CANNES CONFERENCE.
AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. THE GERMAN CASE. JOANNES, January 12. Herr Rathenau, the German envoy, put up a resourceful show in his arguments before the Cannes Supreme Council Conference.. Herr Rathenau dwelt on the fact that the Bank of England had refused Germany a loan, that a voluntary domestic German loan vttTfj almost impossible, while a forced domestic loan, he said, would be dangerous. The German taxation had just, about doubled, and it represented an absolute limit.
Herr Rathenau continued at great length.' He was speaking when M. Loucheur received, a telegram announcing M. Briand’s resignation, which ha read to the conference. M. Loucheur exclaimed: “I am no longer a Minister. I am going back to Paris to-night.”
Herr Rathenau asked: “Is it any use my going on. Mr Lloyd George replied!: *Yos! The Allies will hear your case.” Herr Rathenau then continued, but he was labouring under obvious Excitement. The conference had adjourned to attend Herr Rathenau’s speech.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 January 1922, Page 3
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162CANNES CONFERENCE. Hokitika Guardian, 14 January 1922, Page 3
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