PLIGHTED WORD

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 7 January 1925, Page 5

PLIGHTED WORD

BROKEN BY GERMANY. NON-EVACUATION ISSUE,

BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COBYEIGHT BERLIN, Jan. 5. An identical note from the . Allies on the subject of the evacuation of Cologne was presented to-day. tne note points out that the Allies have acquired proof that Germany hitlieito has not fulfilled, and will be unable to fulfil by January 10 next, the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles, enabling her to benefit from ' its provisions for the partial evacuation, o territories west of the Rhine bridgeinformation collected by the inteiAllied Commission of Control shows that the grand general staff of the army has been reconstituted, this being another form of violation of article 160 of the Treaty. Short term volunteers have been recruited and trained in violation of Article 174. lb® oonversion of war material factories is far from realised, this being a violation of Article 168. Surplus stocks of war material of all sorts exist in violation of Articles 164 and 169. The reorganisation of the State police has not been begun, which is contrary to - Article 162 and the decision of the Boulogne conference of June 19, 1920. liU’thermore, the German Government, in violating Article 211. has in no manner taken all the legislative and administrative measures demanded in the Allied note of September 20, 1922. The Allied Governments expect shortly to receive the report of tlie inter-A llied Commission of Control, giving the complete results of the general inspection now proceeding. This report will permit them to determine what can lie expected from Germany, so that her obligation in icgard to war materials may he considered as loyally observed in accordance with Article 429. ' A communication will be sent later to the German Government on this subject. CANADA AND GERMANY. COMMERCIAL NEGOTIATIONS. OTTAWA. Jan. 6. Canada has not opened formal negotiations with Germany for the renewal of the most favoured nation treaty. Berlin despatches to the effect that definite steps have been taken by the Dominion to adhere.to the commercial treaty recently signed between Britain and Germany are not strictlv correct, it is officially stated, but the matter is under consideration.

FRANCE AND AMERICA

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.

The perusal of the French' memorandum on debts provided the Secretary of the Treasury (Mr. Andrew Mellon) with no information in addition to that lie had gathered in conversation with the French ambassador (M. Jusserand). Mr. Mellon said the memorandum confirmed the despatches concerning the suggestion from France that she be allowed a moratorium of eighty years and of ten years in'which to pay her four billion dollar debt.