FRANCE & GERMANY

Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1923, Page 2

FRANCE & GERMANY

Tnv TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION! GERMAN DENIALLONDON. Feb. 21. Authoritative circles deny tlie report that the German Government desires to begin international negotiations in London in connection with Ruhr. ANGORA’S ATTITUDE. LONDON, Feb. 21 Official circles state flic Angora Assembly is considering the Lausanne Treaty at a secret sitting which is expected to last a week. MILITARY MOVE. BERLIN, Feb. 21. The “Vossielie Zeitung” reports tlie Ruhr (.oniiminisls are joining military organisations. A strong loree was raised at Krupp’s.works. AMSTERDAM. Feb. 21. A message from Dortmund says a meeting at Berlin between Rhine and Westphalian industrial magnates and representatives of financial interests urged an attempt be made to reach agreement with the oceupntionisis. H is~ understood Herr Slinnes concurred. PARTS, Feb. 21.

The Foreign Office reports Russia has sent a note to Lithuania, declaring that the fixing of a frontier between Lithuania and Poland by the League of Nations is contrary to the Treaty ot Riga Til" bomuhirv can only be fixed | IV consent of both country. An abuse of I bat principle is dangerous lo the world’s peace. Tbe note offers aid to Lithuania. ~ , ~ HELSINGFORS, I-eh. 21 Russian newspapers state the Soviet has decided to permit liquors containing twenty per cent of alcohol, owing to"tlie Soviets need for revenue _ and eiviiig exclusive manufacturing rights Co a State controlled trust. Lonin, Rvkov. and Keineneff submitted the uroposal to tbe Commissars Coiim-il to revise the constitution and extend Russia's economic policy. NEAY YORK, Feb. 21 The State Senate passed a resolution requesting Congress to modily the \ olstea.l Act tints confirming the Assembly's action entiled yesterday. Twentv-two arrests were made nere on charges relating to gigantic counterfeiting ' conspiracy covering several States. Warrants are out for the nirest ol one hundred others. BRITISH LABOURITES VIEW. LONDON. Feb 21. The four Seotti.-h Labour Commoners after spending tbe week-end m the Ruhr, report that there were no queues of employed, or any outward signs of poverty noticeable in the Ruhr. There seemed, to be a higher standard of comfort there than in Scotland. Ihe German people strongly resent'd the occupation. but there had been Ititle peisonal violence. The French soldieis they state, are very nervy. All the Germans favour the retention of the British forces on the Rhine, and -ol are confident of defeating the aims of France, the German miners believing the French "ill evacuate the Ruhr in three months’ time, in disgust; but this view is not entertained l-y other Germans.

“Among the French people." sav the M.P.’s “we found that the desire for the safety which the oe upation gives was stronger than the desire to possess the Ruhr coal deposits: but a- permanent occupation would be impossible. as it would be an Ireland multiplied by fifty. If the French succeeded in capturing working Ruhr France would become a military monarch of Europe, and would oust Britain from the steel markets of tbe world. Already France regards Britain as a friendly rival, and would not accept Britain as a mediator between France and Germany. The only >’ "

out of the difficulty is for France. Germany. Britain. Belgium and Italy to internationalise the coal field.