EVADING THE TREATY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16674, 2 March 1925, Page 5

EVADING THE TREATY.

DUPLICITY OF GERMANS. MILITAR Y PREPARATIONS. (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn., (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. 1 LONDON, Feb. 28. Colonel Repington, writing to the Dailv Telegraph, says: “The contents of the inter-Allied report on German disarmament ha.ve become wid-ely known in the Allied capitals. Therefore there is no reason why the purport should not he stated. The first part of the report deals with the relentless obstruction to which the Allied officers were subjected by th-e German military authorities. It .» a tribute to the Allied officers that they discoveied anything. Their chief discoveries were mainly due to surprise visits. My own conclusion is that at tlie most possibly only small proportions of the infractions of th-e Treaty have been revealed. The German General Staff, instead of being dissolved, has been reconstructed and now consists of 250. Colonel Repington asks ; “If five million troops in 1914 required a general staff of 541 to what total strength do 250 correspond?’’ He proceeds: “The Reiclnswehr is now a groat cadre, round which the nation can form and be of danger. Wooden models ot anti-tank guns are being used for training purposes, until guns arrive. Cavalry are busy with heavy machine guns. Armored cars are much favored. None of these figure in the armaments allowed by the Treaty. The Commission gathered that it is the intention to release twenty-five per cent, of the Keichswehr annually on order and to pass more men through training. This would be against the treaty provisions. The report draws particular attention to the finds of secret stores, and sa rj a tlie manufacture of new war materials has been resumed without permission, though the amounts generally do not exceed the annual allowance. * Much of the factory machinery that was ordered to he destroyed still exists; in fact all the factories have shown a disinclination to reduce the plant- to the authorised scale. Summing up, Colonel Repington says the report does'not warrant panic measures against Germany, but it does warrant that she he brought to book and compelled to end her duplicity and cease certain activities.