REPARATIONS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 7 May 1921, Page 5

REPARATIONS

DEBATE IN COMMONS,

THE GERMAN DECISION,

RESPONSIBILITY OF NEW

MINISTRY

*V CABLE—JPBESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT' LONDON, May 6, Continuing the, debate, in the House of Commons, Mr Asquith said that if Germany neglected the opportunity of accepting a reasonable method of discharging her legal and moral obligations it would be a critical mistake, •which would never be forgiven m tie lustory of the world. "Sir Samuel Hoare said there would fee no peace in Europe until France was that her-froWtiers were setfoerefore it would jbe well t» rewew the A«glo->Freaic!h defensive treaty of 1919, which we tatifie'd. If America <3id this it would give real peace in JEuTope, Mr dyaes irefcom^s Mr Lloyd /Gteorge'^ speech, jxaTticulaxly' tlfc fatA ■^iat i*parations were to be on the %&stß «>f <c».pafctty )to j»ay.. . lDisarmam*Jit was an essential condi-' "tion to a settlement an Eurc^j-e. ' , Sit 5Lf Evans,' replying io the debate,, said 4b did siot >si^est rthat the German bonds would be worth IMCr. He thought tkafc it \would 'bfe'"WiSS if they urexe put on the market a<t a ■«pnsiderable discourit, >st> a's'ito.^get iifto the hands of neutrals' and lose 1 their •character of a:n -enemy debt. I BERLIN, May 6. ' The Fehrembach Caibuiet :reomves <M» l&binia&tim, which ,it is the itask of its •«uccessors dto .answer. The new Ministry will be <sompo9E«fi ■on a jarty basis, similarly to the old. It will have 4o decide -whtfliher ii£ ®s "yes" .or > Mno 1* before coming into of"ficei '• i The iis urgerii;,:amd:iheigen-; exal opinion is the Government will assent to the demands in the ultimatum. Tb© final collapse of the Ministry Tunmistakstbly due to a lack of confidence in Herr yon Sihuiffs, and general mistrust resuithsg ifrom .the Silesian disturbances, PAKIS, May 5. "SL. Briand has returned. He announces,he'is viciShiffeeiTCsults - achieved in London. The agreement is complete on'all points,.and if Germany "refuses "to, csiibscribe to the conditions i ty May 12 means of coercion will 'be i ipitt irito operation: !