GERMAN REPARATIONS

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2004, 21 December 1921, Page 5

GERMAN REPARATIONS

HINDENBURG'S VIEW. [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON', December 19. A significant commentary on German's, attitude towards the reparations is afforded by the publication in the "Deutsche All Gemeinc Zeitung" of the correspondence from the Kaiser. Hindenburg, writing on March 30, declares: "The Versailles .Treaty aimed at the annihilation of Germany. The fiction of Germany's responsibility for the war was the foundation of this pdticy. The Germans were terribly penalised for the admission of Germany's responsibility, wrung against their conviction from the German representatives at Versailles, and the untrue admission of Germany's responsibility, wrung against their conviction from the German representatives ut Versailles, and the untrue admission of Germany's guilt made by Von Simons in London."

Replying on sth April, the ex-Kai-ser calls God to witness that lie did his utmost, consistent with the security and integrity of the Fatherland, to avoid war. He says: "To talk of Germany's guilt for the war is out of the question. There is no longer any doubt that not Germany, but the Entente methodically prepared for tho war and deliberately brought' it about." AN ITALIAN DISCISSION. PARIS, December 10. "The Matin" publishes a recent conversation between Marshal Foch and M. Viviani in which .Marshal Foch said: "The Treaty of Versailles is bad; it does not give France security. Our guarantee is the Rhine, our true frontier. With a division at Cologne, one at Mayence, another at Coblentz and three others behind, I could hold and defend the whole Rhine. I conveyed this opinion to each of M. Clemenceau's Ministers, adding, 'You are making a treaty under which we shall 1 ' neither be defended nor paid."