ALLIES AND GERMANY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16713, 20 April 1922, Page 2

ALLIES AND GERMANY.

CR RATHENAU PROTESTS. NOT A SECRET TREATY. By Telegraph—P>*cep Association Copyrigb Australian and N.Z. Gable Association. LONDON. April 18. Tbe> Crefioa correspondent of th' “ Daily Ne>vs ” interviewed Dr Rathe nan. who svatod that the use of tin word “secret” in connection with tin treaty was most unfair. Four tim*>; last week the Germans discussed th.

treaty with officials of the British delegation. Dr Ratheuau said ho personally tried repeatedly but unsuccessfully to so© Mr Lloyd George. GERMANS MAY YVTTHDRAW. Tbe “ Daily News” expresses the opinion that there is a. possibility of the Geimans withdrawing from Genoa on the French demanding the annulment of the treaty. The correspondent suggests that the unhappy procedure at the opening of the session was partly responsible for the crisis. Th© Allied dcl«egJa\to3 allotted themselves special seats and the first moment an issue of real importance arose they withdrew into private couclave The Germans were not the first to resent this. Neutrals were bitterly avid vocally indignant. Even now the political sub-com-

mission lias not been convoked and the neutrals have unanimously requested its immediate convocation. RUSSIA AND TURKEY, ANOTHER TREATY EXPECTED, LONDON, April 10Tbe Genoa correspondent of the 11 Daily Express ” states it is reported that M. Tchitcherin is negotiating with Turkey for a similar economic treaty to that just concluded with Germany which will have the. effect of re-estab-lishing the corridor from Berlin to India and the Near Fa stern border states. The paper declares it posscsse* proof that the Russo-German Treaty includes a secret clause under which Russia supplies men for an army for which Germany provides the officers-