LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
GERMANY WANTS EQUALITY OF STATUS. (Reuter’s Telegram.) (Received Dec. 24. 10 a.in.) LONDON. Dec. 23. Germany, in reply to the League Coimoi! regarding entry to the League, makes adherence conditional on the concession to Germany of the right to decide regarding active, participation in the League in the event c<f punitive undertakings, in view of tho disproportionate state of a imam rots of European Powers. The annex Note reiterates Germany’s claims regarding equality of status in war and adds that Germany expects to bri admitted to the mandatory system of the, League in regard to the ex-German colonies.
(Received December 24, 1 p.m.)
BERLIN, Dec. 23
The. German Government’s Note to Urn Secretary-General of the League of Nations, supporting the contention that, in the event of Germany joining the League site should he excused from the obligation involved in Article 16 of the Covenant, laving down the procedure of members of the League, against any Slate 1 reaping the Covenant, dwells on the disarmament of Germanv, whose arinv i.s only one; hundred thousand, while .neighboring States, with an rich smn"ier ponn.lntions than Germany, possesses much larger armies. For example, one smell. State, with a population of under .fortv mi'iions. has an army of seven hundred thousand.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16619, 24 December 1924, Page 7
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