The Hague Haggle

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 750, 24 August 1929, Page 11

The Hague Haggle

CONFUSION GROWS WORSE Four Powers Reach Limit ONUS ON BRITAIN AND GERMANY (United- P.A,—By Telegraph Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Received 11 a.m. THE HAGUE, Friday. THE confusion at the conference has become worse confounded. The four Powers have intimated that they have made all possible concessions. Now it is a question between Britain and Germany.

Accordingly, late in the afternoon, Dr. Rudolf Hilferding, German Minister of Finance, and Dr. Julius Curtius, German Minister of Economic Affairs, visited Mr. Philip Snowden, but Dr. Curtius later denied that Germany had made any offer. Nevertheless, there is a strong impression that Germany is prepared to bargain and make certain economic sacrifices if she obtains concessions, such as early evacuation of the Rhine.

MUSSOLINI’S VIEW SNOWDEN IS ACCUSED OF INCONSISTENCY “YOUNG PLAN IS BEST” (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 11 a.m. LONDON, Friday. The Italian Prime Minister, Signor Benito Mussolini, in a special article in the “Evening Standard” justifying Italy’s opposition to the British claims

at The Hague, says it is remarkable that Mr. Philip Snowden, one of the great pillars of the British Labour Party, should lead the fight for England on strict nationalist lines. The Labour Party proposes to grant extended independence to Egypt on the principle of self-determination, and demoncratic conceptions of the concord of the people, yet Mr. Snowden

leads a fight purely on national claims, apparently in complete oblivion to his party’s professed adherence to international solidarity. “The Young Plan seems the best that can be worked out from the complex, intricate situation. This conference must succeed, or we will be faced with a European financial crisis. England will gain with all the rest when the question is finally removed from the field of international controversy.”