RUHR EVACUATION

Southland Times, Issue 19461, 28 January 1925, Page 7

RUHR EVACUATION

ALLIED NOTE PRESENTED. THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES. OBSERVATION OF PROVISIONS. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) BERLIN, January 26. The British, French and Japanese Ambassadors, the Belgian Minister and the Italian Charge d’Affaires have handed Dr. Luther a joint Note in regard to the evacuation of the Ruhr in reply to the German Note of January 6. Lord D’Abernon (British Ambassador) stated that a third Note with full details would be sent to the German Government as soon as possible. An Allied Note states that it is not intended to enter at present upon discussion with the German Governmfrit nor to deal with allegations which could nowise be accepted. The Allied Governments will, at the earliest possible moment, communicate what remains to be done by Germany under Article 429 of the Treaty of Versailles. The German Government appears to have misunderstood the import of Articles 428 and 429 of the Treaty. It is for Germany, by fulfilling her obligations, to enable the Allies to restrict the occupation in the manner contemplated by Article 429, the provisions of which the Allies intend to scrupulously observe. Dr. Luther expressed his disappointment that the Note did not contain the details on which the non-evacuation of the Cologne zone was based, and urged that the present state of suspension should soon be ended. GERMAN DUPLICITY. KRUPPS MANUFACTURING RIFLES. PARIS, January 26. (Received January 27 11.5 p.m.) M. Herriot, speaking in the Chamber of Deputies, declared that Allied control over German armaments practically ceased during the occupation of the Ruhr, and was only resumed after consultation between himself and Mr Ramsay MacDonald at Chequers, in proof of which ke discloses that Krupps made 20,000 rifles during the ocupation, which were dispatched to the unoccupied area.

The German Note protested against the non-evacuation of Cologne, and maintained that even if there had been minor failures to carry out the disarmament clauses of the Versailles Treaty (which had not been proved and was not admitted by Germany) the Allies would still be unjustified in their action, since the main fact of compliance remained unaltered.