GERMANY AND ALLIES.

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16712, 30 January 1926, Page 5

GERMANY AND ALLIES.

THE LOCARNO PACT. ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT. EVACUATION OF COLOGNE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) PARIS, January 28. The Conference of Ambassadors has notified the German Ambassador that the Allied evacuation of the Cologne zone will be completed at midnight on Januarv 31. The British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Austen Chamberlain and the French Premier, M. Briand, sitting at the Quai D'Orsay, discussed the whole range of subjects of British and French interest except debts, but no decisions were arrived at. Subsequently M. Briand, in an interview, said no obstacles were encountered. Everything could easily be settled. The problem of Allied troops in the Rhincland would be settled in the spirit of the Locarno Pact later. DR. LUTHER ENRAGED. BERLIN, January 28. The Reichstag's decision was preceded by a heated debate in the course of which a Nationalist member, Herr Ilennig, attacked the Locarno Pact. He said the present Cabinet consisted of traitors who were the hangmen of the German people. When Herr Ilennig left the tribune Dr Luther, shaking with rage, went out to intercept him. With raised fists Dr. Luther shouted: "I forbid you to utter such slanders." Members surged forward as an exchange of blows seemed to be imminent. After a prolonged uproar the President of the Chamber, at the request of members, excluded Herr Ilennig for the remainder of the sitting.