THE RHINELAND

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 12 March 1927, Page 5

THE RHINELAND

DEMAND FOR EVACUATION

RESTORATION OF" EUROPE,

DR. STIi.ESEMAXN'S SPEECH

e<i CABLE--PKKSS ASSOCIATION—COE YlllGH'l LONDON, March 11. Dr. Stresemann’e outspoken speech at Geneva is a feature of to-day’s news. Referring to the demand for the evacuation of tiie Rhineland, he -said he could no longer understand how in peace a country should still, be occupied bv a foreign force of 75,000 men. Germany would ask for the removal of tnese troops as soon as she felt she had complied with ail' the .stipulations of the Treaty of Yersai-les. His, remarks regarding Russia created something like a sensation. “I cannot understand,” said Dr. Stresemann, •how an official newspaper like the ‘Tsvestia” could publish such rubbish as the report of an understanding between Poland and Germany in iregard to the creation of a Cossack Republic under the protection of both countries. ” He proceeded: ‘ ‘We should certainly regret any complication's between Britain and Russia,” The economic life of the world cannot be restored to normal while a population of 150,000,000 are left outside the pale. What we seek is that Russia should develop upon a so'-id basis and so contribute to the solution of the world’s economic problem. Europe- thereby would be restored. The importance of the council meeting lay in personal contact, superseding written notes.' “If such contact had existed between foreign Ministers before the war, I am -sure the great misunderstanding , would have been avoided.” he said. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Geneva correspondent. believes that Dr. Stresemann’ s reference to the Rhineland was intended to prepare the way for a demand for evacuation at the June meeting.