GERMANY.

Otago Witness, Issue 3519, 23 August 1921, Page 24

GERMANY.

GERMANY AND DISARMAMENT. PARIS, August 14. The concluding session of the Supreme Council discussed disarmament in Germany. Marshal Foch submitted a resolution which was unanimously adopted by the Inter-Allied Military Commission, proposing a continuation of the commission's control. After a lengthy discussion a resolution was adopted for maintaining tile commission, but contemplating a gradual and progressive withdrawal. The Council resolved in favour of raising the economic sanctions conditional on Germany meeting all obligations by August 31. The military sanctions will be maintained. Lord Curzon declared that Britain did not contemplate that the sanctions would remain in force three months after the acceptance of the ultimatum. He suggested that Germany had given proof of her goodwill and the term should De arranged for the occupation with the progressive withdrawal of the troops. M. Briand justified the continued occupation on the ground that Germany had not yet displayed a tendency to fulfil her reparation obligations without an Allied demonstration in force. E ranee was anxious to abandon the occupation as soon as possible. A BOOM IN TRADE. LONDON, August 13. A correspondent of the Daily Mail writes: An Englishman visiting Germany feels admiration mingleu with anxiety over the way in which the Germans are pushing the rehabilitation of their trade. The official figures show onlv 440,000 unemployed, and this number may be reduced to 300,000 shortly. The workers are well fed and are better dressed than the English workers. Many new factories are being built. Capitalists provided 60,000,000,000 marks for new industries and extensions. Most trades are booming. Some are working three eight-hour shifts. BERLIN, August 15. All classes are participating in the stock exchange gambling mania which is partly due to the decline of the mark abroad through the Government’s heavy buying and the expectation that the nr" taxation would send prices sky-high. The newspapers are forecasting a terrible crash. PRUSSIAN ARROGANCE. BERLIN, August 15. General von Ludendorff reappeared at a pan-German demonstration at the opening of a commercial fair at Konigsberg. He made a speech that was strongly militaristic in tone, and described himself as Marshal von Hindenhurg’s representative and a member of the old army whose spirit should permeate the new times. Other generals spoke in the same strain.