THE RUHR

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 26 June 1924, Page 11

THE RUHR

EXTRA EDITION.

TWO MAIN POINTS. THE GERMAN DEBTS. WUi HDR A WAL OF TROOPS. vtoilLE--PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT Received June 26, 9.35 a.m. i-ONI/Ra , June 25. Diplomatic writers and jr'ims coiresponuems empnasize tne two- mam points uelieven to nave ueen aiscussea t»j r At. Hernot sfnd iYIr MacDonald, it is understood that iVi. Hernot favours tne iayid commercialisation ol tne Berman debt through tne international money mantels tailing uu various senes of railway, industrial, and other oonds as proviued lor m the Dawes report, anci I inning tiierewitn tire Ruhr evacuation, so mat a proportion of French and Belgian troops will be withdrawn as each issue is disposed of. The other point emphasised is a. mutual defence pact between England, Belgium, Italy and possibly Czecho-Si.ovaivia, pending a wider pact when Germany is admitted to the League of Nations. The Morning Post Paris correspondent affirms tnat the suggestions embodied in the agreement to which Belgium is expected to assent are significant. A rumour is current in Brussels that Mr MacDonald telegraphed M. Hernot saying that the protocol drafted at Chequers ought not to be published. w British official circles; however, deny that Mr MacDonald gave M. Herriot any written undertaking.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MILITARY CONTROL. GERMANY’S REPLY TO ALLIES. Received Jur. 26, 12.10 p.m. BERLIN, June 25; Cabinet is discussing to-day the Allied Note in regard Jo military control. It is expected that a reply will be sent at the end of next week, and it will no doubt accept the Allies’ demands, provided the proposed military investigation is really the control commission’s , last action, and that thereafter the League of Nations will take charge of the ’"matter. —Reuter.