THE GERMANS' WAITING GAME

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 166, 16 July 1920, Page 5

THE GERMANS' WAITING GAME

THREAT OF A GENERAL STRIKE

Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. THE SPA, July 14. Marshal Focli has arrived. The Germans declare that they will wait and see what the Entente

does. * . . v Tho Allies report that they will occupy the Ruhr rather than accept yon Simons's proposals. Herr Stinnes is regarded as tlie chief German irritant and the directin^ hand behind the German delegation, especially as yon Simons was Herr Stinnes's secretary before the wax, and is regarded as a mere puppet. Stinnes believes thai; tlie Allies are "bluffing," and that thenapparent unity will break it tlie Germans continue their resistance rntil tke Bolsheviks are closer to Warsaw. He believes the threat of a general strike will < prevent tne Allies from attempting to occupy the Ruhr. ■ . , , Tlie Italians alone are reluctant to assent to the occupation of rarthbr territory.