GERMANY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 1 August 1924, Page 5

GERMANY

- * • CONTROL OF RAILWAYS

-V BAVARIAN CLAIM

MAY ENDANGER EXPERTS REPORT

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Published in The Times.)

LONDON, July 31

The Limes Berlin correspondent says a conference which may vitally endanger the experts’ report has begun in Berlin, where negotiations-have opened between the Central and Bavarian Governments in legat’d to future Bavarian and Pala tii ate railways. The Bavarian Government' demands that these shall he placed eider strictly Bavarian control and claims the right to formulate its own scale, of freights cpiite independently of the. remainder of the German railways. These claims are absolutely contrary to tiie experts’ reports, which assume that the German railways are to be placed under unified control with a unified tariff policy.

GERMANY AND LEAGUE OF NATIONS

MUTUAL ASSISTANCE PACT

(Published in The Times.)

LONDON, July 31. Dealing with the proposed treaty for mutual assistance the Berlin correspondent- of Tiie Times says the German Government’s views are contained in a report of its experts to whom (lie matter was referred. The Government subscribes to this report-, which has been sent to the League of Nations. It draws attention to the fact that the definition of what constitutes war aggressions is left to the. League’s Council, which is also empowered to organise the measures to be adopted against the aggressor, especially the summoning of military forces. Tiie experts point out that Germany in view of her complete lack of armaments, would be in an impossible position if compelled to abandon her neutrality and to join in an armed conflict as a result of a decision by the League. Germany could not agree to any such scheme.