THE DAWES PLAN

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 August 1924, Page 5

THE DAWES PLAN

OPPOSITION IN GERMANY. STORMY SCENES IN THE REICHSTAG. TRIBUTE TO BRITISH PREMIER, CONFIDENCE IN M. HERRIOT. HI OAill.ij • i m,£,o Aiswuijlu., ... . iiii.KLli'i, Aug. 22. All Liie papers interpret tne jsationaJist Party's resolution to mean turn uiey will vote against the Dawes Buis ia cue iveicnscag next ween, ensuring tiieir rejection. ihis will mean the imhieuiatc: dissolution ot me neicnstag, ana another general election, wmeh ivu! Oe tantamount to a plebiscite. There uere .stormy scenes when the ileicnstag leasseiuuied. A Communist cienmnueu tne immediate discussion or tne communist motions, as oeiug more important than the Government declination on the surrender of the German peopie to international capital, and atso an immediate dissolution ana a pie insert e on the Dawes leporl. Herr Marx was proven tea lirom beginning his statement on the London conterence by prolonged Communist Shrieks for an amnesty to political prisoners. The president of the Reichstag was ultimately obliged to adjourn the. sitting, and to suspend a ComYmunist member (Herr Schwartz) for 20 sittings. Hear Stresemann made a fighting speech in the Reichstag, strongly critn eising the attitude of the Nationalists. He believed the London decision was not the final goal, but it might prove the beginning of a movement resulting in the collaboration of all nations. Tlie debate was adjourned till Monday. Herr L. Schwartz still occupied his seat on the resumption of the sitting. The Reichstag President again adjourned the Reichstag until to-morrow, saying that the Standing Orders did not authorise a forcible removal of a deputy.

PARIS, August 24. After a further debate on the London Conference decision, the Chamber adopted a vote of confidence in the Government by 336 votes to 204, and the sitting adjourned till to-morrow. NEW YORK, August 22. According to a telegram from Plymouth, Vermont, President Coolidge regards a final settlement of ireparations as the paramount world problem, and until the Dawes plan is put into operation he does not consider the time appropriate for calling another arms conference. Fear of attack and invasion must be removed from the relations between European nations. President Coolidge also thinks that the inquiries of foreign countries as to the debts owing to the United States should await a complete settlement of the reparations question. BERLIN, August 23. Herr Marx (Chancellor) , in the Reichstag, read his statement as to the London Conference which the uproar prevented him from delivering yesterday. The Communist Deputy, Herr Schwartz, was the main cause' of the disturbance on account of having been excluded. The Chancellor was frequent-. * iy interrupted by the ironical laughter of the Nationalists. Herr Marx paid a tribute to Mr MacDonald’s impairtiality. He said that the London decisions of the conference , undoubtedly would seriously burden Germany, but they marked progress compared with the present state of affairs. The Government did not consider the settlement as final, but would do its utmost, to effect speedy evacuation of the Ruhr and other sanction areas. He concluded by stating that the Reichstag was confronted with a terrible responsibility, and that its decision would be a blessing or a curse to Germany. . PARIS,' August 23. M. Herriot denies that he agreed to submit to Mr Ramsay MacDonald the proposed Franco-German commercial treaty.. During a debate in the Chamber, a Socialist (M. Blum) expressed the opinion- that the conference mairked the condemnation of the occupation of the_ Ruhr as the bankruptcy of Poincarism, and he declared that the Premier had brought' back “peace with honour.” M. Briand (ex-President) thought the real danger lay in the cessation of the control of armaments, as Germany (regarded the renewal of contracts with the Germans as a guarantee of peace. M. Nollet, replying to a deputy who feared the possibility of evacuation of Rhineland, 'said that the control of Essen factories would continue after the evacuation. The Ruhr would only be abandoned after the control commissions had surrendered their powers. LONG SITTING OF FRENCH CHAMBER. Received Aug. 25, 8.5 a.m. PARIS, Aug. 24. The Chamber was still sitting in the early hours of this morning.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. FEELING IN GERMANY BETTER. L Received Aug. 25, 8.5 a,m BERLIN, Aug. 24. The opinion in Parliamentary circles is that Dr. Marx and Dr. Stresemann created a most favourable impression by their speeches in the Reichstag, and it is suggested that the Nationalists may refrain >om voting against the Dawes plan, which would mean that the plan will pass.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.