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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16211, 8 December 1926, Page 7

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ALLIED OCCUPATION

POWERS DISAGREE

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GENEVA, Dec. 7.

Indications, early in the day; w'cro that the delicate position over tho Allied military control in Germany might bo settled by M. Briand and Sir Austen Chamberlain, while firmly holding Germany to her disarmament obligations, agreeing to the - withdrawal of tho Control Commission in January or February, after which the League committee would re.vise the League's 1924 control plan for tion at tho Council's March meeting in Berlin, at which Dr. S.trosemann will, in turn, preside. It was reported to-night, however, that France insists upon Germany's unqualified acceptance of tho 1924 plan,' while Dr. Stresemann insists upon a ' definite time limit for the evacuation of the occupied zone.

Tho hope of settlement lies in Germany's acceptance of the League plan, with the understanuing that it will bo modified later. Groat importunco attaches io the meeting of tho Big Five, to bo hold in Sir Austen Chamberlain 's sitting room this evening. '••'''

FRENCH PRESS OPINIONS

BRIAND'S NEW DESIONS

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PARIS, Doc. 7

Lo Petit Parisien says tho result of tho Geneva discussions may be that tho date of tho withdrawal of the inter-Allied Control Commission will bo fixed after tho demolition of the Konigsborg fortifications.

L'Eeho do Paris says M. Briand designs a special control of tho demilitarised zone by the five signatories to the Rhincland pact.