THE GERMAN POLICY
NO HEAVIER BURDENS DEMAND FOR EVACUATION (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.; (Received Nov. 20, noon.) BERLIN, Nov. 19. Speaking in the Reichstag for the first time since the breakdown in his health in June, Dr. Strcsemann discussed evacuation, disarmament, and reparations. He said not only Germans, but many foreign observers considered the retention of foreign troops in the Rhineland was a contradiction of the recent trend of international affairs. All the foreign governments concerned had now agreed to open negotiations concerning evacuation. Germany would unswervingly maintain that she was entitled to complete and immediate evacuation, and also that evacuation must not depend on the solution of any other problem. Germany's rights were being violated so long as her claim was unfulfilled. "We cannot assume a political burdun, the effect of which will continue beyond the term of pledged reparation. We will not enter any financial engagements as the price of military evacuation. Regarding disarmament, Germany's Geneva policy must continue, 'because it safeguards Germany's western frontier. It is the only possible policy in view of Germany's military helplessness. New? of the Anglo-French compromise caused anxiety because it foreshadowed a possible' new grouping of Powers to Germany's detriment. We shall stand by the policy laid down by Herr Mueller and Count Bernstorff at Geneva."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16806, 20 November 1928, Page 7
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