GERMAN OUTLOOK.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16797, 22 July 1920, Page 3

GERMAN OUTLOOK.

'chastened utterances, WORK TO 'PLEASE ENTENTE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received July 22, 9.26 a.m.) BERLIN, July 21. Herr Simons informed the press that, if the demands of the Entente were incapable of fulfilment, the Government v/ould have to submit to the occupation of the Ruhr district. lie was convinced that, with rigid economy in Germany, two million tons of coal could be > exported monthly. The Government would be prepared to make specific proposals on reparations at the Geneva Conference. Ho wished to see disarmament carried out, with the powerful help of the Entente. He emphasised his intention to fulfil the Peace Treaty to the host of his ability,* and declared that the present .was not' the time to talk of revision. He hoped that, whdn Germany had convinced the Allies that she had done her utmost and convinced thenuof her goodwill, the Entente itself would grant a revision.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DIFFICULT, NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BERLIN, July 20. Herr von Simons (Minister for Foreign Affairs), interviewed by the Zeitung in regard to carrying out the conditions imposed by the Spa Conference, declared they were not impossible, but colossally difficult. They would have been refused if German exports iiad not wavered. He said Germany must work without delay for the creation of another solution, and must bring forward a new programme, otherwise disarmament might end in civil war over the coal question, with the occupation of the Ruhr Valley.—Times Service.