LONDON AGREEMENT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19260, 26 August 1924, Page 7

LONDON AGREEMENT

THE EEICHSTAG DEBATE. FIGHTING SPEECH BY DR STRESEMANN. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. BERLIN, August 23. Dr Strcsemann (Foreign Minister) made a fighting speech in the Reichstag, strongly criticising the attitude of the Nationalists. Ho said ho believed that the London decisions were not the final goal, but they might prove the beginning of a movement which would result in the collaboration of all the nations. The debate was adjourned till Monday. —Reuter. A CHANCE OF OPINION. APPROVAL OF PLAN EXPECTED. BERLIN, August 25. The Reichstag on Monday will begin a discussion on the London Pact. If it is unable to agree it will rise on Thursday. It is hinted that in such an event the Chancellor will seek to delay its signing, pending a national plebiscite. As a result of statements in the Reichstag by members of the German delegation to London, a swing of opinion among the moderate section of the German National Party is noticeable. Now there is a prospect of the Dawes plan finding the necessary majority in the Reichstag and of the London Protocol being signed on Thursday. The opinion in Parliamentary circles is that Dr Marx and Dr Stresemann created a most favourable impression in their speeches in the Reichstag. It is suggested that the Nationalists may refrain from voting against the Dawes plan, which would mean that the Bills will pass.—'A. and N.Z. Cable. THE OCCUPIED AREA. RATIFICATION DEMANDED. BERLIN, August 25. The towns and districts in the occupied territories have sent a message to the •Reichstag demanding the ratification of the pact, in order to improve the economic situation.—A. and N.Z. Cable. FRANCE AND SECURITY, PLAIN INTIMATION TO BRITAIN. LONDON, August 25. (Received August 25, at 5.5 p.m.) The Morning Post’s Paris correspondent emphasises as the plainest intimation bo Britain the passage in M. Herriot’s final speech in which he declared: “We are right in saying that Cologne cannot de abandoned before Germany has fulfilled her obligations-=-above all, before she .s disarmed.A. and N.Z. Cable. RESTORATION OF GERMANY. BID FOR WORLD MARKETS. BRUSSELS, August 24. (Received August 25, at 8 p.m.) The Gazette de Charleroi declares that the Dawes scheme will reduce Germany’s coal to 10 per cent, below the present world price, resulting in the capture of the world markets. The Ruhr’s production would soon enable her to double her pre-war exports.—A. and N.Z. Cable. “INTERNATIONAL ROBBERY." LONDON, August 24. (Received August 25, at 8 p.m.) The Conference appointed Mr Tom Mann president of the Propaganda Bureau, A resolution was passed opposing the Dawes plan as being a scheme of international robbery.—A. and N.Z. Cable.