GERMAN ARMY MANUAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19947, 15 November 1926, Page 9

GERMAN ARMY MANUAL

CRITICISED IN FRANCE. ORDER FOR SUPPRESSION NOT OBEYED. (Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, November 12. The Paris correspondent of The Times says that the newspapers are perturbed at the latest German military manual, which reminds officers that the Reichswehr is the successor to the old army, therefore it is their duty to reconquer Germany’s lost provinces. The news-, papers point out that the manual was published since the Locarno Conference, when Germany resigned her claims to Alsace and Lorraine. The Government complained to Herr Stresemann, who replied that the manual had been issued ■without the knowledge of the Cabinet, whicfi ordered its immediate suppression. The newspaper writer, “Pertinax,” now asserts that the manual is still obtainable in the Berlin bookshops. The correspondent expresses the opinion that Herr Stresemann is honestly working for peace, but that he finds It difficult to get his subordinates to execute his orders. —A, and N.Z. Cable. SUMMARY OF VERSAILLES TREATY. HIGHLY-COLOURED VERSION. CAUSES OF THE WAR. LONDON, November 12. The Times’s Berlin correspondent says that the German army manual has not been withdrawn, but that copies are, available to the public. It does not contain the exhortation of which the French complained, but includes a highlycoloured summary of the Versailles Treaty and the Allies’ attitude in that connection. The manual declares that the delivery of four million Germans to FrancoPolish, Belgo-Danish. and Italo-Czech domination is an unexampled transgression against Germany, containing the seed of fresh wars. It asserts that the Allies acted contrary to President Wilson’s Fourteen Points, upon which Germany agreed to peace. The manual adds that the French thirst for revenge, the Russian erasing for conquest and the English business interests were the sole causes of the war.—A. and N.Z. Cable. GERMAN DISARMAMENT. DISCUSSED BY AMBASSADORS’ . CONFERENCE. PARIS, November 13. (Received Nov. 14, at 11.5 p.m.) The Ambassadors’ Conference discussed German disarmament. It is expected that General Walsh, president of the Allied Control Committee, will shortly make a tour of inspection to ascertain thc exact position.—A. and N.Z. Cable.