THE INDEMNITY.
POINCARE ON THE RAMPAGE. PARIS, June 30. C In the Senate M. Poincare, dealing; with the reparations, declared that i Germany’s apparent poverty was simp-' ly a pretence. I 1 Germany was spending on her com- ■ c mercial fleet twelve milliards that ought to go to the Allies. i 0 Germany was buying back vessels n surrendered to Britain and building v many new ones, and the German mer- t cantile fleet was now the third com- ■ mercial fleet in the world. She was' a carrying out considerable works for j improvement and extension of her rail- j ways. The Allies must insist on the application of real exportation taxes, and the money the Germans made abroad must be made available for reparations. Severe control of Germany ’s finances | must be established, and if Germany' refused to accept such control, the Allies should be able to take measures I collectively or separately. , 1 0 ... . I
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Grey River Argus, 3 July 1922, Page 5
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