Page 5

GERMAN ELECTIONS.

.«a* NATIONALIST VIEW' ON REPARATIONS. MAIN PRINCIPLES NOT YET MALE CLEAR. BERLIN, MaV 7._ Hergt, leader of the German National party, interviewed, stated it was impossible to expect concessions from Germany to the extent desired so long as the main political principles upon which the existence of Germany depended were not made clear. He declared: “We shall never impose still heavier burdens upon the German people until the point of honor is satisfactorily settled.”— Reuter.

FRENCH PRESS VIEW. GERMANY SHOULD BE ASKED IQ STATE POSITION. “NOW SHOTTING HER TRUE CHARACTER.” LONDON, May 7. Tho Times’ Paris correspondent says tho Journal des Dehats, commenting on the German elections, calls on Germany to say exactly what she means to do. Then the Allies will know exactly what action to take.

The. Figaro expresses the opinion that Germany seems ripe for either a monarchical or proletarian dictatorship. In either case it is the duty of the Allies to close their ranks. La Yictorie declares: If we had not occupied the Rhineland and Ruhr we should not have had long to wait for the return of the Holieiizollerns. It is generally assumed llie result of the elections will be tp strengthen M Poincare’s position. Germany is now considered to be showing her tine character.

“We now”, says l’lntrausigeant, “have at last proof that we are only half-way on the.road, and that there is still a trudge before us. We shall get there because France clearly perceives where her duty lies. She does not wish to embark on adventures, but at the same time does not believe in changing direction.”— Times.