INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19784, 15 January 1936, Page 7

INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS

F RANCO-GERMAN TENSION.

GRAVE NEWS FROM THE DEMILITARISED ZONE. (United Press Assn—Elem Tel. Coom‘lght.) (Received Jan. 15, 10.40 am.) PARIS, Jan. 14. The French press is sceptical regarding the possibility of a rapid solution of the halo-Abyssinian conflict. Official circles do not attach great importance to M. Laval’s conversations with Signor Cerutti, who is reported to have declared that Italy will not attack Britain and will not leave the League of Nations even if sanctions are voted. France is more pre-occupied with the German situation, in view of the recent Nazi attacks on the Locarno Pact. Madame Tahouis, writing in L’Oeuvre, declares that the news from the demilitarised zone in the Rhineland is very grave. The Cabinet realises that it may be faced shortly with an insolent manifesto concerning this‘zone from 'Cermany. Britain has already intimated that if Germany insists on repudiating the demilitarisation clauses of the treaty she is not prepared to do anything. ’ The Petit Parisien warns Germany of the serious r‘epercussions the breaking of the treaty would involve.

NAZIS IN GERMANY. FOREIGN JOURNALISTS EXPELLED. WIDE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED. METHODS OF INTIMIDATION. United pvess Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Jan. 15, 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 14. The Berlin correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says that Ernst Popper, Berlin correspondent of the Prager Tageblatt, has been expelled from Germany, on the ground that he •sent reports prejudicial to Nazism. Popper is the fourth foreign journalist to be expelled during the last few months. The expulsion notice was remarkable because it lays down wide restrictions for foreign correspondents. It forbids them to report on matters of national defence, home or foreign politics, Government policy, or economic activities. The methods of intimidation against foreign journalists are increasing. Some have been arrested, and the Ministry of Propaganda has warned others that their messages will bring them into disfavour.