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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 December 1924, Page 7

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“ARMED TO THE TEETH.”

GERMAN’S OPINION OF EUROPE. NON-EVACUATION OP COLOGNE. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT, Received Dec. 29, 1.50 p.m _ } , . LONDON, Dec.' 28. Marx, in an interview with the Berlin correspondent of the Cologne Yolks-' .zeitung, declared that lie was afraid 'the Allied, decision not to evacuate , Cologne on January 10 will have regrettable consequences. The belief in Allied loyalty, to the Treaty would be destroyed arid the- feeling would undoubtedly rise that the sacrifices involved in accepting the Dawes scheme had been made in vain: Marx added that this grave decision means purely and simply a return to the policy of . Sanctions. “What is it,” he said, but ;■ sanction when the Allies continue niili- : tary occupation of a great area of Ger- • many, merely because they have a one- | sided allegation that Germany lias not •j . complied with every ..detail of .the dis r j armament demands. The recent German Note to the league showed that Germany stood militarily powerless amidst Europe, which was armed to the teeth. No one dould deny Germany complied / with, every disarmament demaiid of importance. Certain fesidiiafy points were alone involved,, and'these, lie declared, could only be settled by mutual agrcemqjit} 1 The German Government had dealt frankly with the Allies, and he would; not abandon the hope that before January 10 a solution would be . • fqHiicP'that ivould avoid the dangers that a return to the policy of sanctions would bring. It was impossible to foresee what woiiTd happen were a state of conflict to replace the loyal co-optation which had been the aim of his whole policy. is Germany preparing ? REMARKABLE DOCUMENT. Received Dec. 29, 2.30 p.m. PARIS, Dec. 28. / There has nqw been published the alleged text of a report dated April 24, 1924, in which Geneial Nollet, exPresident of the Inter-Allied Commission for the Military Control of Germany and now Minister for War, sets forth a number of points in which, Germany is not observing the treaty mili-’ tarily. He declares that the organisation of ■ the General Staff has attained pre-war proportions ; as also has the military organisation of railways, and th© training of various divisions of arms is on the same extensive scale, v and intended as a preparation for Avar. He alleges that no .atbaunt has been taken, of the restiSctiohs regarding I aviation, tanks, and p'oikdh gas. German lighiiAL. Received Dec. -S&, 2.10 p.m. ' . Dec. 28. Le Matin states that "the Council of Ambassadors’ Germany that an inquiry affll the violations of the 'Versafl'i'e& Treaty must precede • any promise 'evacuation of the Rhineland. . • ■ Le Matift (Rfeiftires that Germany is manufacturing ftifochine-guns, rifles, and automatfe pistols -fastet thaft. at ahy '•timfr durihg the -I&st fdttr ytrs. , BERLIN. Dec. 28. . the Minister of Defence, ; rseporti has published" details of the Commission’s discoveries. Gessler denies that there is any secret • arms factory in GefmahVv, aiid insists that the drifts discovered were previously knoivn of by the Coimmissioii, ail'd also that mafty were obsolete. / ALLIED UNITY. Received Dee. 29, 2.40 p.m.' PARIS, Dec. 28. Commenting on the decision of the 1 / Ambassadors’ Conference in regard to the evacuation of Cologne, the newspapers are gratified at the evidence of. Allied iinity. They declare that French concessions to Germany in the last eight months have given the French Government the right to claim security. ENGLAND BLAMED. “CRASS IMPERIALISM.” „ BERLIN, Dec. 28. Commenting on the decision of the Ambassadors Conference in regard to the evacuation of Cologne, Vorwaerts says that the attitudeof the' Governments at Paris and London could only be described as w r ise on the supposition that they believed that they could quietly ignore the opinions and feelings of the whole of the German people. No people can arrive at peace •so long as they do not possess securely fenced in territory in which , its word' alone prevails. The Berlin Tageblatt says: If the order is for the occupation to continue indefinitely then underlying, the idea of political power the imperialism that Foch and company instilled into the head of M. Herriot becomes X . manifest. It is not an imposing sight to see the reconciler of peoples using Foch’,.s sabre as a crutch. . The Vossische Zeitung states.: Difficulties appear to come from England. The whole Baldwin Government must be regarded as the embodiment of crass economic imperialism. The maintenance of the evacuation date and the restoration of Germany’s independence are necessary conditions for carrying out the Dawes scheme.— Reuter.