COMMENT ON SPEECH.
(Received this day at ft.ld a.m.) , LONDON. Sept 4. The “Daily Express” Paris correspondent says'that the conciliatory tone of f) r Stresomaim's speech is generally welcomed. ' . The Quai D'Orsay in an official statement savs:—“For the first- time a German Chancellor is facing the facts. He understands the necessity of freeing Germane from the present financial difficulty. If '-Berlin withdraws the passive resistance orders the ltulir population will be only too glad to work under the French. Already the passive resistance is weakening, and its total collapse is expected daily. When that comes we shall resume friendly discussions with Britain lor a general settlement. The military occupation will then he replaced by an invisible one. tint the French must sta> the Ruhr till the Reparations are paid. Withdrawal is impossible and no French Government could resist tlie nation’s unanimous demand.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 September 1923, Page 2
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142COMMENT ON SPEECH. Hokitika Guardian, 5 September 1923, Page 2
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