CRISIS IN GERMANY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14100, 19 April 1920, Page 6

CRISIS IN GERMANY.

SABLE 1118.

♦ —— grave anxiety.

(Bv Electric- Telegraph.— Copyright.) (Australian anl

The Australian Press Association learns that the situation in continues to cause S’' a 0 There is little doubt that the Mihtai ist Party is only awaiting a favourable opportunity to effect a Royalest coap Lord Curzon has informed the Gu man Charge d ’Affaires that Cermany nmst give evidence of her honourable intentions by immediately withdrawing some of the Eeiehswehr from the Ruhr Valley. t]in Evidence is now availame that the German troops in the neutral zone far exceed the four battalions mentioned in the official estimate. It is now believed that there are between *O,OOO and 40,000 there, which is roughly double the number permitted under the Treaty. The German Government ’s attention has been called to the Treaty’s requirements with reference to the surrender of guns and material and demobilisation of troops. The whole question will be closely reviewed at San Remo. . ’ It is not improbable that, m the event of Germany’s failure immediately te fulfil her Treaty obligations, their enforcement will be demanded by means of an ultimatum, and a definite time limit will be fixed. The proposals suggested for the enforcement of the demands include a threat of withholding the delivery of foodstuffs.

One of the x-liief difficulties arises out- of the inability of the German Government to control the troops, "which are under the direction of Kappist officers and high-spirited students, and will not be satisfied until a change of Government comes about. This - is almost certain to lead to a general strike, and possibly to a civil war. Paris messages indicate that the Allies have taken collective action to demand the strict execution of the disarmament cause of the Treaty. THREATENED INSURRECTION. BERLIN, Saturday. Extensive additional barbed wire defences have been erected in the Government quarter of the city. The Nationalist Party has warned its members against taking part in a new insurrection. The newspaper ‘ ‘ Vorwacrts states that recruiting offices have been opened at the Zoological Gardens in connection with the threatened insurrection. CONSPIRATORS ARRESTED. LONDON, Saturday. The Daily Chronicle’s Berlin correspondent reports that Luttwitz and Bis-t-hoff have been arrested,- and are being taken to Leipzig, with a number of conspirators. They had been shadowed for several days, but managed to escape from place to place, until they were run to earth at Horst. DR. KAPP ARRESTED. STOCKHOLM, Saturday. Dr. Kapp arrived here, and was arrested, as his passport is not in order. BLOCKADE TO BE REINTRODUCED. PARIS, Saturday. Mr Lloyd George has sent a wireless message to M. Millerand, confirming Britain’s intention to reintroduce the blockade in the event of another Monarchist revolution in Germany, or failure to evacuate the Ruhr district in the stipulated time. Twelve hundred horses, four hundred cattle and'ten thousand sheep have, arrived in Prance from Germany, under the Peace Treaty provisions. A large number are suffering from foot and mouth disease. PROPERTY CONFISCATED. BERLIN, Saturday.^ The Vossisclie Zeitiuig states that the bauk deposits and all landed property of the leaders of the recent rising have been confiscated. STERN NOTE BEING DRAFTED. LONDON, Saturday. Monday’s conference is arousing the keenest interest.

Paris messages state that the British have drafted a stern Note to Germany, demanding disarmament. It will possibly take the form of an ultimatum, and will, be despatched after the Conference. It is understood that the draft will form the basis of the discussions at San Remo. The newspapers regard the fact that the British are initiating the discussion as intended to mark the end of the Franeo-British differences regarding Ruhr. It is believed that Mr Winston Churchill, after the recent conference with Marshal Foeh and M. Weygand, drew up the document. PRINCE JOACHIM FINED. BERLIN, Saturday. Prince Joachim was fined 1800 marks for assaulting French officers, as cabled on March Bth.