FRANCE & GERMANY

Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1923, Page 2

FRANCE & GERMANY

[BY TELEORArH—-PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION]

RUHR NEWS. PARIS, Feb. 23 I Workers in Ruhr are opposing the Government’s policy of resistance. Bochum workers organised a militia to combat the Nationalists. Elbcrfield Socialists adopted a re soi lution in favour of France’s right to reparations and urging negotiations. FRANCE AND ITALY. ; PARIS, Feh. 24. I Le Matin quotes the Rome paper "Alessagero” to the efloct that an j economic pact is pending between ! Franco and Italy, under which France , will furnish coal and iron and Italy find one hundred thousand mine workers. | NEW GERMAN ARMY. 1 REVAL. Feb 23.

Numerous German ox-StafT officers have gone to Moscow and joined a-u army '’which General Mackcmsen has formed out of German ex-prisoners ol war. ANNEXATION DENIED. PARIS, Feh. 23 M. Poincare, in a speech at the American Club, stated that ‘ to aftiifiute to France, motives ol annexation is a foolish, stupid lie. Prance is tired of having seized nothing hut shadows, and "ill not let go until tlio debt is met.”

RUHR MEDIATION. BERLIN. Feh. 23

Herr Brcitsclieid, a prominent Socialist who visited England with the object of securing mediation on the question of the Ruhr, has given a grotesque view of the altitude of the British public. who. he says, "would like to check France, but do not see a way to do so because France is still England’s ally. \m- British offer of mediation, if refused in Paris, is certain u> create ill feeling, and perhaps conflict. In's England wants to avoid at all costs, for the antipathy I" ••'">' ne "', "“f 1S stronger in England than elsewhere. The readiness of England to help to disentangle the European skein would be greater, could Germany convince her.' through tangible guarantees, that in ai'v future reparations scheme, Germany' will really fulfil the obligation underta ken.”