GERMAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 April 1923, Page 2

GERMAN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN' AND S CABLE ASSOCIATION. POINCARE AND REPARATIONS PARIS April 15. * HC . M. Poincare, in a speech nt the unveiling of a monument at- Dunkirk to fallen soldiers, said Franco is seeking to protect her frontier against fresh aggression. Prance was the heaviest sufferer in the war, and could not reduce her reparation demands and it was now her duty to win peace. Germany had not attempted to pay the reparations. France spent a hundred milliard francs on Germany’s accountand France made three discoveries in the Ruhr: Firstly, Germany could have delivered the coal she owed since she was now doing it- without the ■coal; secondly, sho could have paid in foreign currency since she was using it to buy goods abroad; thirdly, the cure of the Schut Polier, disguised a military organisation. Had a two years' moratorium been granted Germany would therenlter have defied the Allies. France would firmly hold the guarantees she seized and would not, surrender them in exchange' tor nierrpromises. She would only withdrew from the Ruhr gradually, and as the payments were made she would patiently‘complete the task begun. Germany would look in vain for any sign of wavering on the part of France. Without vioier.be or provocation would continue to the end.