GERMANY

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 August 1924, Page 9

GERMANY

AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE, BRITISH INTERESTS ENDANGERED. SY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT Received Aug. 21, 1.55 p.m ..... , LONDON, Aug. 20. Air Philip Snowdcm, in a -statement to the. Evening Standard, expresses fear loi British trade as a result of the pioposed hranco-German tariff agreement. the statement suggests that Mr Snowden dissents from the Allied agreement regarding a default, i'n dehvaries and the imposition of sanctions. He -states that he is not fearful of Gfcimanv’s competition with Britain when she is economically re-estab-lished, but under the draft FrancoGerman agreement the latter is compelled to admit imports from AlsaceLorraine free of duty, whilei similar British goods are subject to a high tariff. ‘‘This is unfair and one-sided to France, and will *be disastrous to us. The agreement may he forced on Germany by France as the price of release from French occupation.” Mr Snowden’s view is generally interpreted as explaining Mr MacDonald’s letters on the question of the legality of the Ruhr occupation. It is believed that Mr Snowden opposed the Russian treaty, but declines to 'confirm this.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.