FRANCE AND GERMANY.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15152, 27 January 1923, Page 5

FRANCE AND GERMANY.

VOLUNTEERS FOR ARMY.

WITHDRAWAL OF THE AMERICANS.

BRITISH LABOUR’S SENTIMENTS

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) BERLIN, Jan. 25.

It is semi-ofticially stated that youths in many parts of the country are offering to serve in the Rciohswehr, but the Government has advised them to continue in their occupations, because no recruits for the Reichswehr beyond the regular number can be accepted. Advices from Coblenz state that at the luncheon to the Allied Commissioners, after the ceremony of lowering the Amercian flag, General H. Allen said: “The spectacle just witnessed was not grandiose and not imposing, but it was most significant in connection with the affairs of the Old and New World. He declared that they had just witnessed an unusually significant phase in history. In an interview Sir James Allen said the concordance of the Anglo-Ameri-can Governments respecting certain policies and measures being carried out in Europe was indicative of what was fundamental in the heart of the two nations.

The American force, numbering 1000, has. been replaced by 5000 French.

LONDON, Jan. 24.

The Trade Union Congress' executive and the British Labour Party have jointly issued a manifesto expressing solidarity with German workmen in Ruhr, and demanding that the Government intervene diplomatically to secure, an immediate evacuation. AMERICAN OBSERVER. NOT TO BE RECALLED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) WASHINGTON, January 25. Mr Hughes, in two letters addressed to Senator Lodge, outlined the activities of Mr Boyden, the American observer at the Reparations Commission. He declared that the administration opposed the recall of thp American unofficial' representative on the Reparations Commission. He stated the Commission’s work has such an intimate relation with political and economic conditions of the world that the United States must maintain its representative in order to protect its vast interests. The American Government steadfastly refused to take any part in fixing the amount of the German reparations or the methods of payment, and Mr Boyden’s work was mainly to keep Washington informed of everything coming before the commission.