GERMAN INTENTIONS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1921, Page 2

GERMAN INTENTIONS.

WARNING BY THE “TIMES.” "THE TIMES '” SERVICE. ,ltei cived This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 25. The “Times” despite official German contradictions, revives a c.rii'er story with additions nnd particulars of the German Government conniving with the militarist clique in persistent efforts to evade the disarmament clauses of the Versailles Treaty, maintaining conditions whereby a new, huge, well equipped army tan bef called up at a moment’s notice.

T he “Times” states information received leads to the conclusiqn that the German Government is attempting to make provision, clothing and personnal depots and material for an army of eight hundred thousand, and urges the necessity for Allied control, and a scrutiny of Germany’s intentions, low that the question of the withdrawal of the I titer-allied Control Commission lias arisen, and because the limitation of armament stands foremost in the age nda at Washington Conference. The “Times” ndds, we do not w ish to raise a cry of alarm, hut Europe can only at peace, if Germany is certainly and surely at peace. Toe (now German Republic is at once a cvuifes-

,i >n of failure. The “Times” declares there, is much evidence to show how swiftly the moliilisaliml of a new Army is being interwoven with the very struct ire of the Republic and points nut Germany’s enormous engineering resources, uitli unrivalled facilities tor th,, production

!f poison gas. winch despite the recent unexplained explosion, can lie reconverted into a plants for the production of munitions.

GERMANY’S MAR PAYMENTS.

(Received This Day at 8 a.in.) PARIS, Sept. 26

Speaking at Essen, Von Simons stated every impartial observer recognised hat the payments demanded by the Al_ lies could not he made. Germany was not ill a position to supply coin in onus, demanded even for one year. I'he only way to settle monetary matters seemed to he the granting of long term credits, for which Germany, looked to America, hut there tho situation Tad changed. Simons advocated international conferences to settle the pioTlenis of exchange of raw material.