VON SIMONS'S MODERATE VIEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 185, 6 August 1920, Page 5

YON SIMONS'S MODERATE VIEWS.

PLEA FOR ADMISSION TO THE LEAGUE.

(E^ived A» &?l «o a p.™.> Yon Simons, in an interview with the Berliner Tagoblatt, said he believed that the Russians were ceitdSy striving, for the .restoration o normal relations with ««g« n Europe, and in the long run the Eastern Question could not be settled without Germany's- co-operation. .It would be deplorable-if she ««ld .not participate in, the London Conteiince, tor she had more experience than any other country. He was opposed to pushing in where he was not wanted', but .Germany could still place her knowledge at the Conter-ir-ce's disposal. He was not prepare* to make a Treaty with the soviet unless Russia was ready to cany out her obligations to the Entente. Referring to .Mr Churchill s statement that the time had not arrived for Germany to demand admission to the League of Nations, he stated that the Germans could not permit themselves to be used as mercenaries in connection with other peoples ■•wulitary plans.